Fog floating down the river. Winter garden going into spring. Bruce has been pulling back the corn and weeds from last year’s garden and top dressing the soil. No rototiller, tractor, or tillage. Farmed with a hoe and an electric e-bike cultivator that he invented. Garden area 60’x60’ currently planted — with about three times that area in last year’s overgrown mess still to pull into shape.
So oak leaf mulch mixed with rabbit manure for fertility and zero fossil fuels for tillage, or anything else. Durum and spring white wheat germinating, leeks, yellow onions, white onions, shallots, garlic, snap peas, little gem lettuce, escarole, fennel, and beets all coming along. Last years kale, artichokes and Brussel sprouts stand in the background.
Very abnormally warm so far this year — corn volunteering for Valentines Day. Not right !
Spring garden at Winfield Farm
