Tag Archives: tomatoes
It’s a Start
Since we skipped spring and went directly to summer, things here at applewood farm have been even less organized than usual. Typically, there is a period of weeks between the last frost and the incredibly hot Dog Days of summer. … Continue reading
Getting Sauced
Every year, our tomato crops are by far our most successful of everything we grow. After planting our first garlic in the fall of 2011, the first structure we put up was our hoop house. We filled it with five … Continue reading
Going to Seed
Our back garden is done for this growing season. Due to the rapidly changing weather and extraordinary neglect on our part, the squash, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, herbs, and cucumbers simply became overrun with weeds and started to die off. One … Continue reading
Promises
The past couple days have been unusually chilly, overcast, and drizzly. Surprisingly, the gardens seem to be thriving in this unexpected gloom; the herbs and vegetables are taking off in a big way, and the promise of a sizable harvest … Continue reading
After the Frost
Many of our crops needed to be pulled before last week’s frost. They just can’t take the cold and are essentially killed in their first exposure to the freezing temperatures. Our pepper bed, for example, took a hard hit. We … Continue reading
Autumn Seedlings
The weather is changing and it’s time to start thinking about winter farming. While there is significantly less to do in the winter months in the Hudson River Valley, there are ways to continue to grow food that defy snow … Continue reading
The Precipitate Piglet
This coming Sunday will be yet another Pig Day. We have adopted this euphemism to refer to the days when one of our happy pigs will make the transformation from pig to pork. One of the many things we’ve learned … Continue reading
Little Shop of Horrors (hoop house edition)
I love tomatoes. I won’t buy them in the store anymore. Store-bought tomatoes don’t taste like tomatoes; they don’t really taste like anything at all. A real tomato tastes like summer–sweet and juicy and incredibly delicious–to say nothing of how … 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
Farm Menu On Its Way to applewood Brooklyn!
The first stage in the realization of our ultimate farming dream is starting. Despite the excessive rain, followed by the no-rain-at-all, our crops are starting to take off and hope exists that the garden will flourish this summer after all. … Continue reading
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