Slow Hand Blog
The Three Sisters
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Pretty much every american grower it seems has heard of the three sisters: corn, beans and squash. Andy Griffin mentions this planting scheme in his recent excellent post “Corn,” in the ladybug
CSA Shares Start (and big steel)
Friday, May 29, 2009
Actually, they started more than a week ago, very exciting. I’ve been posting regular blog entries over at the csa’s blog, slowhandfarm.blogspot.com, I’ll reserve this space for more general
The Other Parts of Farming
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Farming is about growing food, but there’s a lot that goes into that, including construction. That’s one of the things that I love about farming, I get to use all these part of my head. Just
Visiting Farms
Sunday, April 19, 2009
A short post today, as I’m on my way out the door to visit yet more farms after just getting back from visiting a few. This is one of the most valuable things I do and I highly recommend it
Double Digging
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
For years I’ve been talking about wanting to try a little production farm based on the Biointensive model. While folks around me have been wanting to get bigger, I’ve been trying to figure out
Get out of the way, cause here it comes. A little bit of everything from the world of farming and food, and maybe even a few other things
