Journal+2010-2011

=Farm Journal 2010-2011= toc Back to Weaver's Way Farm Main Page

** 9/22/10 (1st day at farm) Jeff D **
1. Garden tour with John, farm intern. 2. Adam F. returned 3. Wood chips bet beds in flower garden

** 9/29/10 Leo N **
Today we harvested sweet potatoes and weeded strawberries as well.

10/20/10 David M
Today at Weaver's Way, we learned that a ruthless, tomato-shriveling fungus had infected the farm, and threatened to spread to, and consequently kill, all the tomatoes previous volunteers had worked so hard to plant. Our only method of defense was to kill and dispose of the already infected, so we violently ripped the defiled tomatoes out of the ground and hurtled them into the wilderness. We then dumped wheel barrows of compost onto the newly barren land. We were joined by some students from Central who had just started a school program that forced them to come to the farm every other week. Sadly, our tomato handling and compost transporting skills were so blatantly superior, that most of the Central students were too discouraged to contribute any meaningful amount. Perhaps next time our visits coincide, us Crefelders should dumb ourselves down as to not unintentionally intimidate the Central students, as their timidness grossly shortchanges our efficiency as a whole.

10/27/10 Leo N
We picked peppers and tomatoes and the we pulled out plants in the rain at the shelter.

11/10/10 Leo N
Today we put smelly straw around the strawberries to slow weeds and rotting. Then we mulched around different beds to make walkways.

11/17/10 Leo N
Another smelly day! We transferred compost from different bins and combined them in one big compost pile.

12/8/10 Leo N
Today we pulled up dead broccoli and mulched beds with leaves. Best for last! We also discovered a musical set of gloves. We saw a disappointing farm trick.

2/23/11 Leo N
Back to the farm!

3/2/11 Leo N
We tried some bokchoy and cleared two beds in a hoop house. Jeff 'stole' some bok choy. Found pill bugs and slugs and a salamander. After clearing the beds we said goodbye to Adam for the last time.

3/9/11 Leo N
We weeded a hoop house and then put leaves on composting peaches. Intimidated new farm intern with our awsomeness. Tasted rosemary, onions, and sorrel. Saw spiders.

3/16/11 Leo N
Raked beds and seeded them with rye as a cover crop. Then we pulled cabbage and put them in the compost. Saw lots of spiders.

3/23/11 Leo N
Worked at school greenhouse. Planted greens and tomatoes.

4/13/11 Leo N
We cleared two beds of rye and them transplanted some lettuces into the beds. We took the baby plants out of trays and put them into holes that were then covered. The plants were very fragile.

4/20/11 Leo N
Leaves of three Let it be Leaves are hairy It's a berry

4/27/11 Leo N
Weeded two beds of lemon sorrel and chives. The sorrel tasted like lemons (surprise) and the chives tasted like raw onions. We took some chives home and we told a lot of jokes. We found a weed that violently released its seeds like missals.

5/18/11 Leo N
Very rainy! First we stayed under the roof and ate greens. Then we weeded and planted an orange edible flower called calendula.

5/25/11 Leo N
Planted lemon balm and basil. We also weeded potatoes and radishes. Then we put some rotten radishes into the compost.

Leo N
Today we harvested burdok a plant that has strong roots and tastes nutty. It's also good for your liver. Then we pulled lettuces and weeds. Lastly we ate strawberries.