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<\/p>\nOur first potato patch has been dug and we took advantage of a nice seventy degree weekend before a week of rain to get our potatoes planted.\u00a0 I’m not in any of these pictures because I took them all, but you will be seeing my face shortly!<\/p>\n
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From left to right: Richard, Felix (the dog), Petey (my boyfriend and fellow Garden Manager), and Autumn<\/p>\n
In the background is our dairy barn where we milk our cows.\u00a0 I milk every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning currently.\u00a0 Nothing like some fresh raw milk! (although I do prefer the goat milk and plan to get trained on milking goats)<\/p>\n
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Lil Will and Winter<\/p>\n
In the background you can see the high tunnel we built last year.\u00a0 It was paid for by a grant from the state of $7,000.\u00a0 The high tunnel is a season extender and we are already planting greens, beans, and some solanums in there.\u00a0 You can also see our mobile chicken coops.<\/p>\n
We saved potatoes from seed last year and we also had to buy some seed.\u00a0 To plant a potato you can slice them in half (or in thirds sometimes) and make sure each piece has at least a couple eyes on it.\u00a0 The exposed part of the potato is dipped in wood ash to prevent rot and then we plant the potato (with eyes\/spuds facing UP!) in small trenches we dug the day before ten inches apart and then we fill them in.<\/p>\n
Hope everyone is having a nice day today.\u00a0 I’m currently working on getting East Wind’s community blog up and running with the help of many people here so I’m getting excited about that and I’m sure I’ll have some crossposts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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