Thursday, June 13, 2013

The Debut


Yesterday the farm front stall made its first appearance. 


We have had a grand total of...0 customers. I've seen at least 3 people stop and look and not buy anything. I'm thinking that it will be more popular when we have more than lettuce and herbs available (hopefully!). 



I pulled up the first carrots yesterday. The one in the middle must have hit a rock while growing. They were delicious!


Mmm more basil for pesto - this time it went on a pizza with zucchini, radish, onion, garlic and sundried tomatoes. It was one of our best yet!


The name "Sweet Million" isn't much of an exaggeration for these tomato plants. They are *covered* in vines of growing tomatoes. 


The lettuce (romaine and manoa) that I harvested for the stand yesterday. It's hard to keep it from wilting. I put it and the kale on damp towels on the stand and I stood the bunches of herbs up in some water. That seems to keep it pretty fresh. 


Nathan got some red wriggler worms to add to the aquaponics system. They help to break down the fish waste for the plants. He put them in the grow beds and they tunneled right down into the media. 


Our landlord is digging a trench to lay irrigation pipe from the rainwater pond by the greenhouse to the orchard. Nathan had a small work team of 3 to help him dig.

All of the dogs had had a pre-weekend bath. Back to farm life...




2 comments:

  1. Nice job Jody!! Gotta love honour stands--sort of an island staple. I wonder if you could blow up one of your nice veggie photos in some sort of waterproof format that you could hang--more eye candy to make them stop and buy. Did you eat this well when you lived in the city? Or is it a new thing?

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  2. Great minds think alike! I have the picture frames all ready to go, just have to print some photos! I never ate this well consistently - it's much more tempting to make good meals when there is so much fresh food right here.

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