Well the greenhouses are finally planted, hooped, remayed, and the ditches are done. All the nick of time....I hope. Salad really needs to get a move on and fill out over the next 2-3 weeks or I things are going to be dire this winter. Cleaning up the farm today and trying to get all these other little jobs done that have to get finished before the serious snow flies. Once again I have promised myself no large projects next summer growing season. We'll see how that goes. Really need to focus on cultivation and weed control next year. Biotelo works very well but need to mulch the pathways heavily to keep weeds down there. No real easy way to do either without and tractor and the proper equipment. Need to find an old hay wagon too for the laying hens. All these little coops and the work that goes into moving everyone around is driving me nuts. Gotta go to the dump.......

Camp is closed and the weather was actually quite nice. The little apple tree in the corner is producing some really nice golden apples. I will try to get up there to harvest them next year. They were tart but tasted like a golden delicious. Neighbors got a little carried away up there trimming out brush and took out one of our cedar trees. Why don't people just call and ask? Market went reasonably well. Lack of product or variety of product is a big impact. Garlic and salad remain real popular. Weather is supposed to go back to normal this week. No frost and some sun. Finally have a chance to finish cleaning up the farm and getting a bunch of odd jobs done. Bye

Well the cold wave continues. 23 up here this morning. Supposed not warm up until Monday...finally some sun in the forecast as well. Trenching project is finished and the last greenhouse is 80% planted. Off to the market today, not sure how that is going to go. Quite a few people seem to be under the impression that the market ends on the 1st of October? My brother is up to help close the camp. Little late and a little cold for that but its going to happen with rain and snow tomorrow morning.Next job is to move the chickens into winter quarters, clean up the fields and asparagus, get the wood pile put into the basement, mow the lawn that one last time and then start worrying if the winter salad crop is going to come in and do well........ah well here's to next season and the hopes, optimism, and new ideas that always accompany it. Lot's of things to build and repair this winter for the farm and the house.

Snow on the ground and more falling out of the sky this morning. Transplanting continues today as well as filling the ditches as long as the rain does not become too abundant. Yes it is a wee bit too early for snow damn it! Well need to go find some salad for a customer. I'll try using a broom to sweep the snow off to locate it.

Well one greenhouse planted, one more to go. The clock is ticking. Really having to push to get things done around here. It's going to be close. No sign or word from the excavator to get the drainage project finished. I will try calling again........well off to the "office" which means the business end of my shovel. Only two more walk ways to dig/shape then I can frame the beds and start planting. October continues to be overcast and wet. Could really use a few days of sunshine to dry things out and get the plants going a bit.j

Good Morning, well more rain today......one greenhouse is almost replanted. Need to get the beds set in the second one. Last round of flats are getting seeded this week. Late plantings in the fields look good but the constant clouds for the last two weeks have really slowed them down. Chickens have been processed and sold. Ducks are next in mid-November with about 10 of the old laying hens. At least the lawn has slowed down so that I don't have to mow it. It does need one more cut before winter though. Alot of ground cherries out there but it's been too wet to harvest. These will be a great candidate for a temporary tunnel next spring. The list is getting smaller but still has quite a few things on it before the real snow starts to fly.

Well market went well and the rain held off until about 1:30pm. Meat chickens were done on Sunday morning. That job went very well and quick. Birds looked very nice and they are all sold. Planting in the greenhouses continues today. Time to rototill and reset the other large one. My list continues to get smaller, progress just seems so slow and something else always comes up. No frost in the forecast yet and hopefully we will see a bit of sun this week. Still trying to figure out winter housing for the laying hens. Trying to avoid the annual manual shoveling of the manure in the spring....

Well October has arrived looking and feeling more like late November, ah well. The greenhouse ditches are dug! Need to clean them up a bit and then I start laying the drainage tile and backfilling. Now to get the contractor out here to finish the project..........what is it with tradesmen in general up here? Winter planting get's started in earnest today. One greenhouse is all set so the plugs and direct seeding is going to happen. Alot of stuff to go in. Market this weekend in the rain.