Happy Eastover!

I spent the Easter-Passover holiday down the road at Broadturn Farm, a place I credit with having opened my eyes to the possibility of farming in Maine because of an interview that its owners, John and Stacy, did for The New York Times years ago. It felt surreal to step foot on the farm that began my agricultural itch.

The food and drinks at the gathering, as expected, were beyond amazing. It was also the first time since I moved to Scarborough that I had hefty chunks of meat on my plate. From the mimosas to the ham to the macaroons, it was a perfect afternoon.

I also had the chance to meet a couple of the apprentices at Broadturn Farm, who gave me a tour of the their greenhouse.I was curious to see the differences between the way Broadturn did things in comparison to Daniel's methods at Frith Farm. Most of their soil blocks weren't shaped into cubes and I found out that they purchased their soil mix instead of mixing it themselves from scratch.

I came across these Japanese paper pots which seemed like they would be difficult to transplant once the seedlings were ready. The paper pots randomly reminded me of Masanobu Fukuoka's One Straw Revolution, although the book discussed rice and 'do-nothing' farming methods as opposed to mentioning anything about greenhouse seedlings.