Slicing into a ripe Piel de Sapo melon this morning, I realized that I was a victim of seduction. As with so many of the plant families here, seeds were spilling out of the incision, the fruits are a mere vessel for the “go forth and multiply” maxim of a plant’s directive for sustainability. Inside| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
If you were to gather a group of Full Belly folks, any role, and ask them what they find satisfying about farming, you’d get a range of answers, but some common themes would emerge. Harvesting and getting produce to you is ultimately why we’re here. We’re not just growing plants and raising animals for the| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
Hello from the tomato field! It’s more of a sea of tomatoes, or perhaps a jungle. If we didn’t use a hedge trimmer to keep things tidy, the vines would grow so wild that the rows would be impassable. The air smells like tomatoes, and many happy and industrious spiders have strung webs between the| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
This Friday is the first day of summer and we’re (almost) ready. The gang’s all here (almost). Last week, right on cue, several of the summer classics were ready to start harvesting. Too many to document but it gives a glimpse of what you can find this week at one of our Farmers Markets and| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
It’s another flower update! Flowers are a big part of what we do, so we want everyone to be in the know. As described last week (which you can read here), this time of year is when we plant most of our spring flowers. On Thursday and Friday, the flower team aided by some interns| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
April showers bring May flowers, but when do you plant those flowers? It varies between years but Full Belly Farm, spring flowers went in the ground on Tuesday and Thursday of last week. Dru and Jan direct seeded 20 beds of flowers on Tuesday and Jan, the flower team, and Alfredo and his crew transplanted| Full Belly Farm - Certified Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers & Wool Since 1985
