Posted in Active Fallow, For Kids, Nyland Plot on June 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Today was the first “harvest” at our Nyland plot:
a delicious sweet pea
and a spicy radish!
It is a pretty awesome feeling when you loosen the soil around the radish, pull on the leaves and this nice red radish pops out. My sons were really proud that their watering has paid off. In their excitement they wanted [...]
Posted in Nyland Plot on June 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am sad to tell you that one of the goats has passed away after a few short weeks of a mysterious illness.
It all started with the goat refusing to eat and not getting up. Even the vet couldn’t figure out what was wrong but started the goat on antibiotics anyway. After a few days [...]
Posted in Active Fallow, Nyland Plot on June 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday we were out at Nyland’s watering our plot and minding our own business when an ear deafening screech right ahead of us made us jump and drop the hose. A stray water jet has made somebody hiding out in the tall grass adjacent to our plot a very unhappy camper.
Seconds later, a beautiful pheasant [...]
Posted in Active Fallow, Backyard Plot on June 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It is time for our bi-weekly aisle tilling at the backyard plot.
With the produce starting to grow to a point where some can be harvested the aisles are being trampled on a bit more and the tilling becomes more important.
You can definitely make out the order in which the beds were planted with the first [...]
