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The Great Tater Trenching of 2009

April 27, 2009

This weekend, 50 lbs of blue potato seedlings were found laid to burial on local Fallywalker Farm. A gruesome spectacle- as the victims were sliced open several times, left to callus in the hot sun, and finally disposed into several bizarre hand dug trenches. Their original place of birth was Wood Prairie Farm in Northern [...]

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Vampire Repellent

April 18, 2009

The garlic, planted last fall, has been sprouting for awhile now… Bogatyr, German Extra Hardy, Symphony, and a mix of other varieties.

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Here Come the Peas!

April 18, 2009

Planted in late March, these little marvels have begun to pop their heads out of the soil… nearby garden gnomes keep a watchful eye on their progress.

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Gac

March 8, 2009

“Splat, Splat… Let’s throw some Gac” MMF Mean Mr. Fallywalker has been known to throw a few tomatoes in his day, but he always finds a way to remind us of more potentially damaging produce that he could be throwing at us. One of those, is Gac (aka Baby Jack)… an interesting fruit that is [...]

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Rainbow Fire

March 8, 2009

Yesterday was our first campout of the year. We planted 320 onions (ran out of room), built 1/2 a bottle wall (ran out of cement) and then had to pack up (ran out of sunshine). Saturday’s brilliant moon spilled upon the farm, while the campfire’s rainbow flames licked at the kid’s toasted marshmallows on sticks. [...]

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Babies!

February 22, 2009

An update:

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Fallywalker’s First Born

February 15, 2009

“My first born has arrived… and tickled to see that he sports the same fashionable twisty ‘stache as me. Rise! Rise! Take over the world, my child… whaaa ah ha ha!” MMF

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It’s Alive!

February 13, 2009

The pepper babies have been scared to come out, so I let them sleep on the heater vent last night. As I was putting them back on the shelf, I found this!

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Day 1!

February 2, 2009

The farming season started (unofficially) today in my bedroom. Casey & I have been poring over seed catalogs lately and I just couldn’t shake the bug to plant something. I bought some fluorescent shop lights at Lowe’s today and set up some growing shelves. After going thru our seed collection, I decided to plant some [...]

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