Farmer's log, from Steamboat Springs in northwest Colorado

Elkstone Farm is a permaculture farm experimenting in using new technology, ideas,and methods to improve upon traditional ways of farming. We strive to push the limits of what we can grow in our unique environment.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Solar Farm




This week the farm started running on solar power!

Monday, October 3, 2011

4000 Bulbs in the Ground





Just in case you are wondering, here are pictures of the bulbs we planted.
We're having a lovely, prolonged autumn in Strawberry Park, with perfect blue skies and excellent fall colors.

We've outfitted the kitchen with supplies to start us on the way to making delicious value-added products out of our produce. Monica has already been experimenting with different recipes, as seen in the photo, with Henry supervising. Also, we've had Maya helping out with butterfly catching.

4,000 bulbs are in the ground, and we have new vestibules on both doors of the greenhouse to store supplies in and keep winter winds out. This should be a much more comfortable winter, with the pellet stove in the greenhouse, and of course Bohai to take shelter in if we have temperatures and snowfall like last year!