Category Archives: Planting

First Planting Day At The Ness Farm

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Tom

Packed up the car.  Perhaps a bit more ambitious than was reasonable, being we did not get out there until after noon, and I brought over 120 potato sets, 800+ onions, two kinds of corn, lutz beets, and rutabagas. That … Continue reading →

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Some Extras

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Tom

I did a joint onion plant order to get costs down to a few cents per plant with a friend.  Met up with him the other night since he had taken delivery, and he had some extra things for me.  … Continue reading →

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Chickens & Baskets

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Tom

So, the weekend previous to this one, I potted up about 1500 tomatoes, peppers, and basil Well, you cannot see it really well in this pic, but above Phoebe’s head, and a bit to the left side (our left, not … Continue reading →

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An Evening With Violet In The Home Garden

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Tom

Puttered about in the garden, cleaning things up, planting peas, reburying garlic the cats or squirrels dug up, and just enjoying an evening after work with Violet.  Nanking Cherry trees are blooming.  Not seeing any pollinators to speak of, but … Continue reading →

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Potting Up & Planting

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Tom

The Adickes allowed me to use one of their greenhouses to pot up my plants.  I started a lot of them.  A silly amount perhaps, but being that physically I am getting back to where I used to be, I … Continue reading →

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And Planting Starts Again

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Tom

This morning it was -6F with 20 mph winds.  5 days ago I started dropping seeds into dirt.  It is going to warm up some day, but for the moment winter is holding tight. I was really happy with Beaver … Continue reading →

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A Year In Pictures

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Tom

So, photos starting with last winter, up until a few weeks ago.  We lived through Christmas, I slept through the New Year, and here we are in 2015.  Hope you enjoy this look back, and stay with us through the … Continue reading →

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Getting The Garlic In

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Tom

We have had very little time, with all of the family birthday celebrations, funerals, work, kids, school, etc, to do all of those things which become so pressing at this time of year for us, that so few others do.  … Continue reading →

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Amos Hinton

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Tom

So a friend sent me a link, about Amos Hinton working with others to plant 4 acres of the Ponca Red Flour corn in Nebraska, where it was grown well over a hundred years ago. Just gave me a big … Continue reading →

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Another Follower

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Tom

Realized this guy was following me around the back as I was spot watering this evening. Our interaction ended when he ate a worm out of my hand.  His mother promptly fluttered in, shooed him away, and led him to … Continue reading →

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