By: Julia Holup, Assistant Manager We’re finding lots of earthworms in our small hoop house today as we turn over the soil and prepare to seed. They may be small, but earthworms deliver huge benefits to the soil, improving nutrient availability, drainage, soil structure, and productivity. Ever wonder how you prepare beds in tight spaces? […]
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spring workshops!
Join us for a series of organic land care workshops, led by Stout Oak crew member Javi Gil. Javi is an expert in organic landscaping and lawn care, having managed an organic landscaping company for the past 11 years. He is a NOFA Certified Land Care professional, and regularly teaches workshops on a range of […]
frosty in mid-September
First frost September 18th. Bye, bye tomatoes. Bye, bye cucumbers and zucchini. Jeff moved the hens to the other side of the road yesterday, to a field we’re in the process of renovating with a clover cover crop. Now the chickens are going to do their part, adding fertility, scratching up bugs, and eating weed […]
spring work
All of a sudden, there’s so much happening on the farm. Early this morning, a giant truck showed up with our delivery of straw. Apparently, we are going to be mulching like crazy this year. The mobile chicken coop gets another upgrade! This time, Jeff is adding a new roof and a new trailer base […]
here we go!
Here’s Jeff turning under the winter rye cover crop, getting beds ready for planting. Kale seedlings going strong in the greenhouse.
turning over new fields
We are getting to know our new fields here at the farm in Brentwood. With the help of our neighbor’s plow, we turned over a few acres and seeded winter rye. Most of the land is sloped (some areas more than others), except this nice flat field at the top of the hill, which hadn’t […]