These and several other styles can be found at our etsy shop. YES, I DID IT. I bit the bullet and openned a shop on etsy. Our shop is appleseedfarm1.
Now for a store front......
See ya on the farm
Charlotte
Monday, January 23, 2012
Ta Da Pictures of the Aprons
These and several other styles can be found at our etsy shop. YES, I DID IT. I bit the bullet and openned a shop on etsy. Our shop is appleseedfarm1.
Now for a store front......
See ya on the farm
Charlotte
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Great week to be a farmer
This past week has been so busy, you would think it was planting season. Tues and Thursday, I went to Indy for the Horticultural Conference. The first day, I took classes all about record keeping. Not just financial but also planting wise as well. I am a poor bookkeeper to say the least. If you doubt that, just ask my accountant. On Thursday morning, I took classes on high tunnels and hydroponics. Very good speakers. I should have went to the first class but did not want to hear about protected plants. Silly me thought it was about plants that were copyrighted protected. DUH, when the whole morning was about high tunnels. So, I missed a good class. But did get to sleep in a little longer.
Tuesday night, I was a speaker at a women's meeting at St. Mary of the Woods. I spoke about how I grew up, what my life was and is like, and how I started and continue to grow the business. All that in 20 minutes.
Thursday evening I jumped a mile outside my comfort zone. I went to a networking meeting. Now, kids, I have to tell you that I stink at marketing and networking. I am happiest on the farm. But go I did and I stank at it. I hardly talked to anyone BUT I did go. So at least points for me. The more I go, the more comfortable I will get.
Friday evening, we had freezing rain come to the farm. OK, it came all over but it did something wonderful for me. This was the first weekend that I didn't go anywhere but also didn't have company. It doesn't happen often, nor do I want it too. But occaisionally it is nice. It started to rain on Sunday a little so the roads have become a little passable but horrendous fog came in. Boo for me, home again.
Planting in the seedling room has begun. Read an article about growing root veggies in troughs. Giving it a try, I'll let you know what happens.
See ya on the farm
Charlotte..
Tuesday night, I was a speaker at a women's meeting at St. Mary of the Woods. I spoke about how I grew up, what my life was and is like, and how I started and continue to grow the business. All that in 20 minutes.
Thursday evening I jumped a mile outside my comfort zone. I went to a networking meeting. Now, kids, I have to tell you that I stink at marketing and networking. I am happiest on the farm. But go I did and I stank at it. I hardly talked to anyone BUT I did go. So at least points for me. The more I go, the more comfortable I will get.
Friday evening, we had freezing rain come to the farm. OK, it came all over but it did something wonderful for me. This was the first weekend that I didn't go anywhere but also didn't have company. It doesn't happen often, nor do I want it too. But occaisionally it is nice. It started to rain on Sunday a little so the roads have become a little passable but horrendous fog came in. Boo for me, home again.
Meet the 4 generations of Appleseed Farm.
See ya on the farm
Charlotte..
Monday, January 9, 2012
New Year New Goals
Hard to tell this is January here on the farm. It has been as high as 60 degrees here in Fairbanks, Indiana. That means we have been able to tackle some of the outside chores that we don't usually get to until March or later.
Robert has been out on the tractor the last 3 days. He was able to turn the upper field to expose the weed seeds to the sun. Hopefully they will germinate and then we will turn the field again. Since we don't spray chemicals around here, weeds are a constant battle. For the other two fields that we plant in, he decided that we would try another method that a local old time farmer told him about. We burned the fields, this is supposed to kill the weed seeds. This big time farmer told him that this is what his grandpa did to his fields instead of spraying the nasty chemicals. Time will tell. I hope it works.
I have been outside cleaning out the last of the raised beds. We still had the peppers and eggplants in some of them. Of course, they haven't been producing since the killing freeze but the dead plants were still there.They had to go into the compost pile. I also had to cover the garlic with straw. (Holy Moly has straw gone out of sight, in our neck of the woods, it is over 5 bucks a bale) I can't cover the strawberries just yet because they are still green and growing. The deer haven't found them yet, I think because the garlic is planted in a couple of raised beds close by.
Ok, Dudes...goals for this year
1. Blog at least once a week and add pictures. Hard to follow the farm with only my not so adequate texts
2. Pull the new orchard trees into straight alignment.
3. Put new rock around the raised beds (mulch was not a good idea)
4. Get new greenhouse up and running
5. Plant 200 more blueberry plants
6. Build leanto so I can get the tractor out of my barn. (can't move in there)
7. Get milk goats (Dad, here I come with a zillion questions)
8. Get a certified dairy for the milk goats
9. Learn to make cheese from goat milk
10. Get rid of the brown rot in the peach trees
I could list things all day. Work on the farm is never done. But it is a way of life that I love. Hope to see you all soon.
See ya on the farm
Charlotte
Robert has been out on the tractor the last 3 days. He was able to turn the upper field to expose the weed seeds to the sun. Hopefully they will germinate and then we will turn the field again. Since we don't spray chemicals around here, weeds are a constant battle. For the other two fields that we plant in, he decided that we would try another method that a local old time farmer told him about. We burned the fields, this is supposed to kill the weed seeds. This big time farmer told him that this is what his grandpa did to his fields instead of spraying the nasty chemicals. Time will tell. I hope it works.
I have been outside cleaning out the last of the raised beds. We still had the peppers and eggplants in some of them. Of course, they haven't been producing since the killing freeze but the dead plants were still there.They had to go into the compost pile. I also had to cover the garlic with straw. (Holy Moly has straw gone out of sight, in our neck of the woods, it is over 5 bucks a bale) I can't cover the strawberries just yet because they are still green and growing. The deer haven't found them yet, I think because the garlic is planted in a couple of raised beds close by.
Ok, Dudes...goals for this year
1. Blog at least once a week and add pictures. Hard to follow the farm with only my not so adequate texts
2. Pull the new orchard trees into straight alignment.
3. Put new rock around the raised beds (mulch was not a good idea)
4. Get new greenhouse up and running
5. Plant 200 more blueberry plants
6. Build leanto so I can get the tractor out of my barn. (can't move in there)
7. Get milk goats (Dad, here I come with a zillion questions)
8. Get a certified dairy for the milk goats
9. Learn to make cheese from goat milk
10. Get rid of the brown rot in the peach trees
I could list things all day. Work on the farm is never done. But it is a way of life that I love. Hope to see you all soon.
See ya on the farm
Charlotte
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