Category: Life at Good Dirt Farm
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Notes From A Brutally Cold Winter
How Good Dirt Farm handled this year’s cold winter.
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To-do List Season on the Farm
Unsurprisingly, our farm is extremely busy from around May through mid-October. Between planting, weeding, mowing, harvesting, packing, and selling, it’s full steam ahead for more than 5 months, and there really isn’t time for much of anything else. But winter is a different story. You’d think that once our harvests are out of the field…
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5 Vegetables That I Can’t Help But Love To Grow
As I soak in the warm spring sun and enjoy the ever-longer days this time of year, I’m constantly excited about what’s to come. In just a couple of months, my farm will be bursting with life, color, and most importantly, food. This week, I’m taking some time to reflect on the vegetables that are…
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The Wind, A Farmer’s Archnemesis
As we really begin to warm up into spring on the farm, I have a better phrase I use to describe this time of year: wind season. Like myself, many farmers find something as simple as wind to be the most frustrating and stressful aspect of Farming. In terms of weather, I’d prefer hail, sleet,…
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Winter Projects for a Small Farm
At many small farms, winter usually means much less growth to manage, and therefore less work to do. For many farmers, this is a welcome change from the business of the main growing season, and there are few who don’t embrace the peace, rest, and recuperation of the winter months. Even so, you’ll be hard-pressed…
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A Solar Eclipse Adventure with Good Dirt Farm
It’s probably not surprising to know that two folks who live on a farm have an interest in what’s happening with the natural world. You’ll often find us remarking on a particularly great night for stargazing (Andy) or tracking the phases of the moon (Amanda). Naturally, that led to a desire to travel for the…