Comments for Half Pint Farm http://halfpintfarm.com GROWING AND EATING OUR WAY THROUGH THE SEASONS IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:22:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on On-Farm Dinner! by Pam http://halfpintfarm.com/blog/on-farm-dinner/comment-page-1/#comment-18036 Pam Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:22:44 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=1847#comment-18036 This sounds so wonderful! I have some very special wines that I am saving for the dinner. I'd better check to see if Andy and Bruce are coming because they'll want to share! This sounds so wonderful! I have some very special wines that I am saving for the dinner. I’d better check to see if Andy and Bruce are coming because they’ll want to share!

]]> Comment on July – Ahhhhh! by Betsey Szatkowski http://halfpintfarm.com/blog/july-ahhhhh/comment-page-1/#comment-17296 Betsey Szatkowski Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:25:03 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=1802#comment-17296 Hi Maura, the tomatoes look so yummy ! I wanted to let you know that I have some of your tomato plants, bambino eggplant, peppers. They are doing GREAT. I haven't planted veggies since Jess was a little girl. She gave me some of her plants from you, and I can't wait to use them. We've already finished up the radishes in her garden while they have been away, sooooos good. Will be taking care of things up in Jericho until they come home. Roxy, the cat is staying with us too ! Hope to cross paths with you sometime. I really enjoy your web-site, with all the lovely photos, recipes and info. Thanks Half Pint for all your hard work in producing all those fabulous veggies. Jess's Mom, Betsey Hi Maura, the tomatoes look so yummy ! I wanted to let you know that I have some of your tomato plants, bambino eggplant, peppers. They are doing GREAT. I haven’t planted veggies since Jess was a little girl. She gave me some of her plants from you, and I can’t wait to use them. We’ve already finished up the radishes in her garden while they have been away, sooooos good. Will be taking care of things up in Jericho until they come home. Roxy, the cat is staying with us too ! Hope to cross paths with you sometime. I really enjoy your web-site, with all the lovely photos, recipes and info. Thanks Half Pint for all your hard work in producing all those fabulous veggies. Jess’s Mom, Betsey

]]> Comment on I’d Rather Be Farming… by Mara http://halfpintfarm.com/blog/id-rather-be-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-14951 Mara Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:50:04 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=1784#comment-14951 Thanks so much for your comments. It does help to know you're not alone, doesn't it? :) Elizabeth - hang in there! It is bound to get better; I'm counting on it! Good job moving forward with your small farm plan - you have to start somewhere, and just get going! Just think how we'll all look back on this Spring in a couple of years and just laugh... hopefully! May you have a fabulous summer season! Debbie - your CSA members will understand! Keep on planting, and eventually everything will come in - that's what I'm doing! As for the landscape fabric, no we do not disinfect it - after many discussions with other farmers on this topic, the consensus is that letting weather have at it (freezing temperatures) and sunny days should do the trick. So far no problems, and we've been using these same pieces for 4 years now. Hopefully it continues to be a workable solution! Thanks so much for your comments. It does help to know you’re not alone, doesn’t it? :)

Elizabeth – hang in there! It is bound to get better; I’m counting on it! Good job moving forward with your small farm plan – you have to start somewhere, and just get going! Just think how we’ll all look back on this Spring in a couple of years and just laugh… hopefully! May you have a fabulous summer season!

Debbie – your CSA members will understand! Keep on planting, and eventually everything will come in – that’s what I’m doing! As for the landscape fabric, no we do not disinfect it – after many discussions with other farmers on this topic, the consensus is that letting weather have at it (freezing temperatures) and sunny days should do the trick. So far no problems, and we’ve been using these same pieces for 4 years now. Hopefully it continues to be a workable solution!

]]> Comment on I’d Rather Be Farming… by Debbie Fox http://halfpintfarm.com/blog/id-rather-be-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-14916 Debbie Fox Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:18:56 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=1784#comment-14916 Forgot to ask: Do you disinfect your landscape fabric each year before you use it again? If so, how? Forgot to ask: Do you disinfect your landscape fabric each year before you use it again? If so, how?

]]> Comment on I’d Rather Be Farming… by Debbie Fox http://halfpintfarm.com/blog/id-rather-be-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-14915 Debbie Fox Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:17:49 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=1784#comment-14915 Thanks for the inspiring post about this year's trials and tribulations. I, too, am about 6 weeks behind and have had to postpone the first CSA pickup two weeks and even then, the boxes will be sparse for awhile. But I am moving forward and trying to look on the bright side, such as I have been able to keep up with tasks in the greenhouse which usually get pushed aside when we start to plant in the ground. Onward! Debbie Fox White House Gardens CSA Thanks for the inspiring post about this year’s trials and tribulations. I, too, am about 6 weeks behind and have had to postpone the first CSA pickup two weeks and even then, the boxes will be sparse for awhile. But I am moving forward and trying to look on the bright side, such as I have been able to keep up with tasks in the greenhouse which usually get pushed aside when we start to plant in the ground. Onward!

