It is a rare early end to the work day (6 pm, writing on Tuesday), breezy, cold, raining again. And while I very well should be sitting back and reading Eileen Myles, I am doing THIS, because May 2019 deserves a Hexagon blog post, IMHO. After a frustrating day dealing with weeds and anxiety, IContinue reading "post no. 45: the second year"
post no. 44: a year in the life
On April 4th we enjoyed the relative calm and warmth of the new caterpillar tunnel, a greenhouse-like structure homemade from PVC, rebar, rope, and greenhouse plastic. A cold rain was falling and a brisk wind blowing outside, and we prepared a 100-foot long bed for an upcoming early planting of kale and beets. This wasContinue reading "post no. 44: a year in the life"
no. 43: the story of spring
Last winter was our first on the farm, and the blog posts concerned the experience of starting with little: creating a greenhouse, mucking out a barn for transformation to a wash/pack space, and acquiring small tools and equipment to begin managing the land we will have in cultivation. The winter was cold, and snow accumulationContinue reading "no. 43: the story of spring"
no. 42: the farmers market commute
Lo, it's the first Hexagon blog post of 2019! This February is proving to be remarkably similar to last February, which made the prospect of setting up our first year infrastructure pretty challenging, but with more snow. Fortunately, with a year under our belts there is less to do, in a way, because some things,Continue reading "no. 42: the farmers market commute"
no. 41: year 1 in review!
Some of you already know that we are away from the farm for a 6-week break, a chance to spend time with family and friends all around the northeast, including a return to the farm in Poughkeepsie and a bit of time in Boston, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and eventually Philadelphia. I had looked forwardContinue reading "no. 41: year 1 in review!"
no. 40
It is almost Thanksgiving, and while we are enjoying a somewhat restful middle-end of fall (fires, cat cuddling, crafting, baking, roasting, soups), the sudden onset of snow and cold, and the continued cold, means there has been more pressure than we expected to clean up, finish the fall projects, and be ready for winter, becauseContinue reading "no. 40"
no. 39
Writing this week on the second-to-last day of October, the sights, smells, and sounds around the farm are signaling November (which happens to be my favorite month). Migratory birds have visited and sung from trees and shrubs; the field across the road is a bare spectrum of browns and yellows, the corn and soybeans havingContinue reading "no. 39"
no. 38
Hello again! We’re still here, despite the recently quiet blog, enjoying our first beautiful autumn on the farm and in Wisconsin! I feel we have been here for a long while given the many new friends, projects, and developments, but a year ago today the home inspection still had not happened and garlic had notContinue reading "no. 38"
blog post #37 – wrapping up september
I decided to count the number of blog posts, and this is the 37th! More than I would have estimated, for sure. Some surprisingly significant changes have taken place around here over a short period of time, the big one of note being that I’ve started working part-time as baker at the coffee shop/restaurant inContinue reading "blog post #37 – wrapping up september"
Autumnal changes
Conditions around here have really changed in the past 2 weeks, and this post goes up near the [predicted] end of 4 days of intermittent rain and thunderstorms which leave some of our crops looking better and some worse than before the rainy period. As for the dairy barn, it’s looking less like a barnContinue reading "Autumnal changes"
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