October 27, 2012
This week's harvest:
Kale
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Garlic
"Hakurei" Salad Turnips
Greens Choice: Arugula, Swiss Chard, Mizuna, Red Mustard
Daikon Radish
Sweet Red & Yellow Peppers
Hot Peppers
This week's farm news:
Early in the week our family took a couple of days off from the farm to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary and Olivia's 3rd birthday (yes, she was borm on our 10th anniversary!) we went to nearby Barren River Lake State Park and enjoyed some fishing, the bike trails and playgrounds, and the glorious autumn weather!
Once we got back on the farm, we (with Jesse & Hannah's helping hands) got busy mulching the garlic patch. We started out by raking and bagging leaves from our driveway and then spreading them a couple of inches thick over the garlic beds. We then covered the leaves with old hay mulch to keep them from blowing away in the wind! Now the garlic crop is all tucked in for the winter.
Then the final not-so-fun-hoorah for the week was having Olivia, then Opal, then Ira come down with some type of flu bug leaving them feverish and laid-up in bed and leaving Mama & Papa sleepless and bedraggled. I look very forward to seeing the sparkle return to their sweet blue eyes!
May your week be full of good health!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
2012 Fall Season, week 4
October 20, 2012
This week's harvest:
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Garlic
Lettuce
"Hakurei" Salad Turnips (and their delicious greens!)
Baby Ginger!
Greens Choice: Kale, Mizuna, Collards, Red Mustard
This week's farm news:
The week was a busy one! With a little help from (our new neighbors!) Jesse and Hannah, we finally finished digging the sweet potatoes! Hooray! Now they are tucked away in our greenhouse for curing and storage. We also planted next year's garlic crop. Double hooray! We still have to mulch it but otherwise, two major projects were checked off our "to-do" list this week! We also dug our first ever crop of ginger. We didn't grow a whole lot for our trial year, but it's enough to give y'all a taste! And it was successful enough that we intend to grow more in the future. And, boy, is it yummy! Our growing season isn't long enough for ginger to obtain that characteristic tan-brown colored skin. Here, we harvest it in the "baby" stage...while it is amazingly tender, juicy, and not at all fiberous. Enjoy this special treat! Also, enjoy this gorgeous autumn weather and beautiful fall foliage! What a special time of year.
This week's harvest:
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Garlic
Lettuce
"Hakurei" Salad Turnips (and their delicious greens!)
Baby Ginger!
Greens Choice: Kale, Mizuna, Collards, Red Mustard
This week's farm news:
The week was a busy one! With a little help from (our new neighbors!) Jesse and Hannah, we finally finished digging the sweet potatoes! Hooray! Now they are tucked away in our greenhouse for curing and storage. We also planted next year's garlic crop. Double hooray! We still have to mulch it but otherwise, two major projects were checked off our "to-do" list this week! We also dug our first ever crop of ginger. We didn't grow a whole lot for our trial year, but it's enough to give y'all a taste! And it was successful enough that we intend to grow more in the future. And, boy, is it yummy! Our growing season isn't long enough for ginger to obtain that characteristic tan-brown colored skin. Here, we harvest it in the "baby" stage...while it is amazingly tender, juicy, and not at all fiberous. Enjoy this special treat! Also, enjoy this gorgeous autumn weather and beautiful fall foliage! What a special time of year.
2012 Fall Season, week 3
October 13, 2012
This week's harvest:
Arugula
Lettuce - "Bronze Arrowhead"
Kale
Salad Turnips
Sweet Red & Yellow Peppers
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Hot Peppers
Parsley
Garlic
This week's farm news:
The most exciting news of the week is that our dear friends and now new neighbors(!) have officially moved to Bugtussle! Jesse and Hannah arrived with a big moving van on Wednesday (with a big dog and chickens in tow!). They have been busy trying to get themselves settled back in their old "intern rooms" in the barn...their temporary headquarters until they get their little cabin built on their new homestead. What an amazing and fun development for all of us. I just feel so much like all of our lives are going to be greatly enriched. And so we open a new chapter for Bugtussle Farm.
Otherwise this week Eric and I could have been found with our hands in the dirt grubbing for sweet potatoes!
This week's harvest:
Arugula
Lettuce - "Bronze Arrowhead"
Kale
Salad Turnips
Sweet Red & Yellow Peppers
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Hot Peppers
Parsley
Garlic
This week's farm news:
The most exciting news of the week is that our dear friends and now new neighbors(!) have officially moved to Bugtussle! Jesse and Hannah arrived with a big moving van on Wednesday (with a big dog and chickens in tow!). They have been busy trying to get themselves settled back in their old "intern rooms" in the barn...their temporary headquarters until they get their little cabin built on their new homestead. What an amazing and fun development for all of us. I just feel so much like all of our lives are going to be greatly enriched. And so we open a new chapter for Bugtussle Farm.
