Category Archives: Planting

Trying To Get Caught Up

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Tom

On Sunday, this is what the Ness Farm looked like when we showed up.   Made me cringe.  Patti had been here a few times since I last had, weeding in the onions.  I had not mowed here in two weeks.  … Continue reading →

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Pretty Much Done

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Tom

I worked from dinner to dark on Friday, dawn to dusk on Saturday, and tried to work in wet clay after a rain on Sunday.  The size of the garden is what it is.  I am not going to try … Continue reading →

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Still Planting

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Tom

Right now things are soaked again.  But Tuesday night I got back out to the Adickes farm with Claire and in just under 4 hours we got in 180 feet of Tiger Eye beans, 140 feet of Contender green beans, … Continue reading →

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So Much To Do

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Tom

I spent Saturday and Sunday out at the two gardens I am doing with the Adickes family.  One is the (primarily) potato garden at Jerid’s dad’s place, and then the big garden at the Adickes family farm.  Patti and kids … Continue reading →

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Memorial Weekend, Ness And Adickes

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Tom

That picture is from the end of the say on Saturday.  Patti and Jerid watching half of the various detritus Jerid needs to get rid of.    Biggest bonfire I have seen in a long time. That was not how the … Continue reading →

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And On To Beans

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Tom

Just getting started really.  A few experimental plantings in my yard are all up with no rotting issues, so today I was out early with Claire to buy tall steel poles and zip ties to affix wire fencing to the … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day Weekend

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Tom

It was a busy weekend, with better weather than the weather prognosticators were predicting.  Heavy rains held off until the late evening Sunday.  Mother’s Day, all of us, including Patti’s mom, was spent down at my parent’s B&B south of … Continue reading →

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Planting Cabbage With Cats

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Tom

Patti came out with me this evening to the Adickes farm.  Violet, Claire and Phoebe came along to play with the Adickes kids.  Nearly 3 hours of jumping on a trampoline and chasing cats for the kids.  200+ cabbage and … Continue reading →

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Trying 3 Sisters Style Planting ….. Again

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Tom

Some years ago I gave it a try, without knowing more than the growing beans up cornstalks and covering the ground with squash vines.  It was a bit of a disaster. Higher hopes this time.  I have a strong stalked … Continue reading →

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Taking The Plunge

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Tom

Still early enough that we could have a freeze, but on the island here at least, I feel pretty safe.  Night time temps are low 50s for the extended forecast and I have planted things in colder weather. So I … Continue reading →

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