This is the extension that we put on the overflow pipe in our pond. The pond's dike is currently about 3-4 ft higher than the level of the original overflow pipe. So we think it should be able to hold the almost 2 additional feet of water with the extension. This would be quite a bit more water that would be available for irrigation. Hope it holds! We had asked our neighbor to weld the extension on and he said he thought he had a pipe the right diameter, but he didn't. So this was an alternative solution. Corrugated drainage ditch pipe slid around the original pipe with cement poured in between.

 

 

You'll notice a few items that we have had available lately that are missing from the list this week. That is because these are crops that are out in the field covered with snow. These are: spinach, Brussels sprouts and cilantro

 

lettuce
lettuce mix
spicy mix
garlic
carrots

kale
beets
onions (red and yellow)
leeks
winter squash - butternut, acorn, tetsakubota (big, gnarly and green)
celery root i.e. celeriac
parsnips
mini cabbages, big cabbages, conehead cabbages, red cabbages, zebra-stripe cabbages (just kidding on the last one)
salad turnips - hakurei and red
potatoes
watermelon radishes
rutabegas 





Cute dog photo

Gemini eating a hakurei turnip. Yes we make her eat her vegetables. Just kidding she and Knox love them and they pick their own. Sometimes we have to cut them off after 2 in a row. They also love carrots, beans, tomatoes, an occasional cabbage leaf and peas (though unfortunately for them we have given up trying to grow peas for next year)

lettuce
lettuce mix
spicy mix
spinach
kale
garlic
carrots
beets
onions (red and yellow)
leeks
winter squash - butternut, acorn, tetsakubota (big, gnarly and green)
celery root i.e. celeriac
parsnips
mini cabbages, big cabbages, conehead cabbages, red cabbages, zebra-stripe cabbages (just kidding on the last one)
salad turnips - hakurei and red
Brussels sprouts
potatoes
watermelon radishes
cilantro
rutabegas

You may notice that the potatoes we have had are all very small. This is an effect of last summer's drought. The yield on potatoes was severely affected - more so than any other crop at our farm. We have very little potatoes stored in the cooler this winter; not much more than just enough for the CSA. And they are small so we hope they are able to store sufficiently well. We hope you enjoy them anyway.

lettuce
lettuce mix
spicy mix
kale
garlic
carrots
beets
onions (red and yellow)
leeks
winter squash - butternut, acorn
celery root i.e. celeriac
parsnips
mini cabbages, big cabbages
salad turnips - hakurei and red
Brussels sprouts
potatoes
watermelon radishes
cilantro
rutabegas

Wow what a hot day.
I have not been giving farm updates the last few weeks. I've just been slacking and putting the vegetable list. So:
Today we spread composted chicken manure in our big field. Yay! The ground is dry enough and the temperature was an eye-popping, climate-change-tastic 65 today so we reduced the huge pile of old chicken crap in our driveway to a mere molehill and now the worms can work it into our soil for us.
I'd like to say everything went smoothly, but that so rarely happens so I was not expecting as much. The rusted out fender on our truck was pulled off from using it to tow the manure spreader. Ah well, that will be a problem to worry about another day. Today we just simply continued spreading after the truck was rendered useless by using the tractor instead.

And our old barn is getting fixed up. Its not going to be fancy but it should be functional. Come see it in a couple weeks when, hopefully, it will be done.
Lots of other items are on the winter to-do-list and we'll just keep plugging away merrily.
Seed catalgues are here so its time to get our order together - maybe next week.

note to Corning folks - if you want greens mix, please specify "lettuce mix" or "spicy mix" so we know for sure which you mean - thanx!

7 items
lettuce
lettuce mix
spicy mix
parsley
kale
garlic
carrots
beets
onions (red and yellow)
leeks
winter squash - butternut, acorn
pie pumpkins
celery root i.e. celeriac
parsnips
mini cabbages, big cabbages
salad turnips - hakurei and red
Brussels sprouts
potatoes
watermelon radishes
cilantro
rutabegas