tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3016219346833006432024-03-12T19:28:38.011-07:00Ladybug FarmLadybug Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427185778527245155noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301621934683300643.post-33023046853852144762014-01-26T08:01:00.003-08:002014-01-26T08:16:54.671-08:00What I Did on My Christmas Vacation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a long time since we've posted here at Ladybug Farm. We were so excited about our new drip tape last year and then, maybe because we mentioned it, the weather turned nasty and we had way more rain than normal and temperatures were well below average throughout the season. I don't think we used the drip but once or twice all year. To make matters worse, I ran into a health issue, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and for most of the year had no idea what was causing the pain. Consequently, any and all projects I had hoped to complete last year had to be set aside as I was not in any condition to do much manual labor. Since August, I have started to receive treatment and due to the combination of medications, while not cured, my symptoms are managed and I can get back to work.</div>
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That said, this past Christmas break afforded me the opportunity to finish a number of projects that we needed to get done before the spring. The first thing I had to do was finish the pallet fence I had been building throughout fall. The garden, while "only" about a third of an acre, required a little over 100 pallets to fully enclose. Gathering all of those pallets was slow going, which was okay because I only wanted to work on it a little at a time. Nevertheless, digging the post holes for this fence with a shovel was time consuming and difficult work as I was still feeling the effect of the RA from time to time. Therefore, with the help of my friend Eli, we rented an auger. The auger made post-hole-diggin' so much easier but led to another health incident which set me back a bit. Upon digging one of our last holes, my left knee gave out as the patella tendon popped out and back in again. It was scary and did set me back about three weeks but it has happened before and is not that bad of an injury. By Christmas and with two healthy legs under me once again, I took to finishing the fence. Here's another photo of the fence "in action" and can also be seen in these pictures of our new laying hens (pullets now) that we have spreading compost about the garden.</div>
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Another important project was the construction of a new field gate between our house and the pasture. We already have a field gate from the road to the pasture but it has a very steep incline to the road and the road curves making accessing the road at low speeds difficult, particularly when people drive so fast. Building the fence between the house and pasture offered a flatter lay-of-the-land and was therefore a safer way to get the truck or tractor on the field. Here is a photograph of the fence I built.</div>
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Next in line was the eggmobile. While at first we are actually going to use this trailer for our broilers, I built the "mobile chicken coop" with laying boxes so I might transition some birds to the pasture for egg production. Versatility aside, this coop is pretty cool and while the framing is all new lumber, the siding and roofing are all salvage from the 100+ year old barn that is falling down on the pasture. Here are a bunch of pics.</div>
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So, that's what I did on my Christmas vacation. I still need to convert an old livestock stall on the back of the garage into a chicken coop and brooder before March, as well as get the beds in order for spring planting. So there is always a project to sink my teeth into around here. I ordered a couple of hives of bees for April delivery, so we're going to do that. Maybe we'll have honey for sale in a couple of years. Another project I would like to do is cut down some Sweet Gum trees so we can grow Shiitake mushrooms this year as well. Our goal with this project has always been slow growth and while this seems like a lot to add this season, I think it's right in line with the long term plan. Maybe we'll add another market this year and hopefully, now that we have been inspected and approved as meat handlers and processors, we'll get this meat CSA off the ground this year. More pictures to come as we get more done. In the meantime, here is a picture of the "Sun King," Louis XIV.</div>
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Step 1: The first thing we had to do was set up the hose and run it to the place we wanted to start. Since we had to run the hose across the gate opening, we decided to dig a short trench and run the hose through some old pvc pipe.<br />
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Step 4: Since the tomato rows are at the back of the garden and run perpendicular to the other rows, we needed to splice in a 'T' on the 3/4 inch main line.<br />
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Step 7: Then we took the drip tape and slid it on to the valve stem, pulling the coupling back up over the tape and tighten down. All of these couplings work with a simple hand tightening.<br />
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Step 8: After we connected the tape to the valve and ran it along the row, the last thing we did was install a blue end-cap. It goes on exactly like the valves.<br />
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Step 9: We repeated until all of our rows are set up with drip tape. Then, we turned on the water and checked for any leaks. We only found leaks where we were supposed to be; in the drip tape, every 12 inches. Below is the tomato patch.<br />