Debbie Fox
White House Gardens CSA

]]> Comment on I’d Rather Be Farming… by Elizabeth Haggerty http://halfpintfarm.com/blog/id-rather-be-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-14861 Elizabeth Haggerty Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:18:16 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=1784#comment-14861 I hear you! This is the year we decided to start farming and were so excited (especially after going to both your talks at the NOFA-NY winter conference)that maybe we could be successful even with our small 2 acre home and go to market and maybe even sell to some restaurants in a year or two. Well today is the opening of the Ballston Spa Farmers market and needless to say we werent there. We have lived here for six years never saw the Hudson flood and this year it came right over the road and flooded us I called it lake EB after my nickname. The dogs loved it but i was dismayed to say the least. So forget all the early spring stuff i was going to plant and now like you I am just trying to keep the transplants and seedlings alive...So on a much smaller scale I feel your pain. Then today hail? Ive never seen in hail like here before? So I guess our first year trying to do this we have taken a few lumps but we are trying to keep a positive attitude and I cant wait to get my feet in the dirt! I hear you! This is the year we decided to start farming and were so excited (especially after going to both your talks at the NOFA-NY winter conference)that maybe we could be successful even with our small 2 acre home and go to market and maybe even sell to some restaurants in a year or two. Well today is the opening of the Ballston Spa Farmers market and needless to say we werent there. We have lived here for six years never saw the Hudson flood and this year it came right over the road and flooded us I called it lake EB after my nickname. The dogs loved it but i was dismayed to say the least. So forget all the early spring stuff i was going to plant and now like you I am just trying to keep the transplants and seedlings alive…So on a much smaller scale I feel your pain. Then today hail? Ive never seen in hail like here before? So I guess our first year trying to do this we have taken a few lumps but we are trying to keep a positive attitude and I cant wait to get my feet in the dirt!

]]> Comment on Haygrove Brit Tour – Day 3 by Mara http://halfpintfarm.com/blog/haygrove-brit-tour-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14857 Mara Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:58:38 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=98#comment-14857 Hello Marek, We were simply guests on a tour of a farm that grew these strawberries. You should try and contact Haygrove directly, they should be able to connect you with someone that knows where to get the plants. Try Ralph Cramer in Pennsylvania: ralph.cramer@haygrove.com. Good Luck! Regards, Mara Welton Hello Marek,

We were simply guests on a tour of a farm that grew these strawberries. You should try and contact Haygrove directly, they should be able to connect you with someone that knows where to get the plants. Try Ralph Cramer in Pennsylvania: ralph.cramer@haygrove.com. Good Luck!

Regards,
Mara Welton

]]> Comment on Tinto de Verano by Mara http://halfpintfarm.com/recipe/tinto-de-verano/comment-page-1/#comment-12762 Mara Sun, 08 May 2011 22:22:54 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=1761#comment-12762 White wine would also be great, sort of like the difference between red and white sangria. Yum! White wine would also be great, sort of like the difference between red and white sangria. Yum!

]]> Comment on Renewal: Spring, Soul and Friendships by Mara http://halfpintfarm.com/blog/renewal-spring-soul-and-friendships/comment-page-1/#comment-12761 Mara Sun, 08 May 2011 22:18:14 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=1768#comment-12761 Thanks so much for the comments, friends! Annabel and Eric, glad to hear that Cleveland has sunshine! Yes, those are fat popsicle sticks from Michaels, the craft store. Jessica, rock on, indeed! Julie, thanks for re report from PA, and the constant support. We are pondering pushing back our CSA start date as well, but we will have to see. Who knows what will happen with a little sunshine; feels like magic to me! Thanks so much for the comments, friends! Annabel and Eric, glad to hear that Cleveland has sunshine! Yes, those are fat popsicle sticks from Michaels, the craft store. Jessica, rock on, indeed! Julie, thanks for re report from PA, and the constant support. We are pondering pushing back our CSA start date as well, but we will have to see. Who knows what will happen with a little sunshine; feels like magic to me!

]]> Comment on Renewal: Spring, Soul and Friendships by Plumpest Peach http://halfpintfarm.com/blog/renewal-spring-soul-and-friendships/comment-page-1/#comment-12759 Plumpest Peach Sun, 08 May 2011 21:44:20 +0000 http://halfpintfarm.com/?p=1768#comment-12759 Super market madness!!! Rock on. So glad to see you back at your posts, all is now well and right with the world. Super market madness!!! Rock on. So glad to see you back at your posts, all is now well and right with the world.

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