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One of the things that I enjoy on the farm is the ability to stop and pick fruit or berries while I am taking a break. This time if year, you might think there we don’t have a lot of berries and growing plants. But I stopped for a few minutes on Friday and snacked from berries I was able to pick right off the vines.

Goji Berries

The goji berries have really produced this year. If you want goji berries just let me know and we’ll set up a time for you to come pick them.

Figs

The last round of figs is about to hit. I’m not sure if they will ripen before the first frost, but it was nice enjoying the fruit off the vine as I took a break

Comfrey

The comfrey plants are enjoying a warm october and still growing. Comfrey isn’t edible off the vine, but it is still nice to see it growing.

Raspberries

The raspberry plants are still growing. Hopefully next year we will get to enjoy berries from them.

One of the traditions on the farm is planting garlic in October. We actually started growing garlic on the farm before we owned the property. We grew garlic with the previous owner. We have continued the tradition every since.

We plant garlic in Oct and really don’t do much with it until spring. Once spring arrives, the weeds come with the warm weather and it is time to weed the garlic.

Garlic Available

We have almost sold out of this year’s garlic. We have maybe 2-3 lbs left. It is available in the store. We hope to have more garlic available in July 2025.

Back to the Planting

This year we planted garlic in a new location. We work hard to minimize how much we till the soil, as part of building better soil on the property. The soil in this area did require tilling the beds prior to planting the garlic. We planted over 800 garlic starts.

Once the garlic was planted and covered with soil, we covered the bed with hay. The hay was cut from the back field on our property. Using the hay is an example of function stacking. The hay helps in several areas. As the hay breaks down it adds nutrients and orgranic matter to the soil. The hay also supresses weeds. The garlic beds won’t need any significant weeding until March.

Woolly Worms

We saw lots of woolly worms. Here are some pictures

We had the privilege of going to help with the recovery for a few days. The damage is hard to describe. One of the major problems is that the power and data infrastructure can’t be repair because major swathes of power lines and power poles are just gone. Power poles snaped in half. Cars wrapped around trees. We were working in an area where power may not be restored for 6-9 months. Thanks so much for everyone in our crew and the many people coming to help out and sending supplies. Here are some pictures from our trip

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