Double Dog Farm 2012 Extended lunch with camera.

[jal_ut]

Looking good!

You are lucky to be busy. Here some are having a hard time finding work.

My first market will be on June 6. I have a few things ready to sell.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Looking good!

You are lucky to be busy. Here some are having a hard time finding work.

My first market will be on June 6. I have a few things ready to sell.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

Thanks James. Sorry I haven't responded on Face book.
I'm not really complaining, maybe I am, but thinking out load. If I drop the Farmers Market for now, I can concentrate on my business and garden. Better to do two things well, than three things poorly.

Mid week Market would not work for me at all, but I wish you the best of luck or at least have fun anyway.

Nose to the grind stone
Eric

[DoubleDogFarm]

Here's a row of onions I planted yesterday. I'm about a month behind on these, but will see what happens.

Red Log of Tropea
Copra
Patterson


Eric

[greenstubbs]

Sounds like you need to help the economy and hire some help, either in the garden or the shop. Garden looks good though. BTW- what's CSA stand for?

[jal_ut]

Community Supported Agriculture

[lakngulf]

If I drop the Farmers Market for now, I can concentrate on my business and garden. Better to do two things well, than three things poorly. Eric

I feel your pain.....mind spinning with all to get done, and you have to figure where the cost/benefit curve lands. Most of mine are hobby related but I try to do too much.....my mother tells me that, my wife tells me that. But then my mother comes to visit for a weekend. I decide to not too anything, just visit, ride the boat, sit on porch. My mother (87) takes a look at the flower beds in front yard. On Friday night she says she needs a long sleeve shirt and gloves so she can begin weeding the flower beds on Saturday morning. Well, you know what that means. Before the day was over, my mother and my wife (who both say I try to do too much) were happy to have me do what they wanted me to do. But the flower beds and the 124 iris plants that we dug up and replanted look really good.

On regular weekends, and for a few hours after work, I feel like I am a bird fluttering around my yard, garden and sheds. I light down every now and then and scratch a bit here, then off to another place and scratch some there. Never getting anything completely done.

But its fun, I guess.

[DoubleDogFarm]

"But its fun, I guess"

I guess we all need to pick our battles.

Planted 60 tomato plants this evening. I planted them in the potato rows. They are roughly 3ft apart from each in all directions. I figure if I have to hill the potatoes some, the tomatoes won't mind

14 - Japanese Black Trifele ( Heirloom 74 days )
14 - Oregon Spring ( 60 days determinate )
16 - Valley Girl ( 65 days determinate )
16 - Polbig ( 60 days determinate )
I'm grow mostly short season bush varieties this year. More varieties to plant, but where?



I also peeked under the floating row covers at the Kenearly yellow eye beans. The pictures make the germination look spotty, but the rest are coming along. I'll look again in a week.



Eric

[DoubleDogFarm]

Purple and yellow bush beans June, 6 2012.

Planted two raised beds 4ft wide x 20ft long. 1 bed of each.
Snap bean, Purple, Royal Burgunday (53 days )
Snap bean, Yellow wax, Rocdor ( 52 days )

Next I'll plant a bed of Snap bean, Jade ( 53 days )

Eric

[DoubleDogFarm]

Quick up date. Sorry to the dial-up members. June 10th 2012

The Kenearly dry beans are filling in.

Fenced in Painted Mtn corn. The leaves are taking on some color.

Red Choi. The floating row cover work fairly well, but not 100% against Flea Beetle.


The salad blend is keeping the soil cool and chocking out most of the weeds.

Purple, blue, yellow and white flowers on the Skagit Magic true potatoes


Eric

[jal_ut]

Looking really good. That Red Choi is impressive.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Thanks James.

Do you grow any Asian greens?

Eric

[jal_ut]

I have not grown any Asian greens. You should see the leaves of my turnips and mustard, then you would know what those Asian greens would look like here. Darn little black clik beetles punch them full of holes.

[DoubleDogFarm]

I have not grown any Asian greens. You should see the leaves of my turnips and mustard, then you would know what those Asian greens would look like here. Darn little black clik beetles punch them full of holes.

I can understand that. We have the same problem. Take a look at this Tah Tsai. Looks like they maybe out growing the little monsters. The center leaves look clean. I will also add that holes don't change the flavor.


Eric

[DoubleDogFarm]

Another picture of the garden. It's starting to look like something. Onions still don't look like much.


Back to work
Eric

[Kisal]

That video of Kirby is absolutely adorable! I think she has stolen my heart.