ten days gone...

we've been busy, which is nice. the picture is in honor of the meat we'll be eating at the farm party tomorrow. jb tiller turned a new leaf this week, passing the 25 year mark. cheers joe! we love you! we had our birds weigh out at 22, 16.5, and 15 pounds respectively. they lived a long, happy, 100 days or so and we are excited to get the thanksgiving birds soon. cheers y'all, hoop it up! be proud, jr

Junebug

We've reached mid-month somehow and things are seriously growing. All rows, with the exception of beans we planted today, are showing vegetation and looking healthy. Only five more rows to plant, mostly being basil, melons, squash, cucumbers, and some quinoa sneaking into the mix. Mole control has become a daily chore, with the sneaky bastards taunting us hours on end... Aside from the tomatoes, today might have been the last of the hand watering, which will of course save us time. I think Till may have gone to get more chickens today, so maybe tomorrow the post will involve some baby poultry photos? Everyone have a good evening and don't get fooled by the rain. Cheers, JR

N.P.R. & envy are...

with the recent sunshine and rain the farm has exploded with vegetation forcing us to except our duty's at farmers. Over a hundred hours a week have been going into planting and weeding. we have been filling our ears with NpR and staying ambitious in our weeding, although thre is plenty of envy for round up ready crops I would rather have blood pickin fingers.

quickly

Due to a tired soul, this message could possibly be brief. This Sunday has me looking back at the week and thinking about how much we got done. having Trevor around again has been a blessing, with six hands planting proving to be much more effective than four. Early morning breakfasts, no pun intended, providing us all with great strength to push through the week. Tomorrow we'll host a volunteer, who for some reason wants to help us weed and thin rows. The farm looks great today, and with proper keep-up and direct mindfulness, shall stay that way. It's impossible to go through the days without being incredibly gracious for the opportunity we've been provided to grow. Tomorrow will be no exception, and hopefully the work will show. Be proud.
Your friend, JR Tucker

refresh!

Tomatoes and peppers are complete. We tallied the peppers around 60 in the dirt. I slouched today to recover from four days of planting and my paid job, while tiller made it look like a farm again. The week to come involves finishing a few rows, and then onto thinning and weeding. Would love to have some volunteers to pull weeds if anyone is into pain and monotony... Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the sun! Cheers, JR

in the weeds..

this will be brief, but efficient... 138 tomato plants in, along with about 25 peppers and the tip of the iceberg at a dozen squash.. past few days, and the next few, will be busy and satisfying. come up anytime. cheers, jr

You say tomato...

I say work... we moved the first round of tomato plants from the solarium to the great outdoors today, planting what will turn out to be about 8 percent of our total plants. One row. Yikes! We just took in a good rain, which I am super thankful for. I f we could have 50 total tomato plants in the dirt tomorrow I'd be a happy man. We expect to plant somewhere between 150 and 175. Some of the plants already stand fouor feet tall so it has become a lesson in wrangling as well as gardening. Hopefully we'll have some good pictures to post this week, as we expect to plant a ton... literally. We tore the roof off the 37th house almost all last week, so the focus is strictly on farming this week. For now, here is a picture from a creative project done away from the farm. Pallets are free by the way... next we'll try to build a coupw with em... Be proud, JR

The roof, The roof...

I personally didn't set foot on the farm today. We continued the removal of the old roof at the 37th plot, leaving us all quite tired and covered in dust. However, this is rewarding work and a giant step in the right direction. While we were there, I sorted through what tomato starts we have left to sell and clocked the number somewhere around 100. Some real boomers highlighted the mix of about 15-18 leftover varieties and I couldn't help but admire the plants we're keeping for the farm. Some of them had tomatoes on them, and many others close behind. Somme of the pepper starts are also bearing fruit, and the albino bullnose in particular has me quite excited. Here are some scattered pics of the farm as of Monday. Cheers y'all. Be proud, JR