![]() The other day we found the farm’s first tomato hornworm of the season enjoying a shisito pepper. ![]() Unfortunately, they’ve also been doing their best to eat all of the cover crop seed we sow. Maybe we’ll have to organize a caravan of friends with pickup trucks to harvest a bunch from the south shore.Ī variety of birds have begun to take up residence on the farm, including a few Northern Bobwhite Quail, some red-tailed hawks and flocks of starlings and sparrows. They’re all a welcome addition to the farm ecosystem and will hopefully help us keep our pest populations in check. Straw, for instance, is too expensive and hay brings in too many weed seeds. The seaweed we used to mulch our garlic beds, however, was free and still actively suppressing weeds almost a year after we put it down. All of the varieties did well, but the Georgian Fire-a variety known for its pungency and heat-really excelled.Įven more exciting than the garlic itself was the seaweed we used to mulch it. We’ve struggled all season to find the right materials to mulch our walkways. We finished harvesting our garlic and have all of it hanging from various rafters across the farm to cure. ![]()
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