Picture by Karris Golden

The 2006 iris bloom was the most spectacular we have ever seen. Nearly 100 varieties bloomed for us that spring.

Lots of wind and cold in December and January (2007/08). The sundog on the left is an indicator of cold weather. The patterns on the ground is what's left on this area of 12-14 inches of snow. Wind can move things around! For more winter pictures, go here. Photo by T Faux

One of our favorite 2005 photos. See that stake in the middle of the photo? That was the corner of one of our gardens that year. See the walk behind tiller? Ya.

An early season look at the 'Eastfarthing'. You can see several of our 60'x180' plots. Closest is the fallow plot. followed by winter squash, brassica/allium, tomato/basil, melon and then bean/potato patches.

An up close look at a lettuce mix growing under a cover.

Lettuce is often a favorite of deer, rabbit and woodchuck. So, we use various approaches to exclude the critters so the CSA gets some of it!

You could say it was a difficult season. The cultivated strips are supposed to be our cucumbers. See the hill in the middle? Hmmmmmm. Green strips are weeds with some peas. Pretty sparse and not growing, so they were eventually tilled under. (2008)

One of the kits that temporarily lived on the farm. Our presence was too much and Mama Fox moved the kits to other parts. Our pictures are linked here: photo1, photo2, photo3 and photo4. These are in sequence! Photo by Kip Ladage

Yogi the duck in a box, in the kitchen. Want to read about her? Check our blog entry. (2008) Picture by T Faux

On the left - a fairly large egg. On the right? Now that has to hurt!

Muck and Myra. They KNOW they aren't supposed to be on the fence.

Photo by Brandon Pollock

A work day to clean up the old hog building got us a good distance on the cleanup - with much more to go.

The big bad wolf visited us this year. Good thing we didn't need this building - but it did damage our truck. We considered that a bad thing.

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Some of our 2006 seedlings. This constituted the extent of our 'greenhouse.' There were many more seedlings on tables.

A forest of mini-tomatoes - ready to be planted.

A newer construction that is intended for what we do at the farm. Top shelf are peppers, 2nd shelf is tomatoes (ready for transplant I'd say). 3rd shelf are eggplant and tomatoes.

This seed starting table was created and moved with us. It was initially intended for larger plants - hence the spacing. At top are peppers, middle right are more peppers and rosemary. At left middle is basil. yes, it is

It was once a three car garage with doors that were falling apart. One side is now closed in and sided, the middle garage door is fixed up and the third...ok. Bubble wrap does work as a temporary measure.

Tammy at UNI promoting organic and local foods.

Rob and Tammy at the Farm Bureau pancake breakfast in late winter. Photo by Darrin Siefken.

2007 was one of our best winter squash harvests.

Ahhhh. Watermelon and some winter squash. Someday, we'll tell you about how difficult it is to carry watermelons when you are slipping in mud.

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Our thanks to all of the fine people who spent some time helping us on the farm in 2007! Your contributions were most appreciated.

Chris Haymaker, Cynthia Bane, Lara, Neil and Rose Martenson-Burrell, Jim and Eileen Faux, Denis Drolet, the McCollough family, Nancy and Randy Pfile, Ed Westen, Roy Ventullo, Ben and Sarah Stadler-Ammons, Annette, Pete and Elsie Faux, Lynnette and Mariah McGregor, clan Jystad, Jo Foster (and her May term class), Ben Bousquet, Catherine Faux, Kendrick Sommerfeldt, Kevin Grondahl, Sandra Hansen, Jette Irgens, Dan Noah, Susan Vallem, Darrell and Sue Zenk, Stepanie Toering-Peters, Chris Tripolino, Shawn Ellerbroek, Cedar and Chris Johnson, Tina Irvin, Katherine Knutsen, Stacy Larson and whomever we may have inadvertantly omitted from the list!

Here's why you got watermelon and melons in 2007. The elite weeding crew! Our taste buds thank you. Stacy Larson, Katherine Knutsen, Tina Irvin.

Nothing like taking ownership for a job well done!

Early summer/late spring in 2007 found very little rain, enforcing a need to irrigate to encourage germination. Of course, the EXTRA rain in August flooded things out. Go figure.

The summer squash and zucchini patch. Yes, they look good. Thank you Cedar the Weeder and Chris (who also weeded)!

This, my friends, is a garden. Tomatoes and basil in the plot closest to us. The blue green further back would be broccoli or cauliflower. The tall corn shows the edge of our gardens.

While this is a 2006 photo, it does show floating row covers in action. In this case, they protect broccoli from cabbage butterflies. Garlic in between row covers.

Winter came late in 2006/2007.

The 2007 ice storm. We were lucky as we were only without power for 30 hours - but the downed limbs provided nice snow catchers for the later snow.

2006 Fall Festival and the highly acclaimed and anticipated tomato launch.

Again, an older photo, probably late 2005 during a Saturday morning market in Waverly. Amazing how our farmers' market display has changed over time.

photo by Tammy Faux

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