Yes, more farming

I went to The Farm this past weekend, and I did stuff. We had brussel sprouts, which were a bad idea Farmer Tom had because they were on sale, really cheap. They were on sale really cheap in April because you can't harvest brussel sprouts -- I have no damn idea how to spell it -- until after the first frost, which is why you plant them in August, not April. In any event, we had these brussel sprouts:

I pulled them out and we then had dirt:

I have not yet planted anything in this particular dirt. Perhaps this weekend. I also weeded the shit out of the bed the spinach was in until about two weeks ago, when I harvested all of it. I planted beans there:

 And then I watered the shit out of that bed:

 Next up, I went to the little bed that could and pulled out the brussel sprouts that Farmer Tom planted there, hoping to come up with seeds, I guess:

That bed is now empty, as well. Probably going to be more garlic. Farmer Tom decides what to plant, I keep it alive. Right now, that bed is just dirt:

I was able to harvest a few things, though, even as early in the season as it is. Cold weather crops continue to finish up. Such as swiss chard:

And kale:

And whatever kind of lettuce this is:

And this big-ass head lettuce that is not iceberg:

More coming, as we finish up the winter crops and put in more summer stuff.

Fall farming is much easier

Wow. I'm going to The Farm again tomorrow, and I am just now putting up last week's farming post. I guess that's because it isn't really that exciting. There really isn't very much to do right now except hope that the stuff grows fast enough to beat the killing frosts. It's already getting into the 30s and 40s as night. I'm a little worried that our cold-weather crops might have gone in too late. Also, I barely have any idea what Farmer Tom planted. I think this is kale and kohlrabi, whatever that is:

This is some kind of lettuce, and beets:

Turnips and parsnips here. As you can see. the stuff is mostly coming in OK, I just worry that it might get too cold too soon:

More turnips? I don't know:

A little broccoli. The big one was from the first planting, which largely failed because of weather. Too damn hot. The little ones came later:

Same story for the cauliflower:

And for the spinach:

And for whatever this is, which I think is beets:

Some kind of spinach or lettuce:

The carrots, peppers and tomatoes continue to come along. Maters almost done. I've bee jarring a bunch, and making sauce. We'll see what we see tomorrow.

Not much to the farming lately, but it is still happening

I didn't make it to The Farm this past weekend, but I did make it the weekend before. (I also have sworn that I will be there this coming weekend, do or die.) The winter crops we have planted are actually doing pretty well. The late crop peas are flowering and producing. Farmer Tom tells me they have been eating peas from this crop almost every night:

The broccoli continues to\produce:

The spinach is still working:

Oddly enough, we are still getting pepper production. I hope to get by The Farm tomorrow and see if this is still true, but the unseasonably warm weather we have been having tells me that I will find things on The Farm that I don't expect. Like these peppers:

Or this broccoli, much of which stayed with Farmer Tom. For the next batch, I call dibs.

Meanwhile, back at The Farm

Before the Packers game Sunday, I took a quick trip to The Farm. Farmer Tom and I -- he's back from his Appalachian Trail adventure -- discussed winterizing plans and crops for next year, and evaluated what we have still in the field. The first-crop broccoli looks excellent, and some heads are almost ready to harvest:

Right next to the first-crop broccoli is the spinach, which finally came in and is now providing salads:

The peppers continue to produce at a ridiculous rate, although the dropping temperatures mean I probably will have to harvest soon and end the pepper crop. I'll get a lot of ground pepper and hot sauce out of this bed, though:

The second-crop broccoli and the cauliflower also are doing well. We'll see if we can get a harvest in before the first frost:

Same goes for the peas, which are now flowering. Harvest before frost? I don't know:

And, of course, I managed to harvest quite a bit. Mostly peppers, but also the tail end of the green bean harvest. Next weekend, those plants come out. I think the beans are done:

As we near the end of the growing season, I have to say that, except for the tomatoes, this has been a pretty good year. Next year -- CORN!