Author Archives: Katie

As many of you surely already know, last Tuesday our community lost a dear vibrant soul when Tricia Crawford passed away in her home. It’s been almost a week now, and Tricia is still very much present in my mind. … Continue reading →

In spite of the recent rainy spell, this spring has continued marching along speedily. I am amazed at how ahead so many perennial crops are — last week, Rusty noticed (with those highly tuned child eyes of his) the first … Continue reading →

After many, many unseasonably dry and warm spring weeks, the rain has returned in earnest. It took awhile for it to actually amount to much in the soil, because the preceding weeks had brought soil moisture down to summer levels. … Continue reading →

Just about three years ago, I wrote something in our weekly newsletter answering the question, “What does a farm baby eat?” It was a good opportunity to explore the concept of “baby led weaning” and feeding children in general. Dottie … Continue reading →

The ingredients we put into the farm are seemingly simple and finite: fertility, water, seeds, time and labor … One might think that, as with many industries, you could look at such inputs and predict the “outputs.” Certainly, to some … Continue reading →

Wow — this weekend. Wow — this week. Wow — this spring!!! Warm. That is the word of the day, week, season. And dry. Oh, how the island buzzed with activity all weekend long — tractors running all hours because … Continue reading →

If you had to guess, what would you say is the most critical ingredient in farm success? Fertility? Appropriate tractor use? Pest control? Irrigation? This is a trick question, because the answer probably falls into a slightly different category of … Continue reading →