Bootstrap @ Full Heart – Surviving the Hurricane
We survived our first hurricane and nor’easter this month (back-to-back), which felt like as much of an accomplishment as our first harvest back in June. We were lucky in so many ways. Our MemberShare season ended two days before the storm hit and before we could begin to celebrate, we were racing to batten down the farm and prepare for winter. A generator came to us in the nick of time so that we could run our chest freezer full of meat. ... Read More
Bootstrap @ The Salad Garden – Stretching the Seasons
The skies above our little farm in Mid-Missouri have quickly turned from scorching bright to gray, cold, and misty. Autumn seems to have arrived and we are making plans to cover our tender vegetables in preparation for October’s first frost. Most farmers are winding down their operations for the year, but around here we are continuing to fill our hoop houses with green goodness in the hopes that we can stretch our season into November, December... Read More
Bootstrap @ Rippling Waters – A Study in Elements
We are elementalists; we are students of force and flow. We watch water fall and rush then rise and float in the heat of the day. We observe magnetism in the soil and encourage the mineral balance of the earth to better facilitate our crops. We feel the breeze with our faces and hands and know what it brings in spring and what it brings in autumn, what it means for the massive seed head, and what it can tell us about the future. Our life as farmers... Read More
Bootstraps @ City Grown Seattle – What I am learning: Creativity
July at City Grown Seattle has seen a huge explosion of growing and producing plants. Looking back at photos from the beginning of the month, I was amazed at how things have changed: Sunflowers now in bloom were just little sprouts at the end of June, and the beans currently reaching off the tops of their eight-foot trellis hadn’t even begun climbing 30 days ago. I marvel at the plants’ vigor and appreciate that their health shows we’ve... Read More
