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- Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser
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- 2019 crew
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- approaching the pack house and green house area
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- this is one of the first hedges the Kaisers planted on the day they became owners of the farm
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- each bed has a flower or herb planted at the top, this is oregano
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- collecting crop residue and other organic materials to be made into compost later
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- Vegetable beds are cleared by cutting out plants and hauling to composting area
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- the view up from the lowest field to the higher gardens and house
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- happy brassicas in a diverse setting of some weeds and herbaceous perennial
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- non-irrigated wilder field edges
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- hand watering in some newly transplanted chard
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- Using a metal hoop every fourth in the high tunnel
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- cucurbits in high tunnel
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- beets just transplanted today
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- the lower fields, that often flood in winter, full of brassicas
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- tremendous plant diversity in a small space.
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- Elizabeth speaks of the relative “chaos” of their farm versus some other more manicured farms. It suits them fine.
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- Tomato harvest
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- newly transplanted chard. Notice the mulchiness of the bed top.
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- newly transplanted chard. Notice the mulchiness of the bed top.
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- handwatering chard transplants
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- again, the beneficial strip along the beds tops
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- again, the beneficial strip along the beds tops
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- strawberry beds in foreground, lots of color, texture and variety in the background!
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- transplanted beets = multiple plants = just pick the big one first and let the others keep growing
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- tiny patch being occultated before planting
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- using straw mulch under trellised tomatoes
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- tomato rows every other bed on a sloping patch = good airflow.
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- newly transplanted squash
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- compost pile, mixed from three different piles, aging before usage.
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- Beautiful!
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- Elizabeth in transplant house
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- the planning book
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- CSA boxes labelled for each family
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- permanent planting along driveway
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- hardening off area, delivery pick up and drop off zone
