Start of the access path — there’s an old apple tree to the right
Down the path to the midway point of the wood chips — we’re continuing around the bend to level the ground and lay more chips.
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Wood chips
The seemingly endless supply of wood chips … isn’t
Especially when you grab a couple of truck loads
A little farther every day
We’re leveling more and ready for more chips — running the tractor over the bed of wood chips compacts them really well!
Then we were ready to dump some more
And spread them out
Farm Path – Starting to Chip
Well, it’s a start! It takes seven to eight bucket loads of chips to fill up the truck, and two loads got us this far … this is gonna take a while!
Farm Path — Starting to Level
We’re starting to level out the farm road for wood chipping
Farm Path
The farm access path is, unfortunately, a bit of a soggy, muddy mess! We’re going to level it out with the tractor and drop a bunch of wood chips to help keep the path solid.
Fall Flail
Peanut Butter Fence
We got the peanut butter fence up on the farm — Scott and Anya attached the metal strips, and I smeared the with peanut butter. Since they are connected to an electric fence line, the idea is that a deer will lick at the peanut butter (evidently something they really like) and get an unpleasant jolt. It’s a solar energizer, so not too unpleasant. But enough for them to think “I’m gonna go eat this other green leafy stuff!”.
Corn Fencing
We put an electric fence up around our corn on the farm — wanted to document what we’ve got
Heirloom Planting
We started our three sisters planting today — about 660 sq ft of tilled soil. I found an open pollinated SH2 corn developed by Kultursaatin in Germany, which we planted today. Anya interspersed the field with Rouge Vif D’Etampes pumpkins. In about two weeks, we’ll add scarlet runner beans. Even if we don’t produce enough to sell this year, we’ll grow enough seeds to expand the garden area this year.