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The spring garden was off to a late start this year but the weather has finally truly settled and now everything is looking great. We're trying a couple of new varieties this year, one that I'm super happy with is the bush snap peas, seems like they will mature a little earlier than the trellis type, which we planted too, so maybe we'll have a steady supply for a couple of weeks. I love snap peas and they are really easy to grow... </div>
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Another new thing we're trying is growing clover between most of the rows in the garden, we're hoping it will be less work than the way we were mulching last year. </div>
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Here are some pics of the different lettuces we're growing for our salad mix. Everything was chosen for its heat tolerance, so we can have lettuce a little later in the season. We'll see how that goes.</div>
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One plant that seems to have loved the cold winter we had is the spinach, I've never had such good luck with spinach grown from seed. Look forward to seeing some of this at the market!<br />
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The hens we got earlier in the year have started laying! We mixed them in with the older hens, as you can see one isn't really a hen, we ended up with a couple of roosters by mistake.</div>
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Here are a few more pictures I took over the last couple of weeks. The field next door has exploded with buttercups, so pretty.</div>
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Our cherry trees were covered in butterflies a couple of weeks ago, I was amazed at how many suddenly appeared just as the cherry trees were starting to bloom. There would literally be dozens on the trees at a time. They were so into feeding, I was able to get some really close-up shots without them flying away. The tree is covered in little green cherries now, hopefully it won't be long until they're ready.</div>
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It's been a long, cold, wet winter and we are really ready for Spring. I took these photos last week on one of the warmer days when it felt like it was really going to be Spring at last.... and then, boom, it got cold again. Really cold, winter cold. It's been that way for the last month, at least. a couple of beautiful days, then a week of cold and miserable.<br />
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Stuff out in the garden is growing slowly, really slowly. But even though it's been cold and wet, there are signs of rebirth everywhere you look. I love to watch as the trees come to life again and start to put out leaves. Little tiny lilac buds that grow a little every day and the cheerful forsythia are reminders that although it's forty degrees out it's Spring, dammit.<br />
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Stripey and his Mom Moe are proving to be a pretty good mouse-control team. They've been hanging around the chicken coop all the time lately. Here she is giving him a couple of pointers. I know that's corny, but I couldn't resist.</div>
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The tomato plants are going strong and they are full of fruit. Here's a shot of what I've started calling "tomato alley."</div>
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This year we're trying some different varieties of squash that seemed interesting. Two of the varieties we're trying are Costata Romanesca zucchini, an heirloom Italian variety which is grown for its nutty flavor and Tromboncino squash, another Italian variety which is trombone shaped and tastes a little like acorn squash. We made some the other night, sauteed with a little carmelized onion and it was delicious.</div>
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The pepper plants are loaded with sweet peppers, they love the heat! Along with red and orange bell peppers we're growing Corno di Toro peppers again this year. A traditional Italian roasting pepper, they are elongated, shaped a little like a bull's horn. They'll ripen to red and have a nice sweet flavor when roasted or eaten raw.<br />
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It's been another busy week out in the garden, we've been trying to keep up with the weeding, the mulching, squishing bugs, finishing up planting the summer stuff and more weeding. The plants have really taken off this week, the bean plants are up to the top of the trellis! We think it'll be another week at least before we get tomatoes, but it looks like squash is right around the corner. We planted 10 varieties of tomatoes including Dad's Sunset, Mortgage Lifter, Mr. Stripey,Hungarian Heart,Gold Medal, Pineapple Hawaiian,Moonglow,San Marzano, Celebrity and Grape tomatoes. We can't wait to try them!<br />
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Here's what we'll have this week at the market: Green Peas, Kale, Rainbow Chard, Carrots, Beets, Onions, Garlic and New Zealand Spinach. We'll also have our usual selection of herbs, cut flowers and some handmade pottery.<br />
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This week we'll have Lettuce mix, New Zealand Spinach, Rainbow Chard, Kale, Green Peas, Beets, Carrots, Purple Top Turnips and a couple of Red Onions. Plus we'll try and have some cherries. The daisies are starting to bloom so there will be some of them in our mixed cut flower bunches. Hope to see you tomorrow!<br />
