Pictures from the spring
First cukes and toms for the season a little slow due to temps. Peas looking good- they love this weather Rye looking good- was mowed once already, needs it again Cabbage, regular on right ,...
View ArticleScott Viner Carrot Harvester Manual
We purchased a Scott- Viner Carrot harvester- here’s the parts manual for it. 004R manual
View ArticleNOFA-MASS SUMMER CONFERENCE
This year I was privileged to speak twice at the Nofa-Mass summer conference. Once on Starting up a CSA and the second one on season extension. Season Extenion CSA INTRO
View ArticleNew England Vegetable and Fruit Conference
This week I spent mostly at the New England Vegetable and Fruit conference in Manchester. Its always a good couple of days of sessions and farmer-to farmer talks. The conference is held on a bi-annual...
View ArticlePresenting at CSA Expert Exchange
I am presenting at Small Farm Central’s CSA Expert Exchange in March! http://csafarmconference.com/content/18060 Check it out.
View ArticleGreenhouse Winstrip Tray Poppers
Here’s a video I made last summer to explain how our greenhouse tray systems work. Enjoy!!!
View ArticleKilpatrick Family Farm equipment sale
As you may know, we’re relocating our farm and selling off some of our equipment. We are doing a facebook sale starting this Saturday and End Tuesday, March 10th at midnight. All items are on the...
View ArticleWorkshop Review: Chris Blanchard’s “Run Your Team”
NOFA-VT does a great job organizing a calendar of workshops and tours. This workshop was another home run for them! Managing people is always one of the hardest parts of business, and I’m always...
View ArticleWhat I learned from today’s Field Walk
Today was the first real field walk of the season. Frankly, the ground has been covered with snow before today and we just couldn’t get out in the field. There are so many reasons to do a field walk,...
View ArticleHow to transplant better
Here at our farm we transplant well over 100,000 transplants each year. A significant portion of those are transplanted and set by hand. In order to do that efficiently, there are several systems we...
View ArticleYou don’t want to miss this free webinar on transplant production.
A couple weeks ago I said that Adam Montri (of Michigan State University) and I were teaming up to offer a webinar on Transplant production. We’re going to cover design, setup, tips and techniques used...
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