I have had lots of little adventures lately, and now have a few pictures to share! First and foremost, here is our little plot of land (soon to be expanded):

It's hard to see just how much we've planted because of the angle of the picture, but there's lots of already-planted goodies there (and more to the north and south, outside the picture frame).

We're getting our irrigation source hooked up tomorrow, so in the top picture you can see a water tank hooked up to the tractor. We were watering in plants this day since it was incredibly hot (upper 80s at least) and dry.

The second picture there shows out little shed where we store all our tools, and the southern corner of the plot.

Today we were double digging some of the beds, which is definitely labor-intensive. Double digging just means digging down, by hand, about 2 feet (most small rototillers can only penetrate the top foot - if that). While you're down there, you can add compost to improve soil fertility, and increase the air space available to plants with spades and digging forks, while maintaining the soil structure (rototillers don't maintain those strata). The result is soil that can support twice the number of crops that would otherwise have gone in there (potentially even more). That's a HUGE increase, and on small farms, it's definitely an interesting option for increasing production, despite all the labor that goes into it. We'll be comparing these beds with others that are already planted, to see if there is any return on our labor-investment, later on.

We also found out our rotations today! I'll be at ICF Tuesdays and Thursdays for the next 5 weeks, and I am SO PSYCHED. They have a huge CSA, and while the size of their farm (near 50 acres) is a little larger than what I'd aim for (5 acres), I would like to learn lots about that marketing strategy.

Speaking of marketing and selling, Diggers Farm gets to cruise around in a mobile farmstand! I would totally chase this thing down the street in place of an ice cream truck.