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In 2008, we continued to farm on Grand Island, where we plan to stay for a long time. Here are some random photos from the year. (For more stories & photos, visit our farm blog.) | ||||||
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Our chickens enjoying fresh pasture and the safety of their new portable 'electronetting' fence. January 2008. | ||||||
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Casey working on the new concrete floor in our covered wash station. January 2008. | ||||||
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One of our new favorite winter greens: castelfranco, a chicory related to radicchio. Stays beautiful and tasty all winter long! January 2008. | ||||||
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Katie in our newly built permanent greenhouse. January 2008. | ||||||
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Our new pole building — hoorah for covered storage space for tractors! February 2008. | ||||||
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Casey at a winter visit to the Willamette River. February 2008. | ||||||
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Casey using one of our new tillage implements: a John Deere chisel plow. February 2008. | ||||||
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Another new tillage implement: a Lely Roterra. February 2008. | ||||||
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In 2008, we extended the CSA season to begin in February. Here's a sample early season share: March 4, 2008. | ||||||
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Lots of bunches of mustard greens, freshly washed and ready to bin up. March 2008. | ||||||
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In the winter, we hold the CSA pick-up inside at the YCAP food bank warehouse. March 2008. | ||||||
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Casey marking beds for spring planting. April 2008. | ||||||
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Katie hauling flats of lettuce out to the fields to plant. April 2008. | ||||||
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Laying out lettuce plugs ... April 2008. | ||||||
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Planting lettuce, using our new self-propelled work platform: the Drangen! April 2008. | ||||||
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Casey showing off one of our beautiful over-wintered cauliflower heads. April 2008. | ||||||
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Late spring view of the fields from our house. May 2008. | ||||||
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Over-wintered arugula blossoms. May 2008. | ||||||
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Part of our new display at the first McMinnville Farmers Market. May 2008. | ||||||
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The farm fleet: our good old Honda Civic and our new Isuzu NPR box truck! June 2008. | ||||||
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This year we experimented with direct sowing winter squash. We sowed the paths to clover. The combination worked great! June 2008. | ||||||
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We also planted a small perennial vegetable field this year. To the left are blooming sunchokes, and to the right are cardoons, a relative of artichokes. August 2008. | ||||||
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Torpedo onions beginning to dry down for harvest. August 2008. | ||||||
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In August, we drilled a new well to replace the one we drilled in 2007 (which never functioned at all at any rate of pumping). The new well is awesome!!!!!!!! This is the pump test. | ||||||
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Casey at an outdoor summer CSA pick-up. August 2008. | ||||||
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Irrigating with the new well is wonderful!!!!!! August 2008. | ||||||
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Casey drilling fava beans and red clover with our new grain drill (purchased used, as we do with all our equipment). September 2008. | ||||||
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A fall brassica planting: broccoli on the left and cauliflower on the right. September 2008. | ||||||
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Casey digging the last of the sweet potatoes before first frost. October 10, 2008. | ||||||
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First hard frost. October 11, 2008. | ||||||
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Day two of December's extreme winter weather. | ||||||
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The last CSA share of 2008! December 16. | ||||||
| More photo galleries: Starting a farm, just plain pretty, on the new land & sample CSA shares. | |||||||