We have been pretty busy getting ready for the eminent picking season. Some of the berries are just now starting to make that turn towards getting ripe. Most of the berries are still green, but with some warmer weather they would probably turn pretty fast. The rain and the cooler weather that we have had lately has slowed [...]
When the first berries start to ripen it is sporadic at first, then suddenly as if over night, there is an explosion of ripe berries on all the bushes. If all goes well, our blueberries should be ready for harvest around the first week in June and continue through the month of June. The berries [...]
While I’m thinking about typing up this week’s update, I’m also thinking about other small American farms and how they are evolving and surviving and thriving. The Salatin family’s Shenandoah Valley Polyface Farms has an ambitious, inspiring model for future production of meat, eggs and trees.
IN 1961, William and Lucille Salatin moved their young family [...]
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