Drill Baby Drill!!

This recent smattering of hot days helped us achieve something we've been waiting for since we signed the dotted line for the lease -- finally dry enough to get the well drillers out to the property to, well, drill the well (sorry, cheesy pun intended).  After going to a depth of 175 feet, our well has been drilled!! Here is a picture of the massive well-drilling apparatus:

Getting the driller in place:

Drill Baby Drill!!!

Now that the well is in place, all we need to do is get the pump installed that will let all the previously-untapped water to our fields!!

In addition to the well developments, the Farm has been bustling with activity.  Michael and our intern, Laura, were busy planting (by hand) this season's onions.  Michael has likened this activity to the painstaking process of "planting the equivalent of a blade of grass."  Somehow, I escaped the wrath of this daunting task!!  Here is a picture of those "blades of grass" in the field:

Several weeks ago, Michael and I planted late Spring/early Summer brassica plants (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages and bok choy):

In addition to these plants, Michael was also busy planting potatoes (aka my grandfather's favorite question to ask him: "Michael did you get those potatoes planted yet?!?")  Unfortunately, we had a CATASTROPHIC potato failure -- a bug got into the potato seedlings and caused major rot.  Luckily, we were able to obtain more potato seedlings (you cannot underestimate the difficulty of obtaining potatoes at this "late" stage in the planting season).  Michael changed up his planting technique to help prevent the bug devastation and we are hoping that our potato harvest will be bountiful this year!

Keep checking in for updates on what is going on at the Farm.  As the season gets underway, we hope to keep the blog updated with pictures and information for your reading pleasure.

Until next time...