Blow You Away

 Tortuga Thursday

In 2012, on the plains of Northern Arizona, two families joined forces and began the trials and tribulations of building a small family farm with nothing in the bank but love.

 

I don't know how Lance does it - working in wind that can nearly knock you over. It's always a little breezy in Paulden, and some days it's a lot breezy, but this last week has roared with wind night and day. But there's no such thing as wind days off so the cucumber fencing did get installed.


I preferred working in the greenhouse. The building shook and swayed, but I was quite comfortable. We've found that we don't need to plant nearly as many greens when we plant in the greenhouse. They flourish. Our good neighbors, who love chard, benefited.

This wind is hard on all creatures, I think. The hummingbirds like the window feeder better than the ones swinging in the wind on the patio.

Dill was planted inside and now out. It has a blanket until it sprouts. We'll need a lot of dill weed and seed for the pickles. Speaking of pickles, we got the last permit from the county. Now we're waiting for the acidity tests to come back from the lab. Only a week and  half until our first market!