Monthly Archives: July 2013
applewood farm Photo Contest! (with Prizes!)
Since we opened applewood restaurant back in 2004, we’ve always featured the work of local photographers on our walls. We have tried to find photos that showed images of farms and farming, and so far we think we’ve done a … Continue reading
Naked Chicks Everywhere!
We might have a bit of a chicken problem. When we started keeping chickens, we rescued a starter flock of 12 Rhode Island Reds that were destined for a brief life in a factory farm. This was an excellent and … Continue reading
The Accidental Optimist (or There WILL be Squash!)
When last year’s pigs were gone and the field they’d turned over was empty, we decided we’d turn it into a garden. Knowing that this year’s pigs were going to a different spot, it seemed like an obvious next step. … Continue reading
Pig in a Day: From pig pen to plate in eight hours
We are getting better at finishing pigs here on applewood farm. Our first go-round was on November 5th of last year and we made the grievous error of choosing to finish all three pigs in one day. It was a … Continue reading
The Trouble with Organic Farming
By choosing to farm organically, we don’t use any of those really helpful products that kill all of the weeds and give Little Shop of Horrors results in plant growth. We don’t use soils that contain anything other than soil … Continue reading
Poor in Farm; Rich in Friendship
In the summer of 2004, Dave and I were walking home from a seminar on organic gardening at the Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn. The farmer who had spoken gave out bags of freshly-picked lettuces to everyone who came … Continue reading
The Truth About Honeybees
Ready? Okay. Here’s the truth about honeybees… They are in no way terrifying. They want nothing to do with you. They will only sting you when they feel that their queen is threatened. The only stings I have received since … Continue reading
Time to Pull the Garlic
Garlic is one of the few crops you can plant in the fall or winter, pay practically no attention to whatsoever, and then harvest in the early weeks of summer. Garlic seems to thrive whether there is an abundance of … Continue reading
Goat Pedicure
Cindy’s hooves were looking bad. I had heard that goats needed their hooves clipped from time to time, but I tried to put that out of my mind for as long as possible. It was hard enough to get used … Continue reading
Free Food
I am constantly amazed by the amount of food we receive from the earth. There is the garden, full of fruits and vegetables we’ve planted; but there is also the food that simply grows, totally independent from humans. On our … Continue reading
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