Two Markets & CSA

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Dedicated to Heirlooms!

“An heirloom plant, heirloom variety, or (especially in the UK) heirloom vegetable is a cultivar that was commonly grown during earlier periods in human history, but which is not used in modern large-scale agriculture. Many heirloom vegetables have kept their traits through open pollination, while fruit varieties such as apples have been propagated over the centuries through grafts and cuttings. The trend of growing heirloom plants in gardens has been growing in popularity in the United States and Europe over the last decade.”

-Wikipedia

We’re trying our best here.  It’s honestly really hard to find extra time to blog, but I will again try to be here more often.  I do want to share everything but it’s hard to do that.  I’m going to just try and share small things each day with everyone.  I hope thats….

ok.  Today Sara sold at Poulsbo and I sold at Bainbridge Island.  One truck and one honda accord full!  I thought I had a pretty good day today.  My neighbor didn’t put up his side-walls,  as usual, so thankfully people could see me as being the last farmer in the row, or so I hoped.  He did though, place a rather large sign next to the leg of his canopy next to mine and that stuck out a good 2 1/2’.  What… Dude your blocking peoples view of my goods.  It actual worked in my benefit I believe, strangely.  Maybe I’m crazy for caring.

Sara and I are working hard right now to do these things:

1. work our grounds free of weeds.  doing this with hand tools and a small 15hp Snapper tiller.  The tiller isn’t so great at tilling.  I have to really do a lot a passes to get the job done.
2. Get some transplanting done.  We have recently transplanted new chard, kale, leeks, radishes, carrots, lettuce, and a while ago Brussels sprouts.  Wish we had more though, I bailed on planting the broccoli at this date as I think it would have been too late.  Maybe I should of planted a few before I decided to treat the chicks to a 98cell pack of goodness.

1. That’s supposed to be a three, but whatever.  Be a young married couple in love.  My wife thinks it would be grand to go to the big fair.  Last day is tomorrow and I’ve never been, so I think we’re going after the CSA harvest/CSA pickup.  I would love to tend to listed item number 1 though. Our sunny days I fear are out of here come Monday.  Hello rain and clouds.  Remind me about pulling out the winter squash before it freezes around Octobeer 15.

I love farming.  I’m bummed I was away.  I look foreword to becoming a great farmer and husband one of these days.  We now have money to buy the needed farming supplies.  Sweet.

P.S.  I hope to simplify our market set up.  No fancy stuff just nice storage containers right on top of a table cloth covered table.  Simple.