Nathan’s first big project was constructing this contraption to be brought into the fields full of fowl so they can eat the grasses and weeds and fertilize the fields at the same time
Archive for the ‘Farm Work’ Category
Portable poultry coop completed
Posted in Animals, Farm Work on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
new farm intern
Posted in Community, Farm Work on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nathan, our new “organic farm intern” joined us 3 weeks ago.
He has come here to be able to be creative, build things and learn how to grow vegetables. On his first day, Nate jumped enthusiastically with both feet into the unpredictable challenges of being at the farm. See his blog for his journal [...]
A stream of consciousness from Ron…
Posted in Farm Work, Musings on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We did some good work on Saturday morning- it was a beautiful day to be in the garden. Here’s Ron’s take:
A morning green and growing…
It was overcast and cool. Perfect morning for planting, on the eve of the strawberry moon. Connie and Taylor were in the Lower Children’s Garden planting tomatoes and more greens. Ron [...]
April Thanks from Connie
Posted in Community, Farm Work on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Friends of the Colchester Neighborhood Farm,
Great Big THANKS to Smokey Joe for repairing all of the leaks in all of the pipes from the winter weather and to Ben and Josh for replacing the toilet. We now have the water turned on at the front greenhouse, and the rest of the barn! (no more [...]
Work, work, work.
Posted in Farm Work, Soil on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have been BUSY on the farm over the past couple of weekends. With the weather warming up there has been much to do and too few hours, as always happens this time of year.
We’re working on catching the blog up to the progress, but we wanted to share a big step with you that [...]
Brush Burning Party 2009
Posted in Celebrations, Community, Farm Work on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you to everyone who came last Saturday in such iffy weather and lent a hand for the big burn and the smaller tasks too. The major task of the day was handily accomplished! We got the big piles burned! After everyone left, it started to sprinkle again around 3:30 and Ron stayed til about [...]
Building a new fence
Posted in Farm Work, Winter work on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of our many winter projects is building a new fence. Here are a few pictures of the progress:
Evan carrying a post
Pete and Evan preparing post holes
Shel digging
Shel, Pete, and Ron setting the posts.
The work goes on
Posted in Farm Work on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The harvest may be almost over, but the work never slows down! We’ve still been busy on the farm despite the changing season and the cooling temperatures. Summer may be the busiest time of the year, but there is still too much to do: weeds to pull, spent plants to compost, fences to move, beds [...]
