Imagine trying to get 10,000 tiny seeds from seed packets into these growing trays. Now imagine 70,000 seeds. That’s what Leigh Hauter has been working on the past week–getting a jump start on the crops for his CSA at Bull Run Farm. So far, Leigh and his helper have 20,000 seeds planted and the broccoli […]
This is the first in what we hope will be a regular series of articles about Leigh Hauter and his CSA operation at Bull Run Farm in The Plains, Virginia. Leigh has been farming in the Washington area for 15 years, first at the Cheseapeake Bay Foundation’s Clagett Farm in Prince George’s County. He was […]
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Carrots have stored very nicely in the ground. And since we’ve been experiencing a bit of a thaw the last week I went out and started preparing beds for planting. While I was digging around, I pulled up this lovely bunch, about five pounds worth. We’ve been pulling occasional parsnips through the winter. These were […]
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