A Year in the Life of the Farm

January	February	March
Early January - vacation Late January - equipment repair - planning - seed order - Ecofarm Conference - projects	Early February - field prep - planting onions and broccoli seeding in greenhouse - prune orchard and berries - equipment repair, order supplies - organizing - office work (brochure, planning, research Late February - spray trees for brown rot - weed garlic, strawberries, and asparagus - prep ground	Early March - feed plants with compost tea - seeding and planting - ground prep - mowing Late March - pullets laying eggs - picking asparagus - feeding plants with compost tea - gopher trapping
April	May	June
Early April - deliveries begin - harvest first strawberries - ground prep for summer crops - frost protection Late April - lay plastic mulch - lots of planting	Early May - plant summer crops - keep up with weeds - harvest early garlic Late May - protect berries from birds - pick blueberries - cut hay	- spring tour - harvest and hang garlic - trellising, thinning, and weeding - tractor maintenance
July	August	September
- harvest grain crops - prep garlic - make compost - seed summer cover crops - harvest and prep onions - pick blackberries	Early August - harvest tomatoes and other summer crops Late August - harvesting lots of summer crops - Annual Huasna Valley Farm mini-triathalon - harvest fall onions	- dig fall potatoes - end of strawberries, clean out strawberry field - planting fall crops
October	November	December
Early October - harvest winter squash - pop and plant garlic Late October - harvest party - dig sweet potatoes - pullets hatch - first frost - seed covercrops	Early November - take down tomato trellises - build compost pile - plant strawberries - continue covercropping Late November -continue covercropping - end of delivery season	Early December - plant over-wintered crops - plant pasture and grain crops - cleanup and maintenance - continue covercropping Late December - vacation