Yikes, in just 8 weeks these kids will be out helpng us plant another 20,000 onions. In June they weed the onions. In July and August they pick and rub clean the onions. When not working with onions they will be busy tending to tomatoes, pickling cucumbers, garlic, peppers, pumpkins and many more wonderful crops of vegetables growing on our farm. It is an amazing [...]
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They do good work!
Posted February 28th, 2011 by jean. Comment (0).
RAIN !
Posted August 9th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).
Harvest has begun!
Posted July 9th, 2009 by jean. Comments (2).
Yikes, every time we turn around something else is ready to pick. Cooking out here has become a joyful thing and eating is an off the chart experience! Every day now we are picking and selling these yummy vegetables… green beans, yellow beans, zucchini, sweet onions, garlic, lettuce, beets, cucumbers, ( we actually have pickling cucumbers this year, [...]
Lorraine and quack grass
Posted June 11th, 2009 by jean. Comment (1).
Lorraine both hates and loves quack grass. She hates having it in the gardens and fields but look how happy she is while digging it out!
Summer vacation!
Posted June 11th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).
Well, Jean is thrilled that it is summer vacation because the work crew is back to getting the farm work done. Today these kids weeded the entire onion field. Very good work. Beautiful.
Farmwork – May 2009
Posted June 8th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).
Vegetable transplants heading out to the field where they will become rooted, harvest the sun and rain and grow the most delicious tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini and eggplant. See our harvest schedule for when these crops will be ripe and ready for sale in our roadstand. Presently we still have the gorgeous flowers and also our [...]
Plant those pumpkins, peppers and tomatoes.
Posted May 28th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).
It will be a big day planting pumpkin seeds and transplanting vegetables. Gotta get busy now and will try and get some photos to show our good work. While Al, Jean and Katie plant, Mary will be tending the gorgeous flowers and helping folks find the flowers or baskets and tubs that will beautifu their home and gardens.. Check [...]
Happy anniversary Al and Jean!
Posted May 26th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).
Well, today was our 31 st wedding anniversary. We both live together and work together and still both voted to continue our good marriage. As a great gift to Jean, Al went out and planted a 2 acre soybean food plot for the resident deer herd. This will be sweet yummy food for the deer and [...]
Al doing good work
Posted May 12th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).
Al plants popcorn. We grow the best popcorn! It is available in our roadstand. Stop in and you can go home with gorgeous flowers and some yummy home grown popcorn.
Jean planting broom corn
Posted May 12th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).
A self portrait of Jean who is happy the broom corn is planted in neat rows behind her tractor.