Yesterday, for the first time in weeks, I didn’t post anything — not even a picture. Shame, shame.
To make up for it, I’m going to post a ton of pictures today, and try to teach you a thing or two about my arch-nemesis plant: the tomato.
I’ll explain why it’s my arch-nemesis in a [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘vacation’
August 30, 2008
catching up is hard to do
August 17, 2008
the jungle
I’ve dug up a few interesting farming-related articles from around the web: how high food prices can hurt — or at least not help — third world farmers, what Wal-Mart, cancer, and organic produce have to do with local farming in my hometown of San Diego, and when agricultural conservation gets contentious in New [...]
August 16, 2008
why farmers don’t vacation…
…at least in the summertime.
Coming back to the field this morning was, erm, ahem, <choke>, a bit of a shock. There was good news, and there was bad news.
I’m a realist. Let’s start with the bad.
First of all, in two weeks, dawn has changed noticeably. Emmett and I arrived on the field at [...]
July 21, 2008
growin’ up
The best way to appreciate a farm, I think, is to spend three days away from it.
Emmett and I recently took a three-day weekend (not on the actual weekend, mind you, because that’s when we sell at the farmer’s market), and left someone else in charge of the veggies. I might be overstating my case [...]
