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random pics 2019

We're now part of the Kentucky Proud program

Mushroom logs placed in the woods 1-4-19

The final straw for no till plastic in this 1 straw revolution

The end of using heavy black plastic as ground cover. It does not hold up to a full season without disintegrating.

No till, but littering plastic bits everywhere

The end of using heavy black plastic as no till ground cover. It does not hold up to a full season without disintegrating.

digging up potting soil from the center of a rotten stump 2-2-19

Couch in the woods 2-8-19

Oak Logs for Shitake Mushroom Totem Poles 2-26-19

Layer of Hot Shitake Sawdust Mushroom Spore and a layer of log 2-27-19

Hot Shake Mushroom Totems - should fruit when it's too hot for the other Shitake... in about 2 years... 2-27-19

3 Terrorists :~) Bagging their heads to retain moisture and heat to encourage more rapid colonization of the log 2-27-19

Garlic - Chesnook Red, Silver White, Metechi - 3-1-19

Garlic - Elephant, Inchellium Red, Music - 3-1-19

Come out to see WAFers Ally as Elly May and Gianni as Mr Dresydale

Over winter station positioned under a skylight in the shop 3-5-19

Algae starting to form on the sides of the pond 3-7-19

Fresh seeds to the rescue 3-8-19

Another layer of hay added to the Garden of the Sun 3-8-19

Starting to mark off rows in the River 3-8-19

Zinga Kitty Kitty watches us setup rows in the River.

Prepping the 1st River plantings Tom Thumb Lettuce, Mache and Spinach 3-10-19

transplanting Spinach starts 3-10-19

Future long Bus/RV parking

Augering holes for hundreds of trees. 3-15-19

Restocking Bass adding some minnows and a couple of grass carp 3-21-19

the ever changing tree planting map

planting trees on the downside of our hay swales

The auger broke down with a hundred holes left to dig.so we had to finish it the old fashioned way.

Tree planting crew 3-23-19

the sun sets on our tree planting project 3-27-19

Early Girl tomatoes in individual greenhouses 4-3-19

Red Marconi Sweet Pepper in a Jug 4-9-19

Oveview at the 1st water transfer of the year 4-15-19

Nasturtium Tire Seat at the Fire Pit 4-17-19

Zinga Cleans up after the PotLuck

Spring Flowers

Spring Water 4-24-19

25 Purple Passion Asparagus planted 4-24-19

25 Mary Washington Asparagus planted 4-24-19

25 Sparkle Strawberries planted 4-25-19

25 Seascape Strawberries planted 4-25-19

25 Early Glow Strawberries planted 4-25-19

Edging Seed Lines Through the Hay 4-30-19

Cucumber, Lettuce an Spinach Seeded 5-1-19

Echinacea Triangle 5-1-19

Nasturtium Tire 5-1-19

Stevia Rows Seeded Next To Garlic 5-1-19

Some Onion Rows in the Hay 5-14-19

Some Potato Rows in the Hay 5-14-19

1st Garlic Scapes of the Year 5-14-19

Cucumber Fence in Front of Rows of Lettuce 5-14-19

CatTail Harvest 5-16-19

Baby Nasturtiums between Blueberry Plants 6-16-19

Fresh harvested young Sassafras Leaves for making Gumbo Filé 5-20-19

Vew from the truck on water tranfer day 5-21-19

the 1st ripe Blueberries 5-23-19

the Water Buffalo

Tarp Harvesting Mulberry 5-24-19

Mulberry Picker 5-27-19

Rodger and Peter - field crew

Garlic Scape Harvest 5-29-19

Future Crop Eatin Burrito Filling 6-2-19

The Living Room for Firefly Viewing 6-4-19

Zynga Welcomes You to the Relaxation Station

We Picked Up a Buncha Chicks to Work the Farm 6-1419

Cucumbers, seed lettuce, tuscan kale, purple kale, yarrow and tomato

Onions & Potatoes 6-23-19

Garlic that's ready to harvest but too wet to harvest. Yarrow in the background. 6-23-19

A 1 day old bean sprout that's already bigger than the sorghum it's suppose to climb. 6-23-19

Some areas that we planted have very poor drainage. We have had an incredible amount of rain.

1 of 3 strawberry beds

Establishing perennial kitchen herbs

Chicks & Guinni's 6-23-19

Guinni's move to there own cage outside 6-30-19

Baby Chicks Move into their Coop 7-4-19

Celebrating that we're not British with a multi color bonfire 7-4-19

Our 1st day at market this season 7-5-19

Gerald visits 7-5-19

5 Kinds of Garlic drying. Elephant, Music, Metechi, Inchellum Red and Chesnook Red. Siliver Whites are still in the field for a few more weeks. 7-6-19

Squash, Tomaroes etc 7-11-19

Peppers, Nasturtium, Tomatoes, Yarrow 7-11-19

The hay mulch has been a very effective weed barrier.

Volunteer Sorghum and Tomaroes in the Potato and Onion area.

Cucumbers, Tuscan Kale, Tomatoes, Yarrow 7-11-19

The hay mulch has been a very effective weed barrier.

Freshly transplanted Mortgage Lifter and Beef Steak Tomatoes 7-11-19

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