Crop Alerts & Farm Buzz
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Digging 35,000 Fruit Trees with a Homemade Digging Rig.
Every fall we dig up fruit trees that are going to be shipped around the nation to professional orchardists and backyard growers. We still do a lot of the work by hand—gathering, bundling, lifting, cataloguing, and storing. But we take … Continue reading
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All the Pumpkins You Can Carry, a Big Pepper Sale, and Photos From Y’all.
FIVE DAYS TIL HALLOWEEN and here’s how the pumpkin thing is gonna go down — all the pumpkins you can carry for $12! You must pick them in the pumpkin patch… …and carry them by yourself — no tote bags, … Continue reading
True Stories from the Farmily, and a Word About Pumpkins.
ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a boy called Brussels Sprout — Brussel for short. He was a farmer’s nephew, and had a shaky start in life: tubes in his ears, a patch on one eye, and allergies to every … Continue reading
Autumn Orchard, Rustling Corn.
A blustery fall day in the Finger Lakes. A creepy stroll through the corn. Spying on the apples. So scary at night! Eeeeeeee!
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Picking Report, Party Pictures, and Feedback for the Farm.
AN ORPHANED ASSISTANT PIG-KEEPER became hero and champion of the realm. That was in The Chronicles of Prydain. No such luck for the pigherds of Ithaca — they were vanquished without mercy by dark-hearted apple farmers. More on our top … Continue reading
Saturday’s Party is RAIN OR SHINE!
IT IS DRIZZLING NOW and Saturday will be cool and wet. But thanks to you all we’ve had a marvelous year at Indian Creek, and we’re in the mood to celebrate no matter what. It’s a sorry dog that won’t … Continue reading
Saturday is Apocalypse for Pigherds; Remember to BYOB, BYOF, BYORG.
TELL THE TRUTH and shame the devil. That’s what Mother always says. Let’s make Mom proud by telling the hard truth about pig farmers: they will meet their doom at 6 PM on Saturday. Tug of war versus apple farmers. … Continue reading
Pigs-n-Apples Party: Game Schedule, BYOB, and Other Leaked Details!
WELL, BUTTER MY BUTT and call me a biscuit — only one week til party time! The first annual Pigs-n-Apples Party will hit the farm on Saturday, October 6, and people have been clamoring for details. Who what when where? … Continue reading
Will the Donuts Hold You Over Until the Pig Farmers Arrive?
IT IS A CUTE ENOUGH contraption, if a little homely. You could even call it a kinetic sculpture: the motor buzzes and sprockets whirr and paddles click back and forth. But in the end, art or not, our new gadget … Continue reading
The Women Have Left the Farm, and Other Curious Tidbits.
IT’S JUST US DUDES here today. The fellers and the hombres. One of the gals drove south; another flew west. And the rest? Where are les femmes de la ferme? Don’t know, but we’ll have to make do. Find meaning … Continue reading
