The Happy Farmer Blog

SUMMER MUNCHINGThe deer have found the chard this year so when we harvested lasted week, we had to cut out several leaves that had

So So HOTThis photo was taken Saturday night just after 8pm.....in the pea patch, not along a river as my beer may suggest.  This

OxygenA few weeks ago I asked for a "smidge" of rain and someone commented that we need way more than a smidge.  And indeed,

The Power of PlantsThis growing season has been a pretty crazy weather year so far.  The beans pictured above I thought had died in

Happy 4th!Wow I cannot believe it is JULY!  The weather has been all over the place it is hard to keep track of the

Rain!When I last looked at the rain gauge we had gotten 3.25" and it is still raining!  Honestly the ground was so dry, this

Summer's ToilSo I am still feeling optimistic that we will have a fabulous crop this year, and I generally try and make the weekly

Crisp and BrightWhat gorgeous weather we are having!  I am trying to soak it all in before he humidity comes and zaps all of

Summer SkiesWell it felt like it took summer a long time to get here.  Seems crazy that it is the first week of June