Remember to not wear shoes

This T shirt was made for me by..... my daughter.... who I presume took this photo judging by the perspective it is taken from.

Summer will return.  It will return in all it's glory.  It will come again, and shed it's light upon us.  It will be as warm and lovely as it was.

File this photo under "Why to get up early".

Keith Stinson of Richmond Maine.  7th generation on his farm.  "The generation that lost the farm." he says.  I remind him, that he didn't lose it.  He farmed it till he had a heart attack and two strokes.  His kids are the generation that lost it.  The farm is there, but it's not working, and it'll be gone as soon as he can't plow the snow and tote the wood anymore.  I love this guy.  He is one of my best friends.  He comes over and pitches in, when it suits him.  He thinks highly of me, and that's a greater success to me, than most other measures of such.

After Keith is done playing with the carrots in the field, we bring them to the wash station, and toss em through this clever thing.  It's a barrel washer, made by Colin Cassie of Whitefield.  The greatest single labor saver on the farm.   The wood part spins around, and the copper part sprays them with water, till they fall out the end into the tote.

Carrots grow really well in Maine.  There is no reason what so ever, that carrots should be imported into Maine.

Thank you.

This is chard that has been in the field for four weeks.  It gets planted when it is 4 weeks old. The below photo is the same about 2 weeks later.

That's some nice residual organic matter, good moisture level.  Weeds are non existent. I give it 4 1/2 stars.

Can you find Peaches in this photo?  It's cool, she's sanitized for your protection.

This is a chioggia beet.  This was taken in the summer, but you can buy it now!!

This carrot is an ancient heirloom from the lost civilization of Siam.

In that other post, there was a bit about growing ginger.  If I were better at blogging, this photo would be nearer to that story.  This is ginger.  What a miracle that we can grow and enjoy this here in Maine!

Onions are funny, in that they really come quite early.  All spring you watch them and wonder, and worry and weed, and then one day in the end of July it's time to pull them!  Here Diego is laying them out to cure on the table in the nursery greenhouse.   They need to be hot, and dry, but shaded..... so we lay them out thusly, so they re own tops cover them.  The ones in the corner were cut to be the first to sell, and got shaded with a sheet later on.

Kind of a weird American flag of onions.