Happy Friday from the farm 🚜🌿 We hope you’ve had a fantastic week! This week we rode the eco weeder. This machine reduces the cost (and effort) of manual labor by allowing six people to control rotating discs with tines in order to kill the weeds between the plants within a row. Our goal is to…
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This week we began really dialing in the dry downs to promote plant growth. We hoed the volunteer plants that sprouted in the field that was planted last year in order to prevent any males from growing and pollinating this years crop. We were able to pull the sweep through the field which kills the…
Read moreHappy Friday from the farm 🚜🌿 We hope you’ve had a fantastic week! The plants have been enjoying the warm temperatures and it has stopped raining most days creating the perfect conditions for the plants to stretch their roots. They are about 4 inches tall and will be gaining height much quicker now. Next week they…
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Happy Friday from the farm 🚜🌿 Hey , we hope you’ve had a fantastic week! The nodes are stacking and now that the plants are a few inches tall we will be getting ready to cultivate the fields. Cultivation is important in these early stages because the weeds that are native to the area tend…
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Happy Friday from the farm 🚜🌿 We hope you’ve had a fantastic week! The plants are loving the extra warmth and sunlight! You can see from the picture below that the leaves are starting to stretch. Cotyledons are the first pair of leaves plants grow from seed. These are the smaller, rounder leaves which do not…
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Happy Friday from the farm 🚜🌿 Hey there, we hope you’ve had a fantastic week! Over the last week the seeds have been germinating and they’re looking forward to next week’s first heat wave of the year to ramp up the rate of growth. The next task after planting is managing the “weed” growth…
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Happy Friday from the farm 🚜🌿 We hope you’ve had a fantastic week! Apologies for being out of touch for so long! We have just kicked off the growing season. 🙂 Here’s what we’ve been up to: Earlier this spring we spread and tilled in a combination of organic compost in the…
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Happy Friday from the farm : ) We hope you all had a fantastic week! Substance Use Disorder is a global problem that affects more than 30 million people. To date, treatment has had minimal success with a high relapse rate. CBD has recently emerged as a promising treatment for SUDs. CBD is non-rewarding, and acts on a…
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Happy Friday from the farm : ) We hope you all had a fantastic week! We all probably have saffron, turmeric, peppercorn, and nutmeg in our households, right? Aromatic herbs and spices are commonly used for cooking, healing, and dyeing fabrics. Historically these commodities were traded along “spice routes” throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and…
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Happy Friday from the farm : ) We hope you all had a fantastic week! When it comes to our pets, we want them to have a full, happy, and healthy life! A Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine study found dogs with arthritis that were given CBD at a rate of 4.4 mg per pound twice daily for a month…
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