We had a busy busy week! We did a lot of new planting on freshly cleared & shaped beds: beets, pak qing, and lettuce. [caption id="attachment_615" align="alignnone" width="562"] Jiva caught a pic of us for the Olana instagram![/caption] Our downside of the week was that Helen +...
We had our biggest harvest yet this week - adding new kinds of fruit, leafy greens, herbs and vegetables! After we finish setting up our tables of produce -- I'm always impressed. From perusing the other stands at the market and hearing our repeat customers'...
We have been here for 3 weeks and 2 days, and our first beds are getting so big! Can't believe how fast they grow. ...
Easily the best thing we’ve been gotten to experience so far at the farm: harvesting honey from the 4 bee hives kept on the farm. Wednesday late morning we donned the bee suits, sturdy shoes / boots & gloves late morning while the majority of the...
Friday was a big work day for us. I tackled a couple different area of weeding and planted a new mix of lettuce seeds in the kitchen garden for testing. Aaron donned the bee suit and helped Jiva place a new frame for the hives to...
A big part of my farm tasks is overseeing the sprout house. It's a small hoop shelter containing all planted seed trays until they are big enough to be transplanted to the ground. Jiva assigned this to me partially because I'm also the one planting...
Papaya trees! I love their bi-colored, funky shaped leaves. We harvested a ripe papaya about 2 weeks into living here! Was truly delicious!!!!! [gallery columns="2" size="full" link="file" ids="360,359"]...
Well the rain continues - heavy and frequent. Tuesday morning was a downpour, thwarting most of the farm tasks for the day. Aaron was able to put in some hours weed whacking around the farm, while I primarily took the day off and caught up...
We’re heading to the farmer’s market tomorrow and today’s tasks were all about harvesting! I had only a couple hours of harvest work on roselles, green onions and pak choy. Aaron was on tree duty: avocados, tangerines, lemons, limes, tangelos, tangerines, cara cara oranges, grapefruit,...