Thursday, May 15, 2008

The Haygrove

We installed a Haygrove Tunnel out in Field 2 this year to grow early tomatoes in. I'll let Matthew tell you all about it in a future post, but here are some photos taken just after the whole top blew off! Everyone ran out to secure the plastic and re-tie the ropes that hold it down.



This was a few weeks ago before the drip irrigation had been installed, so the tomatoes look a little thirsty. They've been growing tremendously ever since- so I'll get out there one day this week and post some updated shots.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Cutting Potatoes

Our dear friends Hal and Fran made their annual appearance at the farm for cutting seed potatoes this spring. Seed potatoes are cut into pieces (averaging one "eye" per piece) and then planted out into the fields to grow into a potato plant.