Burning and breaking ground at the farm!

It has been pretty muddy and cold the past couple of weeks, but we were finally able to break ground at the farm. Since we took last fall off of farming, there were many weeds that took over while we were gone. We have found that one of the best ways to get rid of weeds is by converting them to carbon. We started by burning the old weeds up with Damian's favorite tool - the propane-fed roofing torch. After a few more days of no rain, we were able to get the tiller in the ground and loosen up the soil. We can't wait to get some of those transplants in the ground soon and start providing our new 2013 CSA members with fresh veggies!

Still smiling on soggy, cold days

Burning up the weeds

Damian tilling up the ground

Beautiful soft soil