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Good, happy Cinco de Junio! We have been like busy bees and busy beavers here at North Branch Farm, but my camera is not up-to-date on the happenings so there may be a shortage of visual evidence to back up my claims; judge for yourself if they are true... Plowing the...
Mission Orchard Accomplished.
Some of you may know we spent last weekend tucking hundreds (440-ish, to be more specific) of fruit trees, mainly apple with some pears and cherries thrown in, into the brand new North Branch Orchard. The week preceding orchard-fest was a marathon of using, breaking,...
April Fool’s and beyond
Friends, Neighbors and Family! Three short weeks ago, on April 1st, 2012, the Gawler parents arrived to set us and our barn roof straight. Equipped with safety gear of all kinds, they inspired us (once again!) to be more cautious on the job--and more lighthearted--as...
Alliums
Our first March snowstorm (of two so far) About two weeks ago we seeded our entire 2012 crop of onions and leeks in the annual edition of the North Branch Minifarm. Anna seeding leeks Minh filling the water tub Leek seeds in their mini trenches We have over eighty...