Category Archives: Gardening

Harvesting With My Birthday Girl

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Tom

So Claire turns the magic dozen tomorrow. She made a quick run with me out to the Adickes farm to cut the rest of the sunflowers, get them on racks in the greenhouse, as well as pick another bushel of … Continue reading →

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Phoebe & Sunflowers

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Tom

Was a bit more subdued of a Saturday than most of mine had been.  I made a run out to a friend’s orchard with Phoebe to talk about things and see how all was going for them after losing 80% … Continue reading →

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Sheer Numbers

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Tom

I really did not know how many holes I dug, and trees I had planted this year.  I just knew I was tired. A lot of them were smaller, being planting out of grafting work I had done over the … Continue reading →

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Couple Of Weeks, Seed Saving, Grafts, Up North, Adickes Farm

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Tom

Another one where I do apologize, but just going to be kind of raw, unedited, and cover a few weeks of work with mostly pictures. This is my daughter Claire showing a seed saving demo.  Renville Paste tomatoes.  Just slice, … Continue reading →

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There, And Back Again

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Tom

I have not been online much of late.  That is not a bad thing.  The world is a messed up place, and due to storms taking out internet connections, and our spending time in parts of the world without internet … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Tom

We spent just an overnight, working only a bit, over Father’s day weekend on the farm.  Just another run of photos, and only for the first day and a half, as the battery went dead on the camera. The first … Continue reading →

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Working And Playing With Food

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Tom

Last night we made a trip to The Adickes Farm northwest of Buffalo.  Just me and all the kids.  Patti was not having any luck getting work done at home with a houseful of them, and I needed to get … Continue reading →

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Another Weekend On Our Farm

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Tom

So not going to do a lot of editing here.  Again.  Just going to talk through the photos from being up there again this last weekend. I did not plant any raspberries this spring.  Had planned to.  Had even ordered … Continue reading →

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Labor On Memorial Day

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Tom

We had planned on having 3 full days up at the farm.  Weather put a kibosh on those plans.  The trees we  had planted, as well as everything else, was getting watered, so we did not head up until Sunday … Continue reading →

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The Last 10 Days

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Tom

  I continue to be a delinquent as far as keeping not only things I am doing updated on the blog here, but getting the things I have in my mind, as things that need to be done, done. The … Continue reading →

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