Monthly Summary – December 2009 MikeR; Logs and records reviewed, and summary prepared 1/6/11 General Observations: RC held down the farm through the winter this year, as MR and CH packed up and headed out.  Reading the log (after the next December), it strikes me how similar the winters were.  Chicken care and monitoring greenhouses … Read more →

Monthly Summary, September 2009 Robin prepared 1/2011 As I review September notes from our previous season (2009) I am reminded of nightmares of tomato blight, my first visit to NSF and of course the satisfying feeling of starting to see an end to the season.  Now, instead of continuously plowing ahead September is a time … Read more →

Monthly Summary – May 2009 MikeR; Logs and records reviewed, and summary prepared 1/5/11 General Observations:Ah, May, a month filled with activity, spurred on by the awakening power of the Living Earth!  Heavy rain noted thru first half of month, drying by end. Greenhouse activity is winding up by end of the month, so major … Read more →

Monthly Summary – March 2009 MikeR; Logs and records reviewed, and summary prepared 12/10 General Observations: Crew included MR, CH, HK and BK for a total of 250 worker hours, or “about part time.”  Income from winter markets $825 – cost of goods sold.  Farm Manager (FmMngr) needs to be setting good example for Third … Read more →

Monthly Summary – January and February, 2009 MikeR; Logs and records reviewed, and summary prepared 12/3/10 General Observations: In order to remember the feeling of this time period I delved backwards into the Farm Log from December ’08.  2008 was the season which culminated in the graduation of North Slope Farm’s first “’JourneyWoman’ Steward”.  She … Read more →