The vegetable fields are bumping! The tomatoes are almost ready and there are oodles of leafy greens, squash, herbs and more coming in every day. Click here for this week’s vegetable ‘menu’. Thank you Lindsay for taking these photos and showing us some different views! From flowers, ready to be cut, to tomato … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
Coyotes in the Field
JK, the resident photographer and nature chronicler at the Martin tract, caught this coyote lounging in the fields across from the ewes and lambs. Look at those eyes! Wonder what he’s looking at? JK noted, as you can see from this picture below, that it looks like this coyote has been tangling with something. … [Read more...]
Hot Weather on the Farm
Every year at about this time (usually earlier!) we have a stretch of swelteringly hot weather. Sticky, gross New Jersey heat – the kind that goes to your head and renders you senseless. Many people have asked how the animals cope and what shade are they given at these times to escape the heat. First and foremost, … [Read more...]