Slow Dog Farm

Sorry to be so random

Pressing seeds into the soil, a tradition as old as humans… Maybe older…

Time to fire up the solar…

400 pounds of lime and the mustard is finally accessing the nutrients in this acidic soil. Hopefully these plants will help fumigate the wireworms, which appear to migrate away as the Ph rises. Pondering next step to bring this area into production

Winter Leeks needed to make way for summer crops.

The generosity of the earth under our feet is unmistakable...

It's happening - new tiny orchard and bee sanctuary - working on this is an antidote to the global news...

They're alive! I thought for sure I had planted the mustard too early and that the germinating seeds had been killed by the 10 days of frosty temps. Apparently not!

New orchard - day one. The worse the news gets, the greater the instinct to grow food.

Building soil year 3. Planting brown mustard to repel wire worms and buildup organic matter.