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- 1982 running my little stand at the Fairfax market.
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- The vast view west. All one big 40 acre field, Oliver 1800 pulling disk. SCARY!
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- Same here, vast west view. No patches yet just one huge field.
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- Old cultivating IH “B”
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- Aaron sleeping amongst the carrots 1996
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- Me and Aaron packing CSA, 1998.
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- Arlington market 1993
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- Growing vast bean patches. Just sit right down in between your two beds. 1997.
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- winter squash land, old times.
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- View from dumptruck collecting straw bales.
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- Moving those precious bales into the patch. Looks like we were a little late, the plants are big!
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- Olsschool growing tomatoes, no trellis! All farm made straw.
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- Me and James getting giddy in sweet potato patch.
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- Look, patches 🙂
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- Look, nice tomatoes staked!
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- Probs early 90’s Arlington market
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- Heinz driving the Bartschi brush hoe on bean crop.
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- Early times Composting Field Day.
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- Early in compost career, checking CO2 of pile.
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- Self-propelled compost turner in action. Diesel engine, manufactured by Chris Stotlzfus, Amishman.
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- Prototype self-propelled compost turner, and me driving. 1994
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- Checking CO2 and Temp
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- newer tractor w/creeper pulling Sandberger compost turner
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- Sandberger dropping down to turn
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- Spreading compost with Stoltzfus Spreader (not Amish)
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- Back when we still grew sweet corn. Looks pretty good!
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- mowing sweet potatoes before digging
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- Patches
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- Fund with green manures: cowpea/sudex
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- Fall Brassica patch
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- By 1999 we were learning about staking tomatoes. Duh.
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- The old sign on Rt 287.