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My mother and father rolled into town last weekend and "sat a spell." It was good to see them. At one point last Saturday afternoon, while I was washing up after the market, Mom said, "I'm going to tell people that if they want to visit North Carolina, May is the month to do it." The weather has been perfect this spring. While we've a had a couple of scares with the heat, but the spring has been long, we've had a good amount of rain, and its been really comfortable.</div>
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Our neighbors winter wheat is starting to turn colors in our front yard and against these beautiful blue skies, the view from the garden is just terrific. Dad said that the east coast is so different from where they live on the west coast. Out there, you get really big skies with long horizons, but on the east coast, we essentially live in a forest. The tree line cuts off the horizon and a long view is rare. That's one of the reasons I love our place here in Hurdle Mills. We have a couple of spots where you would think you were in Kansas or California for the views.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Evelyn has been working really hard on the herb and butterfly garden. This has been an especially important project that neither of us get enough time for. This is the side yard that faces the street and there was</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://ncwards.blogspot.com/2010/04/day-2-of-demolition.html" style="color: #dd0700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">200 square feet of despotic ugly</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">attached to the house when we first moved in, that we've since removed. Underneath the ugly was an old well that was capped and covered with rock and concrete. Since the demo ("liberation",) we have been using those slabs of concrete and flat rocks to build the path as well as littering the rest of the garden with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">large rocks and a big hunk of concrete</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> that Evelyn dug out of the dirt</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">. Evelyn didn't want you to see it but behind those bushes to the left is the remaining pile of rubble. Anyway, I have gone to calling this the "Ruins Garden" or "Garden of Ruin". If you have a better name for it, please, leave it in the comments. Of course, we'll clean it up a bit but it ain't a great priority right now. Nevertheless, this garden is looking beautiful and totally fits our "shabby chic" way of life.</span>Ladybug Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427185778527245155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301621934683300643.post-47819513132796529982012-05-18T10:08:00.000-07:002012-05-18T10:08:10.896-07:00Beets & Turnips!<br />
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</div>Ladybug Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427185778527245155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301621934683300643.post-27309184965159536212012-05-10T10:15:00.001-07:002012-05-10T10:19:10.710-07:00What We'll Have at Market and a Couple of Recipes<b><br /></b><br />
<b>We'll be at the South Durham Farmers Market again this week, here's what we'll have:</b><br />
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New Zealand Spinach - new this week!</div>
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Here are a couple of links to recipes for what is abundant in the garden right now.<br />
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I tried this recipe for <b>Swiss Chard, Spinach and Rice Gratin</b> and it was awesome, I did switch out kale for spinach and used muenster instead of gruyere. I think I used a little more cheese than they had listed. It was really good, both of us went back for seconds!<br />
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and Lisa Oakley sent me this recipe for <b>Roasted Beets and Greens</b>. She said it was awesome, I can't wait to try it! I like the idea of using both the beets and the greens in one dish.<br />
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<br />Ladybug Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427185778527245155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301621934683300643.post-23593395075615260962012-05-07T04:37:00.004-07:002012-05-09T10:57:37.240-07:00Ladybugs Everywhere!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I've been noticing ladybug babies everywhere lately out in the garden and thought I'd post some photos of them in there very varied stages of life. Ladybugs are great for the garden, they eat aphids and other pests so we try and encourage them to stay around. When we first moved to this house we had ladybugs all over inside the house, we thought it was a good omen for our garden and that's why we called ourselves Ladybug Farm.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">They start off looking like little monsters, </span></h4>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">this one is on a carrot plant.</span></h4>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I've read that ladybug larvae can </span></span></h4>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">They start to look a little more like a ladybug at this stage,<br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">at this point they attach themselves to a leaf<br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">and will emerge as adults in about a day. </span></h4>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I think this one is emerging from it's shell.</span></h4>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Adult ladybug on basil.</span></h4>
