Bring in your houseplants, folks! Fall is just around the corner, and don’t you let the 90-degree days tell you otherwise. Can’t say I’m a huge fan of 35-degree hikes in temperature within 6 hours, but while September was added to the calendar to vex me, I will not be letting that ruin this last[Read More…]
We are at the official halfway point of the CSA this year! With the 3-day weekend, it’s a bit difficult to compress the usual week update into 2 days and change, so bear with me folks! Meigs, one of our fellow research farms, is gearing up for the Mechanical Weed Control conference on the 11th[Read More…]
Hi, I’m Kennedy. I am a senior in Sustainable Food and Farming Systems, with minors in Horticulture and Plant Biology, and a certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. This past summer was my second season at the Student Farm. I am also the unofficial collector of some of the “mutant” vegetables that pop up on the[Read More…]
GOLDWEEK: Well, things are certainly quieter this week, seeing as I’ve been abandoned by my fellows for secondary education. If Jane has the email next week, it’s because I’ve wasted away from neglect. Not a huge amount to report this go around! Lots of watermelon, and peppers (as some of you may have noticed). Cucumbers[Read More…]
BLACK WEEK Hello! Our resident rabbit catcher/freelance writer, Jane, has left us defenseless, so it’s Nellie here, back in action after a brief sojourn to stress my way through summer finals – I apparently picked an eventful couple weeks to be away. I missed the beginning of sweet corn season, a deer corpse, and DNR[Read More…]
The Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day was held July 25 at the Purdue Student Farm. Petrus Langenhoven, Sofia Catucuamba, Miranda Purcell, Stephen Meyers, Wenjing Guan, Lian Duron, Ashley Adair, Brittany Weerts, and Hoagland Lab members Ada Martinez and Sophia Mears presented their research to attendees. Colleagues from the Departments of Entomology, Food Science, ABE,[Read More…]
Faith Hartman Good afternoon everyone. My name is Faith Hartman and I’m a senior in the Sustainable Food and Farming Systems program with minors in Fermentation Science as well as International Studies in Agriculture. This is my third season working on the farm and spending hot summer days packing your produce. I’m also one of[Read More…]
This week’s biggest event has been the lauded, long-awaited debut of the Bin Washer! It has been named Squeaky Steve :). We’ve been watching vegetables go through it like it’s popcorn in a microwave, and I can confirm that carrots can reach entertaining heights. It’s even got a power washer!!! It almost covers up the[Read More…]
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