Otherwise this week Eric and I could have been found with our hands in the dirt grubbing for sweet potatoes!
Saturday, October 13, 2012
2012 Fall Season, week 2
October 6, 2012
This week's harvest:
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Garlic
Kale
Mizuna
Salad Turnips
Sweet Red and Yellow Peppers
Tomatoes
End-of-the-season Basil
Assorted Hot Peppers
Eggplant
This week's farm news:
The week started out with a good amount of rain, which was welcome, but it left the garden too wet for us to be able to plant garlic and finish digging our sweet potatoes. (Which is no small chore!) Eric did manage to get in a cultivation of some young lettuces and greens on Friday afternoon. It was a little wet (still) but more rain is on the way and the young carpet of weeds was really hoping to take over!
Eric purchased two new rams this week from our good friends at Windy Acres Farm over in Orlinda, TN. This is the first sheep purchase we've made since we originally started our Katahdin flock. Eric just felt like it was time to introduce some fresh young blood to our flock's genetics. We won't put the new rams in with the ewes until around Thanksgiving, so in the meanwhile their mower-mouths are being put to good use in our orchard and overgrown areas of the garden.
This week's harvest:
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Garlic
Kale
Mizuna
Salad Turnips
Sweet Red and Yellow Peppers
Tomatoes
End-of-the-season Basil
Assorted Hot Peppers
Eggplant
This week's farm news:
The week started out with a good amount of rain, which was welcome, but it left the garden too wet for us to be able to plant garlic and finish digging our sweet potatoes. (Which is no small chore!) Eric did manage to get in a cultivation of some young lettuces and greens on Friday afternoon. It was a little wet (still) but more rain is on the way and the young carpet of weeds was really hoping to take over!
Eric purchased two new rams this week from our good friends at Windy Acres Farm over in Orlinda, TN. This is the first sheep purchase we've made since we originally started our Katahdin flock. Eric just felt like it was time to introduce some fresh young blood to our flock's genetics. We won't put the new rams in with the ewes until around Thanksgiving, so in the meanwhile their mower-mouths are being put to good use in our orchard and overgrown areas of the garden.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
2012 Fall Season, week 1
September 29, 2012
This week's harvest:
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Kale
Arugula
Lettuce
Salad Turnips
Sweet Peppers
Tomatoes
Garlic
Hot Peppers
Eggplant
This week's farm news:
Welcome to the fall season, friends! We missed seeing all of you last weekend but, boy, we sure had a nice vacation at the beach! The weather was just lovely and we really kicked back and relaxed. But, as much as we love (and need!) our annual vacation, we always look forward to coming back home to our beloved Bugtussle! Upon our return we found everything to be in "great shape," gardens growing and animals content and well tended. (Which is always a big relief!) Now our challenge is to maintain that "vacation attitude" in our everyday living!!!
We are moving forward with our plans with Jesse and Hannah. They are taking us up on our land offer so we recently had a parcel of 7 1/2 acres surveyed (which includes the high tunnel.) They came here on Friday to set some transplants and take some measurements of their cabin site. (Of course, it was a "harvest day" for us so they got roped into that as well!) By suddenly being asked to leave the farm they were on previously, their resources were sapped. They have started an online fundraising campaign to help get them settled in Bugtussle. Visit here to contribute.
This week's harvest:
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Kale
Arugula
Lettuce
Salad Turnips
Sweet Peppers
Tomatoes
Garlic
Hot Peppers
Eggplant
This week's farm news:
Welcome to the fall season, friends! We missed seeing all of you last weekend but, boy, we sure had a nice vacation at the beach! The weather was just lovely and we really kicked back and relaxed. But, as much as we love (and need!) our annual vacation, we always look forward to coming back home to our beloved Bugtussle! Upon our return we found everything to be in "great shape," gardens growing and animals content and well tended. (Which is always a big relief!) Now our challenge is to maintain that "vacation attitude" in our everyday living!!!
