Category Archives: Corn

A Week Of Late Nights

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Tom

I am kind of losing track of days and nights.  Taking the weekend off to run away up north last weekend meant I had about 20 hours to try to make up in regards to what is on my plate … Continue reading →

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Adickes Tuesday Run

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Tom

That is what it felt like.  Some kind of marathon which started with a commute early in the morning to an office, and ended with the moon late in the evening on a farm. The Three Sisters planting is really … Continue reading →

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Evening At Pasture Adickes Farm

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Tom

Last night we got in a good solid two and a half hours in the evening, ahead of the rain, and the garden there is really looking nice.  First, we went through the garden and picked rocks and bits of … Continue reading →

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Getting There

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Tom

Things are shaping up at the Ness farm.  The plants were still there under the prolific weeds and other than between days most of two rows of beans being eaten, and me having to replant them, it is looking good. … Continue reading →

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Maintenance & Prepwork For Sweet Potatoes

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Tom

Yeah, trying sweet potatoes this year.  Have meant to for a while, but the amount of work was beyond me physically for a few years.  So, it was that, and some general maintenance on what is in the ground already … 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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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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