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What's Better than Garlic?
Why, MORE garlic, of course! I spent much of the morning working on poetry unit updates for my lit classes (no rest for the wicked or for online teachers) and the late morning and early afternoon hour… more →
Flying Tomato Farms
What's Better than Garlic?
flyingtomato wrote 2 weeks ago: Why, MORE garlic, of course! I spent much of the morning working on poetry unit updates for my lit c … more →
A Day Off
flyingtomato wrote 2 weeks ago: Yesterday was gorgeous–74 degrees or so and sunny. A perfect fall day. I kept telling myself … more →
Lately...
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flyingtomato wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve been tempted to post an “out of office” note here–though knowing my own … more →
Manure and Garlic
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flyingtomato wrote 4 weeks ago: Manure day! At first our neighbor Kathy (who boards horses) and I talked about loading my truck, th … more →
Putting the Beds to Bed: Farm Edition, Part Two
flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: Good field sanitation isn’t my favorite farm chore of the season. It’s just not that mu … more →
Putting the Beds to Bed: Farm Edition, Part One
flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: According to MSN’s Careerbuilder page, farming and ranching is the fifth most dangerous occupa … more →
Digging Parsnips in the Rain
flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: Tomorrow is our next-to-last market in Vermillion, so I thought I’d get out and dig those pars … more →
Decorating for Fall? Buy Local!
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flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: I am hearing from a lot of local producers that they’ve got a glut of pumpkins and gourds this … more →
Pre-Freeze Harvest Notes
flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: I managed to get a few images of the pre-freeze harvest Friday after critiquing student essays and h … more →
Here Comes Winter!
flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: In between critiquing a gazillion composition essays, I’ve been running around outside the hou … more →
This is the End, Beautiful Friend
flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: Low temperatures at the end of this week will hit the twenties, and we may even see a few flakes of … more →
Fall Frustrations
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flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: Out on the wide unused highways north of Watertown, where the big power poles slingshot across the p … more →
Variety Notes--Cherry Tomatoes 2009
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flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: I grew five varieties of little tomatoes this year. As much labor as they are to pick, they’r … more →
Frost on the Pumpkin
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flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: When I walked out the door this morning, I thought, no way–not even close. It seemed downrigh … more →
Harvesting Like There's No Tomorrow
flyingtomato wrote 1 month ago: Well, sort of. There’s a frost advisory tonight, and even though we’re in the Southern … more →
Breaking Down
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flyingtomato wrote 2 months ago: The gardens are starting to fade, and it’s time to start cleaning up and practicing good field … more →
Today at the Market
flyingtomato wrote 2 months ago: Today I’ll be bringing tomatoes (mostly paste/sauce–the season is ending for tomatoes!), … more →
Produce Insanity
flyingtomato wrote 2 months ago: Here’s how it is–I shelled beans last night while watching a movie, but I haven’t … more →
Afternoon Harvest
flyingtomato wrote 2 months ago: Just returned from the first round of harvesting for tomorrow’s market. Not everything here w … more →