We are moving forward with our plans with Jesse and Hannah. They are taking us up on our land offer so we recently had a parcel of 7 1/2 acres surveyed (which includes the high tunnel.) They came here on Friday to set some transplants and take some measurements of their cabin site. (Of course, it was a "harvest day" for us so they got roped into that as well!) By suddenly being asked to leave the farm they were on previously, their resources were sapped. They have started an online fundraising campaign to help get them settled in Bugtussle. Visit here to contribute.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
2012 Season, week 20
September 15, 2012
This week's harvest:
Kale
Arugula and/or Mizuna
Lettuce
Salad Turnips
Tomatoes
Sweet Peppers
Garlic
Eggplant
This week's farm news:
What a whirlwind of work! We did the week's work plus an extra two weeks' worth so we could be away on our vacation! We transplanted another 500 lettuce plants, sowed a nice patch of winter carrots and spinach, harrowed our garlic patch in preparation for planting in October, harvested a couple hundred pounds of sweet potatoes to give them time to cure in the greenhouse so they'll be sweet for the fall share. In addition, we got two weeks' worth of paddocks set up so our friends can continue moving our livestock to fresh pasture. Ira got all of his critters set up in the barn so they will be safe from predation. We feel ready to go but we're exhausted! But knowing we'll soon have saltwater on our skin & a beer in our hand we know it's worth it! The kids sure are excited! Well, a big thank you to all of you for supporting us for another summer season and we look forward to the fall ahead! See you on the 29th!
[Note from Liz: Former Bugtussle interns Jesse and Hannah have set up an indiegogo page to help with the costs of building a home on the land Cher and Eric have offered them. If you feel moved to assist them, the page can be found here.]
This week's harvest:
Kale
Arugula and/or Mizuna
Lettuce
Salad Turnips
Tomatoes
Sweet Peppers
Garlic
Eggplant
This week's farm news:
What a whirlwind of work! We did the week's work plus an extra two weeks' worth so we could be away on our vacation! We transplanted another 500 lettuce plants, sowed a nice patch of winter carrots and spinach, harrowed our garlic patch in preparation for planting in October, harvested a couple hundred pounds of sweet potatoes to give them time to cure in the greenhouse so they'll be sweet for the fall share. In addition, we got two weeks' worth of paddocks set up so our friends can continue moving our livestock to fresh pasture. Ira got all of his critters set up in the barn so they will be safe from predation. We feel ready to go but we're exhausted! But knowing we'll soon have saltwater on our skin & a beer in our hand we know it's worth it! The kids sure are excited! Well, a big thank you to all of you for supporting us for another summer season and we look forward to the fall ahead! See you on the 29th!
[Note from Liz: Former Bugtussle interns Jesse and Hannah have set up an indiegogo page to help with the costs of building a home on the land Cher and Eric have offered them. If you feel moved to assist them, the page can be found here.]
Sunday, September 9, 2012
2012 Season, week 19
September 8, 2012
This week's harvest:
Arugula
"Patty Pan" Summer Squash
Assorted Sweet Peppers
Assorted Hot Peppers
Eggplant
Garlic
Greens Choice: Kale, Mizuna, Cut Lettuce
Okra
Tomatoes and Basil
This week's farm news:
With several inches of rain falling in several different rain showers this week (some gentle - some heavy!) the farm is definitely wet. All of the cover crops that were sown last week are doing wonderfully. It is such magic to watch the brown soil slowly transform into all shades of green. While not a lot of actual garden work was done this week, we found ourselves quite busy with preparing the farm for our upcoming family vacation. We also had a few lovely visits from dear friends throughout the week, including our 2011 interns, Jesse and Hannah. And it was a very special visit because they were here to look at a few acres of the farm that we have offered to sell them. After leaving Bugtussle last fall, they have been so eager to find their haven and carve out their own little homestead - and have been met with many challenges up to this point. Because they are so dear to us, we decided to offer them a little piece of Bugtussle... It looks like we might have some new neighbors! [For an update, check out Jesse and Hannah's post on Sunday.]
This week's harvest:
Arugula
"Patty Pan" Summer Squash
Assorted Sweet Peppers
Assorted Hot Peppers
Eggplant
Garlic
Greens Choice: Kale, Mizuna, Cut Lettuce
Okra
Tomatoes and Basil
This week's farm news:
With several inches of rain falling in several different rain showers this week (some gentle - some heavy!) the farm is definitely wet. All of the cover crops that were sown last week are doing wonderfully. It is such magic to watch the brown soil slowly transform into all shades of green. While not a lot of actual garden work was done this week, we found ourselves quite busy with preparing the farm for our upcoming family vacation. We also had a few lovely visits from dear friends throughout the week, including our 2011 interns, Jesse and Hannah. And it was a very special visit because they were here to look at a few acres of the farm that we have offered to sell them. After leaving Bugtussle last fall, they have been so eager to find their haven and carve out their own little homestead - and have been met with many challenges up to this point. Because they are so dear to us, we decided to offer them a little piece of Bugtussle... It looks like we might have some new neighbors! [For an update, check out Jesse and Hannah's post on Sunday.]
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