Shownotes
Ugly Farm
Tell us a little about yourself.
I am IDK if I am a rockstar but I am trying
NE CT, the poor part of CT, we’re not in Hartford
There’s a lot of farms in general in this part of CT
- it’s not where I started farming
- my husband and I bought a little piece of property
- it’s sort of an Urban farm
- we have neighbors we can see
1.2 acres
Oh, it’s um.
My husband and I were Goth kids in school
I’m really into growing black vegetables
love the black carrots
always buy those seeds
with the black tomatoes
If you forget to trim your tomato bush for a couple of weeks the busy parts are hiding inside are going to have big green splotches on them
either assume
the tomatoes are only going to be black
turn your tomatoes toward the sun
by the time that happens
bugs
slice them
they are black
from the top
taste great
make salsa out of
not as impressive if the whole
Baker Creek Black Beauty Tomatoes
almost every tomato I have ever had
still tastes in one shape or form
black jalapenos
I thought they would be super spicy
picking them and eating them off the bush
You are just dropping golden seeds
Tell me about your first gardening experience?
my grandmother on my mother’s side
mother was used to gardening a vegetable
mostly you go eat green beans when you are seven years old
can’t remember my first gardening experience
childhood was surrounded by plants and gardens
able to go back there and eat a lot of stuff
Yeah! I understand the fence dilemma
we ended up having to replace our whole flock last year
our rooster was an Egyptian flume
we got rid of everybody except our favorite couple of hens
heavy bird that wasn’t going to fly up
doing a big chick order in a couple of weeks
another lesson we learned the hard way
we battled 3 different families of groundhogs
under the fence into the garden
runner ducks won’t eat your produce they will eat the bugs
they will also eat half of your vegetables
they can eat whatever they want
it’s a good symbiotic relationship
save all their leftover scraps and what not
How did you learn how to garden organically?
NO! I learned nothing organically from the family
my ex husband and I got divorced
I had never heard of a farm apprenticeship
discovered that it was a thing
they give you a place to live for the growing season
I found a farm that I could move to
they were paying a pretty meager wage
stay at home mom for 4-5 years
I only got to see my kids 1-2 daysSunday
it’s the hardest thing I had to do in my life
I knew that my ex couldn’t afford to put me in an apartment
he had a good job
he and I had bought a house together
there was a couple of people that worked full time/part time
first got Sundays and Mondays off
find a place to live with my kids
because of that being an apprentice
when you specialize in working
you only had the end of a day to do anything
in a shack by the chicken and pig pens
when you are busting your butt
different organic farm in MASS
