Rock & Roll Farm

Wednesday! May 04 2005 // 8:46 pm //

spring?

The good news is my wrist wasn’t sprained. The bad news is I have tendonitis. Meh.

A few weeks ago we had a burn (see above photo). When I have more time and energy, I’ll link to some info on controlled burns. They are awesome. Maybe I’ll get into that kind of work for a while.

We’ve been planting like crazy. Corn and potatoes today. Over the past weeks, beets, carrots, spinach, lettuce, mustard greens, kohlrabi, cabbage, radishes, and a few flower seedlings. Some have been direct seeding, some from seedlings.

It’s been a fairly stressful time lately. If you haven’t noticed, spring sucks. We never thought we’d have a rainless spring two years in a row, but here it is. And what the f#@* is up with 29F last night? We’ve lost a lot of stuff because of this weather.

Planting is definitely my favorite part of farming. Peeling off a row with the tractor, raking out the soil, setting down the seeds, covering (and in this weather, watering). I could spend days on end preparing beds - which is exactly what I’ve been doing. To prepare a bed you have to make sure the dirt is free of weeds, rocks and other debris so the precision seeder can move through easily. It takes an incredible amount of control to weild a 36in. wide rake and sift the top few inches of soil.

Now that my hands have acclimated to the workload, I can type again. I hope I can find the time and energy to make regular posts now that the season is in full swing. It’s 8p.m., and I’m going to bed!