Chickens are gone

Well now, the chickens only lasted a week … due to our  “helpful dogs”.  On Wednesday morning Rosie brought her hunt to Doug expecting a treat for ridding us of another farm pest.  Needless to say,  she didn’t get the reception she was expecting.  Neither, Sean nor Doug we happy to see that she persistently broke  into the back of the hen house and dragged the last surviving chicken out.  Poor Henrieta and Charlie are no longer with us.  Rosie and Quinnie will be having “Chickens are our friends” training in the near future… after we fortify the orchard fence with hot wire and reconstruct the hen house.

Things are Buzzing around here

Sean and his friend Jessica built a Kenyan topbar bee hive this winter and Sean was able to gather a swarm from a fence in  Upper Lake  on July 1st, 2010.  The bees have been happy in their new home in the BFF and we hope to be able to gather honey from them next year.  They are an important aspect in farming for we need them to pollinate our crops. 

Chickens have arrived

Sean built a chicken coop in the winter of 2010 and he has 2  hens that moved in this week.  He gathered his first 3 eggs 7/25/2010.  They are free range in the orchard and will not only give us eggs,  they will also help eliminate some the bugs and weeds around the apple and peach trees.

July 2010

Wow! We didn’t realize how much fun we have been having … time has really flown by here at the farm. We have been having a great time seeing friends while selling veggies at the Kelseyville Farmer’s Market since the first of  May.  We have had 3 solid months of lettuce with this being our last week.  The Spring lettuces were Little Gem (a baby Romaine) and Red Oak which did really well in the cooler weather along with Freckles (a speckled Romain) and Black Seed Simpson (a ruffled green leaf).  Then as it got warmer we put in the more heat tolerant varieties of Anuenue (a Summer Crisp a lot like Iceberg), Jericho (a Romaine), Mikola( a Red Butter), and Canasta (a Red Batavian).

Seeds of Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Green beans were all started in the greenhouse for a healthy beginning.

We are just now getting to harvest from our back field (fondly known as BFF, back field forever)  some delicious Suyo Long cucumbers (a slightly ribbed, sweet, Asian heirloom) and trialing 4 different varieties of pickling cucumbers.

Squashes and melons were direct sown also in the BFF. We look forward to picking Banana, Spaghetti, Butternut and Hopi Orange squashes in the near future along with Bella Dulce (a crenshaw melon) and Eden’s Gem (similar to a cantaloupe) and Arava (a tropical melon).

Our pumkins are flowering so put in your order for “Personalized” Fall decorations.

Our kiwis are all planted around the gazebo with the seedless grapes.

Kiwi structure and BFF

Thank you Ukiah Natural Food Co-op

We are the Featured Farm in the Jan – Feb Newsletter at Ukiah Natural Foods Co-op at www.ukiahcoop.com

Check out the nice article they wrote with the help of Sean.

Doug is making Christmas Quiche with our kale

I don’t think the kale could get any sweeter that what we have on Full Moon Farm!  We have had many visitors come directly to the farm just to buy it.

Hope you have a Blessed Christmas!

December at Full Moon Farm

It is mighty cold here on the farm and the Red Russian Kale loves it this way!

Winter Crops

South field

Back field

The back field

A day on the farm

Washing shed