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<br />Ladybug Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427185778527245155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301621934683300643.post-85617456896166695052012-05-02T09:30:00.002-07:002012-05-02T09:30:34.441-07:00Busy, Busy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Last Saturday was our first day at the new South Durham Farmers Market. We had a great time and sold out all of our vegetables! It was really great to see the great response to what we grew. Thanks to everybody that came out last week. We met a lot of new people and got to chat to a bunch about the veggies, pottery, and the flowers. We hope we see you again!<br />
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We've been crazy-busy out in the garden this week building trellises for the summer veggies, planting seeds and trying to keep the spring crops cool enough so that they don't bolt too quickly. The weather has been tricky lately, with temps climbing into the upper 80's the spring stuff probably won't last as long as we'd like, but right now it looks wonderful! Last night we even had a short hail storm so we ran out to the garden to try and cover the tender greens and got soaked in the process!</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Spinach</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Arugula</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Kale</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Sugar Snap Peas</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Carrots</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Beets</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Turnips</li>
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<br />Ladybug Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427185778527245155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301621934683300643.post-40648233590098004282012-03-22T12:48:00.003-07:002012-03-22T13:09:37.372-07:00It's Spring!!!We're getting ready for the opening of our first season at the new <a href="http://www.southdurhamfarmersmarket.org/">South Durham Farmers Market</a> and we're super excited. We will have all the regular spring veg for sale including Romaine lettuce, Swiss chard, kale, a nice lettuce mix, bok choi, carrots, snap peas, spinach, beets, and onions.<br />
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Here are some pics of the farm.<br />
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</div>Ladybug Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427185778527245155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301621934683300643.post-10337382755133419292011-01-25T13:06:00.000-08:002012-05-09T10:57:59.320-07:00Introducing Ladybug Farm<div style="text-align: right;">
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Evelyn and I have fifteen years gardening experience and in that time we went from a small 3 x 5 bed to turning our entire front yard in Durham into a food producing wonderland... complete with two laying chickens, a green house, and a compost station. We have always used the healthiest growing methods and will continue to do so, meaning <b>no chemical fertilizers or pesticides</b>. So you can trust that the veggies you receive from LbF will satisfy you in both taste and health.<br />
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Last year we moved to two acres in Hurdle Mills, just over Person County line at the end of Guess Road. Since then, I have enlarged our garden space to 1,800 square feet and we are hoping to produce the largest harvest of spring, summer, and fall veggies in our lives (that is, if all goes according to plan and when it comes to producing food you can only start with a plan.)<br />
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Anyway, we would like to begin our new farm by asking our friends for some help getting this thing started in the form of a CSA. Community Supported Agriculture is a program in which farmers partner with their community to grow their farm while providing them with a regular supply of produce throughout the growing season. We'd like to charge $60 per month to start out and limit the number of shares to 3 or 4 for this year (CSA's run by established farms can run $500 - $700 for a 5-month season). The monthly commitment provides you with both the rich bounty of our little farm as well as the flexibility to opt out during the season on a month-to-month basis.<br />
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There will be weekly pickups on Wednesday afternoons in downtown Durham or you can drive up and visit the farm.<br />
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Here's what we plan to grow:<br />
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SPRING<br />
lettuces<br />
swiss chard<br />
spinach<br />
beets<br />
arugula<br />
red potatoes<br />
sugar snap peas<br />
bok choi<br />
carrots<br />
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SUMMER<br />
slicing tomatoes<br />
Celebrity sauce tomatoes<br />
grape and sun gold tomatoes<br />
cucumbers<br />
green beans<br />
bell peppers<br />
squashes (while it lasts)<br />
zucchini (while it lasts)<br />
eggplant<br />
okra (maybe)<br />
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FALL<br />
lettuces<br />
swiss chard<br />
spinach<br />
beets<br />
arugula<br />
red potatoes<br />
sugar snap peas<br />
bok choi<br />
carrots<br />
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We will blog about all things farm-related at www.ladybugfarmnc.blogspot.com and you can contact us at ladybugfarmnc@gmail.com with any questions you have.<br />
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If you want to sign up now just shoot us an email and we'll go from there.<br />
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Thanks!<br />
Aaron & Evelyn</div>
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