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Posted by Lauren on 26 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: firsts, lists, local food, pictures
(No, not that kind of Roundup.)
New things:

First day at market!
Not-new things that also happened this weekend:
Posted by Lauren on 25 May 2009 | Tagged as: farm updates, lists, meat
So the sun has been shining here, which means we’ve barely sat down at all as we scramble to get things done. This weekend was full of socializing and meeting new people as well as much farm work. In the past few days we have:
But it’s just the calm before the storm. This week is OK — some basic things need accomplished like planting out the flower bed, mulching paths and around some of the larger starts, and addressing the greenhouse inventory list, but the next week, we have 6 turkey poults (babies) arriving on Tuesday, and 25 meat chickens arriving on Thursday, and a show to go to in Seattle that same day, Thursday, and then also a chicken slaughter party to go to on Saturday. Need to prepare homes for both these batches of poultry before they arrive! And then there are plans to make about doing chickens for sale … more to come on that soon!
Posted by Lauren on 07 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: chickens, farm updates, greenhouses, lists, planting, tools

Posted by garth on 02 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: dropstone farms, lists
1 (one) Combination brush hook/zombie pacification device
3 (three) six foot lengths of rebar
5 (five) seed starting trays
1 (one) tow rope
3 (three) 25 kg bags of organic layer mash
1 (one) 50# bag of diatomaceous earth
It seems like an interesting life, doesn’t it? It’s dark now (at four-freakin’-thirty) but I’ll post a picture when the sun comes up.
Posted by Lauren on 08 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: eating, lists
Lately we have been making a lot of dishes that will last a long time, because we have also been canning, and the prospect of cooking anew each evening is too daunting. So it’s been soups that last for days, for convenience’s sake.
Recent eatin’:
Upcoming very shortly:
Coming sooner than I am really ready for: greens, greens, and more greens, thanks to winter.
Things we have canned: that’s another post for another day.
Projects we are currently in the middle of:
Posted by Lauren on 12 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: comestibles, eating, lists, pictures
Here are some things we have harvested, and some meals we have made from them!


Coming up soon is … more of the above, plus summer squashes (zucchini, pattypan); more beans, both green and drying-style; a 2nd round of peas; cabbages.