Category Archives: Startup

New Scale is Ready

I picked up our new hanging, analog scale yesterday.  It’ll hold up to 20 pounds and has a nice, classic look.  The folks at Bay State Scale had it all tuned up and calibrated and ready to go. Today, I … Continue reading

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We Have Land

Yesterday, Tracy, Noah, and I all drove up to Dracut to see our plot for the first time.  (Though we actually saw the fields last summer on a tour, but back then it wasn’t ours.) This is it: There’s a … Continue reading

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Business Plan Graduation

On Thursday of this week, Tracy and I drove up to Lowell for the Spring Launch/Graduation Ceremony at the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project.  This gave us a chance to meet up the folks with whom I took the farm … Continue reading

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Clean Start

Right now, we’re still completely in prep mode.  This week, I took inventory of all our seed starting supplies, and then did a thorough washing of all our trays, old six packs, buckets, clear covers, dome covers, in the tub, … Continue reading

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Small Packages

Our seed orders arrived last week.  I’m still stunned at the immense expansion that occurs in the transition from seed to plant.  Here are all the seeds we’ve ordered to plant our 1/4 acre. The seeds to grow the Pen … Continue reading

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Seeds and Seedlings

Every day, we take more steps forward on the farm, and it feels more and more like it’s really happening.  Though I’m not sure it will feel completely real until we’re assigned our plot, in late March, and get to … Continue reading

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Getting Started

Right now, everything about Pen and Pepper Farm has to do with getting started. This is our first year farming, so everything is new. The good news is that winter is slow, in terms of growing things, and we don’t … Continue reading

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