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Wednesday! Jun 28 2006 // 9:10 am // permalink It was inevitableYesterday was a thrilling day. Not only because it was our fourth harvest day, and we had tons of big beautiful produce for people, but because we had a moose attack. It came Monday night, and ate the tops off about twenty cauliflower plants. The other end of the same two rows had been devistated by cutworms a few weeks back, with broccoli losses totalling over 50 plants. I’m starting to think those two rows may be cursed. The moose fence only has one of three gates installed - my project for today was to build and install the other two. The top of the fence is still without electrified lines, and hopefully the people who were supposed to help me with that have taken notice of the emergency and plan on moving this project to the top of the priority list. So last night I covered everything in the garden with remay. Everything. Just like when it was so cold a few weeks back. Except now everything is huge and some rows need two pieces of remay, one on each side and pinned at the top. The remay is to fool the moose into thinking there isn’t anything in the garden to eat. Apparently this has worked in the past. I’m skeptical (that’s right, Milkmaid). The share for this week is: Wednesday! Jun 21 2006 // 8:19 pm // permalink Happy Solstice!24 hours of sunlight here! The locals all say, “yeah, but this just means we’re starting the slow descent into total darkness.” I’m sort of sorry I’ll be gone before winter. Tuesday! Jun 20 2006 // 9:06 am // permalink First harvest(s)Friday was our first harvest - it went well. Six out of nine shareholders came to pick up 3/4lb salad mix, a bunch of arugula, a bunch of chives and a little bit of lovage. Today the other half of our shareholders will pick up. The share will be slightly different since my spinach bolted over the weekend and the chinese cabbage looks like it may do the same. I should have trusted my instincts and just harvested the spinach on Friday! Friday! Jun 09 2006 // 6:36 am // permalink Ray-Ray’s Rock and Roll GardenMy students are incredible, and I am so in love with them! They are great workers, and are super fun, and all call me Ray-Ray. The garden is almost totally in. The moose fence is almost totally up. Next Friday (the 16th) is our first distribution! Last weekend we had record lows…like two frosts in a row! Which is crazy even for inland Alaska this time of year. We covered everything at Calypso and at the EATinG garden. The garden didn’t lose more than a few flowers, but the farm lost a ton of stuff. Wildfires are starting early this year and yesterday I woke up and smelled smoke! They’re already shutting down part of the highway near us because the fires are so close. Crazy! I am really hoping to write more this weekend, but I’m starting to remember that blogging and farming don’t really mix well. Thanks for all the cards and letters! |
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