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Author: petrinafisher

Crop Mob

May 13, 2013 petrinafisher 2 Comments

The word “mob” conjures up images of large groups of angry, rowdy people just looking for trouble.  Thankfully, things were…

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Posted in: Community, Farming Filed under: community, Crop mob, Farming, Getting dirty, Learning to farm, Neighbors

The bees are making themselves at home.

May 6, 2013 petrinafisher

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Posted in: Bees

Dirt Therapy

May 5, 2013 petrinafisher 7 Comments

A recent exchange with a friend who posted a Smithsonian magazine article about the health benefits of playing in the…

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Posted in: Farm life, Random thoughts, Rural life Filed under: Dirt, Farm life, Kids

Bee Day: The Girls Get a New Home

April 27, 2013 petrinafisher 2 Comments

Under most circumstances, I’m calm and keep my composure.  I’ve climbed long multi-pitch routes up granite faces, skied down steep…

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Posted in: Bees, Farm life Filed under: Beekeeping, Bees, Learning to farm, Starting a farm

Looks like spring

April 21, 2013 petrinafisher

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Posted in: Growing, Random thoughts

Bees, bees, bees

April 20, 2013 petrinafisher 1 Comment

This is what 10,000 bees looks like.  We have three of these boxes containing two different kinds of bees: italians…

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Posted in: Bees Filed under: Beekeeping, Bees, Learning to farm

You say po-tay-to, I saw po-tah-toe

April 18, 2013 petrinafisher 1 Comment

When you know little about farming (like me), it’s hard to appreciate how much time and energy goes into preparing…

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Posted in: Farming, Vegetables Filed under: Growing, Planting, Potatoes, vegetables

Let the Branding Begin (or, What’s with the Plane in the Logo?)

April 17, 2013 petrinafisher 2 Comments

Every business needs a logo, right?  Collaborating on the design was a fun process and we are really, really happy…

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Posted in: Our History

What’s growing

April 13, 2013 petrinafisher 1 Comment

Every time I see the little seedlings, they make me smile.  Here’s a little preview of some of the things…

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Posted in: Vegetables Filed under: Growing, Planting, Seedlings, Seeds, vegetables

Pulling plastic aka Greenhouse construction, part 2

April 12, 2013 petrinafisher 3 Comments

We took advantage of the break in the weather to pull the plastic* on the greenhouse.  It’s easy to underestimate…

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Posted in: Construction, Farming, Greenhouses Filed under: community, Greenhouses, Learning to farm, Starting a farm

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