Come a Long Way
We've come a long way from this first post two years ago to the end of this 2024 season. The garden is put to bed for the season and the...
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Winthrop Estate
Sep 51 min read
Tomato Variety
Thanks to some great local gardeners I know, I was gifted seven different types of tomatoes. And today many handfuls were ready for...
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Winthrop Estate
Aug 281 min read
Half Moon Blade
Good tools are such a treat. Actually, they are also a necessity. These Japanese half moon serrated blades are useful for easily...
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Winthrop Estate
Aug 191 min read
August Harvest
One lovely day in August I got to harvest this. It seems like I will have a lot more blackberries than we had last year. It also seems...
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Winthrop Estate
Aug 61 min read
Peruvian Black Mint
This is Huacatay Mint, or black mint, from Peru. We got the seeds two years ago, let some of it go to seed at the end of last year, and...
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Winthrop Estate
Aug 11 min read
Wild Mushrooms, not edible
Wondrous fungi! I know almost nothing about these amazing growths but they do catch my eye while walking around this area. The only...
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Winthrop Estate
Jul 251 min read
Yellow Squash
I love the pattern of these leaves! Our yellow squash seems to be doing well this year. This is a photo of the young squash flowers. ...
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Winthrop Estate
Jul 181 min read
Slow Down for Wild Life
Short diversion from farm blog for wildlife sighting: This little turtle made a depression in the crushed stone walkway and caught my eye....
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Winthrop Estate
Jul 171 min read
Salad Weed
This is Purslane. It is often called a weed. It grows in gravel paths where people don't usually want it. Not sure how it found its...
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Winthrop Estate
Jul 111 min read
Blackberries
These are thornless blackberries. Sounds nice until you realize those thorns are what keep the deer away. When we planted them two...
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Winthrop Estate
Jul 51 min read
Shiso/Perilla
This plant grows very well around here. It tastes like a sharp sesame flavor. You may have had it in Asian cooking, maybe raw on sushi...
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Winthrop Estate
Jun 291 min read
Nettle Soup
This picture looks like a bunch of weeds. It is. It happens to be a large patch of wild plants with a ton of stinging nettle. Nettle...
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Winthrop Estate
Jun 211 min read
Sumac!
Do you see the little light green cone of tiny berries on this tree? This is a sumac tree, (no, not poison sumac!). This one is a few...
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Winthrop Estate
Jun 151 min read
Distraction
Iris are in bloom! We probably have 100 tall gorgeous light purple (and a few yellow and white) blooms. It's easy to get distracted...
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Winthrop Estate
Jun 71 min read
Thoughtfully Made
Breeding seeds has been happening since, oh, a long time ago. Sometimes they were bred for drought resistance, or pest resistance, or...
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Winthrop Estate
May 291 min read
Trial Canning Night
I did can some food many years ago, and I get the idea in theory, but since I plan to can most of our tomato harvest, I thought I should...
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Winthrop Estate
May 231 min read
Spreading Compost
We are adding some rich compost from Holiday Farm to our new garden beds, unloading from our tractor bucket one shovel full at a time. ...
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Winthrop Estate
May 141 min read
A What? A Turkey Egg?
I can't believe it didn't break from our shovels and the tractor bucket and it's travels, but somehow a turkey egg came to our garden in...
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Winthrop Estate
May 31 min read
Cool and Shady
Cool and shady is not my experience farming. But my dog found a cool and slightly shady spot to rest. She liked the freshly exposed...
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Winthrop Estate
Oct 13, 20231 min read
Calendula Flowers
We planted these for the bees. We saw lots of them coming to feast. We did harvest some of the flowers and seeds. This mix is called...
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