Farmageddon

Exciting News: Our Candy Corn Crop is Planted! We’re super excited to share that we’ve just planted our candy corn crop! This fun addition will definitely add some creativity to our fall farm. Since we won’t be able to plant pumpkins during our time here, Mark came up with the awesome idea of growing candy corn instead. We filled two-gallon containers with compost, pyrite, and soil to give our plants the best start. We’re placing these pots right into the ground, so when December hits, Mark can easily pull them out and take them home. We have four candy corn plants growing alongside our cucumbers, adding a whimsical touch to our farm. Here’s Reagan planting our cucumbers on the trellis! We’re putting these next to the tomatoes and in between the candy corn. We’re using two different kinds of cucumbers, some are transplants and some are from seed. It'll be interesting to see how they both grow! We also plan to add our purple basil and marigolds in this area since they’ll help each o...

9/11 Hello everyone! W e are excited to share that we are now into our second week on the farm, and began planting last week. The first row we worked on is our "Three Sisters" system involving corn, squash, and beans. We began by spacing and planting our corn transplants, followed by direct seeding beans and squash along a repeated pattern. The traditional intercropping technique "Three Sisters" plants these three crops close together to support each other's growth. As shown in the photo above, we designed our layout with corn planted in a zigzag pattern, strategically positioned beans between the corn stalks to climb up them, and squash planted in the middle to provide shade for the beans. 9/16 This week our focus shifted to planting strawberry and tomato transplants, as well as direct seeding beets and carrots. We started the day by planting root crops on our second row. Here, Nick and Shoshana weeded the soil and then used the Jang Push Seeder to lay down th...

We’re excited to kick off a new semester at our incubator farm, where we'll be growing various fall crops! We’ve set some specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound S.M.A.R.T. goals that will help us thrive as we work toward a sustainable farming practice. These will be listed here for all of you to see and be inspired. This season, we are growing a mix of vegetables and flowers that support each other through intercropping. We’re looking forward to growing carrots, beets, cauliflower, marigolds, sunflowers, squash, long beans, corn and many more crops! Each plant plays a role in creating a healthy environment for the others to ensure our goals are met. As we set everything up and start growing our wonderful crops, we will be here to share our journey with you. Join us as we navigate the challenges and successes of farming, and get inspired to start your own garden!  https://youtu.be/5awKJUZpHsY?si=LZIyMBY6sHLFKDeR This video highlights our flowering cucumbers and s...