Posts labeled 'general'

Hoophouse Construction Tips

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
At this point, I’ve put at at least 5 hoophouses and assisted in various parts of many others. I feel like I’ve got a pretty good grasp of the process, but I just stumbled on a handy publication of high tunnel construction tips (PDF) from UVM.  If you’ve never put up a hoophouse, it spells … Continue reading »

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Wanted: a farm

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Kendra and I are beginning the search for a permanent location for our farm and bakery.  (And our family!)  Please help us by downloading our farm wanted flyer (also linked on the above image), printing it out and posting at your local general store, post office, deli/cafe … you get the idea.  Thanks! (CSA Shareholders … Continue reading »

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New and Improved

Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Blogger recently informed us that they would stop allowing us to publish our blog to our own website.  I took the opportunity to move everything over from our old (but still viewable @ http://failbetterfarm.blogspot.com/) blog into this shiny, brand new blog. Most everything is setup and working, but if you find something that doesn’t please … Continue reading »

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June Update

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Phew! Sorry for being out of touch recently, but we’ve been busy, busy, busy around here, as you might imagine. Crops are on track for the CSA to start in early July, pretty much like last year. I can’t quite say that we’re “caught up” with plantings and such, but I can say that we’re … Continue reading »

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Building a Farm

Thursday, June 19th, 2008
What does it take to build a farm? Aside from a supportive community of friends and customers: a lot of wood and screws. Much of the work we’ve been doing this spring has been on projects without which the farm couldn’t operate, or at least couldn’t operate as efficiently. So far this year, we’ve build … Continue reading »

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(Late) May Showers

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
You may have noticed that it was unseasonably dry during May. Fortunately, the past few days have helped me forget about how parched we were just last week. The upshot of all that beautiful, sunny weather was that we got a lot done and didn’t have many weeds growing. The problem: crops weren’t growing so … Continue reading »

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