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 about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[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 about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[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 about 2024 Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day[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 about Student Farm Spotlight: Faith Hartman[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 about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
Howdy y’all! Jane here. It’s been quite a rainy week here at yonder Purdue Student Farm. We’ve gotten 3.2 inches of rain so far. And sonically, between the frog calls and rain on the barn roof, the atmosphere tends to make up for all the mud. When it rains this much, you can usually find…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
This week’s update is from Purdue Student Farm Intern Nellie Waltherly. Well, the weather has been certainly on the upswing out here! Not only an actual breeze every once in a while, but also some fantastically moody skies. Lots of goldfinches and swallow activity, and we’ve had the first sighting of our resident red-shouldered hawks…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
This week’s update is from Purdue Student Farm Intern Nellie Waltherly. The washpack is officially up and running this season, with our first harvests of turnips, kohlrabi, bok choy and Napa cabbage underway. All eyes are on the tomatoes as the first fruit of the year are starting to turn, and our next set of…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
The farm is doing really well, tomatoes are looking especially good. We weeded, moved the bee fence, replaced some of the eggplants that the rabbits ate, and started removing invasive honeysuckle from the Northern wood line. We spent most of Monday mulching the grape tunnel and urban garden. I enjoyed learning how to drive the…Read more about This Week On the Farm[Read More]
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