Ken’s Living Quilt: The Garden

The garden is in constant change.  Crops grow, fill out, are harvested.  New crops are planted and the cycle begins all over again.       For me it is like an ever changing quilt of different colors, textures and shapes.         After each rain, once the soil is dry enough to work Ken goes through and cultivates.        Today he was using a wheel hoe and seemed to be …

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Maintenance Tasks for Ken

In addition to seeding and planting, this time of year has several maintenance tasks that Ken must attend to on a timely basis.  There is mowing the electric fence in the field       There putting up the pea fence so the peas can grow straight and picking is easier         There is irrigating in greenhouses.  Although there has been quite a bit of rain, it does not go into the …

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