Farmer Jay — Thoughts of an Urban Farmer

Live from the Farm – Radishes!

July 17, 2009 Farming

Today’s Radish Harvest. Quite nice for the height of the summer.

On The Farm – July 5, 2009

July 13, 2009 Farming

July is the height of farm season requiring more work than probably any other month — at least in Chicago. With the sun shining, enough rain to keep all of the plants happy, and many, many happy weeds, I have had little time to write. Here is what’s going on:
Peas
They are done! Next weeks pictures [...]

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Live from the Farm: First Garlic Harvest

July 6, 2009 Farming

Live from the Farm: First Garlic Harvest
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On The Farm, June 26, 2009

June 27, 2009 Farming

Between the rain and the heat, the weeds have outgrown many of the vegetables! Here is this week’s photoset:
Peas
This is it! Pea season is officially over. I pulled a number of peas off the vines today. They taste great. I got about 5 peas for each plant. No fertilizer, just weeding and watering.
Cilantro
The cilantro [...]

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Live from the Farm: First Tomatoes starting to fruit

June 26, 2009 Uncategorized

Live from the Farm: First Tomatoes starting to fruit

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- Jay

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On the Farm, June 19, 2009

June 20, 2009 Farming

With the inches and inches of rain this week, it was both hard to get any work done and a great week for growing. Here is this weeks harvest:

In the harvest is peas, spinach, rocky top lettuce, radishes, and cilantro. Here is what’s going on around the farm:
Lincoln Peas
Pea harvest season is here. [...]

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Live from the Farm: Water Logged Chard

June 19, 2009 Farming

Live from the Farm: Water Logged Chard
The rain recently has done wonders for the plants, but this swiss chard plant can’t take it. I haven’t checked the actual count, but I’m guessing we received about 3 inches of rain today. No flooding in the beds though.

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On the Farm, June 12, 2009

June 16, 2009 Farming

It was a great day for pictures on the farm this past Friday.
Cilantro
Wow, the cilantro is growing strong. I’ve picked a number of bunches of cilantro today. Too bad the tomatoes aren’t ready to go as they would make great salsa. The cilantro smells so good. This is slow bolt cilantro. Cilantro bolts or [...]

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