Ok folks, tomato season has arrived. I’m here to tell you how and why we package tomatoes the way we do. We put a single tomato or multiple tomatoes in a pint or quart container. Our farm label is on the outside of each container and there is a price listed on it. That is… Continue reading Please don’t Squish the Tomatoes!
Category: How we grow
Things are Heating Up
We had our first Tilton Farmer’s Market last Tuesday which was fantastic. We are prepping for our second one now. Lots of baking going on at the beginning of the market season. Just a reminder if you want a guaranteed baked good, you should place your order through Hot Plate. We will have yours reserved… Continue reading Things are Heating Up
Resources
As 2023 comes to a close, the seed catalogs begin to pour in and the visions of next year’s gardens start to form. We have put together a page on our website for reference to things we do and companies we recommend. Take a look when you plan your 2024 gardens. https://www.stillseekingfarm.com/constulting-services Happy planning.
Nemotoids Are Our Friends
Here is Keith with the backpack sprayer spreading nemotoids in the garden. After much research by him, we found a strain that would help decrease the population of our unfriendly flea beetles, cucumber beetles, squash bugs, potato beetles and much more and of course we have the dog overseeing the operation.
Foliar Feeding
We have begun our foliar feedings. The ideal time is first thing in the morning or as the sunsets, when the birds are singing. The plants love it when the birds sing. Their leaf “pores” fully open so they can absorb the goodness from the foliar spray.
Garden work
Sunday we were in the garden all day adding carbon (compost) and amendments to the soil. Amendments are useless without a carbon source to hold it in the soil. One main reason chemical farming doesn’t work. It burns all the carbon as well.
What we’ve been up to
Keith and I just got back from a 3 day conference in Somerville, MA attending our second Soil and Nutrition Conference. We had the pleasure of listening to Graeme Sait and his colleague, Joel Williams speak about soil health and human health. They both are from Australia. Graeme began his talk about the reason he… Continue reading What we’ve been up to
Rock Dust
We have 32 tons of rock dust being delivered tomorrow. This is one of the key ingredients to growing the way we do. We will be selling this to anyone who is interested in using this on their gardens. We still have to figure out pricing.
Foliar Spraying
Here’s some pictures of Keith foliar spraying the garden. Spray contains calcium, fish emulsion (2-3-1) for spring growth with seaweed, bio-magic and a bit of molasses. Other pictures of the garden that is starting to come around. And our tomato plants with our cattle panel trellis system.
Bed Preparation
We thought we should post about what it takes to prepare a bed before we plant into it. For those of you who follow us, you know we feed our soil with nutrients that are severely lacking in many soils these days. Coincidentally, these same nutrients are also lacking in our bodies as well. By… Continue reading Bed Preparation
