WE ARE INSANE.
Jesse and I clearly don't have enough going on, so we've decided to add another venture to our busy little farming lives. We started building this crazy contraption yesterday, as always, out of scraps of junk we managed to find. Any guesses as to who is joining the Rough Draft family tomorrow?
A MARKET HEAD START.
We have found ourselves really on top of things this week. The garden looks great, we've got tons of germinating seeds and blooming berries and lovely weather....so we had some extra time to start getting our market display ready, even if it's still a ways away. It was exciting to think about setting up our little table and finally having our own food to sell! On top of chalkboard signs, a fabric banner for our tent, and our (MISSPELLED) business cards, I also started making some TOTE BAGS for the shareholders! We thought these would be a fun way for you guys to pick up your veggies each week. At first we were going to have them made all professional-like, but that was seriously going to cost THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. Ya'll. That's crazy. So of course we did some DIY, and they look pretty good, if I do say so myself. Looks like that art degree wasn't a waste after all!- Hannah.
CHICKENSTEAD.
Another epic scrap project is complete, taking the form of the all new (from all old) Rough Draft Farmstead Chickenstead. We utilized scrap barn wood for the walls, an old cabinet for nest boxes, millions of spare screws and nails, some chicken wire we had leftover and all sorts of random odds and ends we collected from around the farm to piece this thing together! All in all it cost us about about $12, and that was for the paint. Will it last?! That remains to be seen, but we feel pretty good about the stability thus far. All we have left to do now is find a few feathered inhabitants...(Coop pictured without the finished roof, so imagine it looking just a little cooler. As if it could look any cooler.)- Jesse.
FROST, TRELLIS, RIBBONS, AND COOPS.
Here is a brief recap of the week: As predicted, we had several more frosts and had to keep covering and uncovering the plants with sheets and blankets, checking on them, worrying over them. But despite that, everything continues to grow! The garden is full of peas, chard, kale, lettuce, potatoes, onions, and garlic. We trellised the peas, mulched the berry plants, direct seeded beets, and dug rows for our tomato plants. The cold frames are full of herbs and celery preparing to go into the ground. Yesterday, we started lettuce, squash, cucumbers, and cilantro from seed. I ripped a bunch of fabric strips out of the aforementioned sheets and blankets and tied them all around the fence (super scary deer defense, I know). Jesse nearly completed our (100% salvaged!) chicken coop, and Wendell got really dirty.- Hannah.
