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The Crop Report

The Crop Report: Week 17 | Here Comes the Sun...and Farmer Anxiety

The Crop Report: Week 17 | Here Comes the Sun.....

All it took was a couple of sunny 70-degree days and it showed up. My farmer anxiety. It’s a real thing, and it hits a couple of times a year....

The Crop Report

The Crop Report: Week 17 | Here Comes the Sun.....

All it took was a couple of sunny 70-degree days and it showed up. My farmer anxiety. It’s a real thing, and it hits a couple of times a year....

The Crop Report: Week 16 | Tight Rows

The Crop Report: Week 16 | Tight Rows

One of my favorite times on the farm is just before we jump into harvesting a crop. This is when the plants are still aggressively growing and filling out. When...

The Crop Report

The Crop Report: Week 16 | Tight Rows

One of my favorite times on the farm is just before we jump into harvesting a crop. This is when the plants are still aggressively growing and filling out. When...

The Crop Repot: Week 15 | Opening Up the Field Cooler

The Crop Repot: Week 15 | Opening Up the Field ...

The Flowers are HERE! The cooler is jam-packed with buckets of some of the prettiest ranunculus, anemone, and poppies! With every harvest, the inside cooler has turned into a game...

The Crop Report

The Crop Repot: Week 15 | Opening Up the Field ...

The Flowers are HERE! The cooler is jam-packed with buckets of some of the prettiest ranunculus, anemone, and poppies! With every harvest, the inside cooler has turned into a game...

The Crop Report: Week 14 | Water Works

The Crop Report: Week 14 | Water Works

Ironically, I chose to write about water this week as I have a well company here scoping out our setup while I type this out. All is fine, I'm just...

The Crop Report

The Crop Report: Week 14 | Water Works

Ironically, I chose to write about water this week as I have a well company here scoping out our setup while I type this out. All is fine, I'm just...

The Crop Report: Week 13 | Dahlia Tubers and Wiggle Wire

The Crop Report: Week 13 | Dahlia Tubers and Wi...

Wow, Spring came in all her glory! While there are still a few chilly nights in the forecast (we aren't quite done with those dreaded frost blankets), the rising temps...

The Crop Report

The Crop Report: Week 13 | Dahlia Tubers and Wi...

Wow, Spring came in all her glory! While there are still a few chilly nights in the forecast (we aren't quite done with those dreaded frost blankets), the rising temps...

The Crop Report: Week 12 | The Cycle Begins

The Crop Report: Week 12 | The Cycle Begins

It's taken 12 weeks for our lives to be consumed with my two favorite things PLANTING and HARVESTING! While there has been a little of each going on before now,...

The Crop Report

The Crop Report: Week 12 | The Cycle Begins

It's taken 12 weeks for our lives to be consumed with my two favorite things PLANTING and HARVESTING! While there has been a little of each going on before now,...