LAST DAY OF POTATO PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. Well, that’s not exactly correct, since we still have planting Potato Plantlets and Potato Minitubers into screenhouses ahead of us. However, last night we did finish up planting our main commercial crop of organic Maine Certified Seed…
PART 4: SPRING PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. Prepping seed for plantin…
PART 4: SPRING PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. Prepping seed for planting. Using a forklift with a hydraulic Bin Rotator, Caleb pours a hardwood pallet box full of sprouted seed potatoes into a hopper. Working with Kenyon’s assistance, the two work together to run the tubers over a Roller…
PART 3: SPRING PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. In another shot taken by …
PART 3: SPRING PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. In another shot taken by Megan, here Jim is following the previously planted row and driving our reliable mid-1960s Oliver 1750 Diesel tractor pulling the Tuber Unit Potato Planter.
The enlarged ‘Fertilizer Box’ on the planter behind him is…
PART 2: SPRING PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. Complimenting yesterday’…
PART 2: SPRING PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. Complimenting yesterday’s post is this closer view of the crew working on our modified Lockwood Tuber Unit Potato Planter cutting up sprouted seed potato tubers. By the time we’ve completed this commercial crop of organic Maine Certified Seed…
SPRING PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. Megan took this picture last week …
SPRING PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. Megan took this picture last week of our tuber-unit potato planting operation.
The four workers on the Potato Planter – Cathy, Mathew, Miguel and Kenyon – take sprouted tubers from the hopper in front of them, cut the seed potatoes into appropriate 1.5…
AMY PLANTING ONIONS ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. This shot of Caleb’s sister, A…
AMY PLANTING ONIONS ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. This shot of Caleb’s sister, Amy, planting our favorite Rossa di Milano (‘Rose of Milan’) onions was taken a couple of weeks ago.
Allium family members – including onions and garlic – are day-length sensitive so for best production you want to plant…
LOGGING CREW. HAYNESVILLE, MAINE. Circa 1914. Wintertime logging on the East B…
LOGGING CREW. HAYNESVILLE, MAINE. Circa 1914. Wintertime logging on the East Branch of the Mattawamkeag River. Caleb, Megan & Jim
The most scenic Amtrak train rides through America’s national parks
“THE MOST SCENIC TRAIN RIDES THROUGH AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS.” The concept is strong and the the best of two worlds: visiting National Parks by train.
Now that things are opening up again it’s natural to want to get outside and see the sights. ‘Matador’ offers details, right down to what side…
The most scenic Amtrak train rides through America’s national parks
ANOTHER DAY OF POTATO PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. While this photo ta…
ANOTHER DAY OF POTATO PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. While this photo taken yesterday mid-morning displays clear blue sky to the East, it wasn’t long before clouds invaded from the West. By mid-afternoon a line of thundershowers traveling southeastward from Quebec brought us mild…
FIRST DAY OF POTATO PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRE FAMILY FARM. Under clear blue skies…
FIRST DAY OF POTATO PLANTING ON WOOD PRAIRE FAMILY FARM. Under clear blue skies, with a warm stretch in the forecast and the Soil Temp up to 49oF, yesterday we began planting our 2021 crop of organic Maine Certified Seed Potatoes.
Here, Caleb is filling the Fertilizer Box on our modified Lockwood…
