Update from Our Fall Laboratory
One of our goals at Over the Fence is to find ways to produce fresh food throughout the year. To this end, we consulted the first name in North American season extension, Eliot Coleman. After traveling...
View ArticleEating From the Garden, All Year Round
We haven’t been posting much lately, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy. While there isn’t much to do outside, these cold dark days beckon us to the kitchen to bake cookies and simmer soups....
View ArticleWelcome to the 2016 Season!
In keeping with the unusually mild winter weather we enjoyed this year, overnight temperatures are predicted to be above freezing for the foreseeable future. That means it’s time to get the farm back...
View ArticleTunnel Visions
Thanks to a grant from the National Resources Conservation Service High Tunnel Initiative program we are building a high tunnel to expand our season extension practices. The kit has been hanging out in...
View ArticleField Report: April 6, 2017
It’s been a busy week and getting busier everyday. Here’s a quick look at what’s been happening on the farm.
View ArticleField Report: Earth Day 2017
Happy Earth Day. Thanks for making this visit to the farm part of your celebrations. It’s cloudy today in Columbus. These photos were taken yesterday afternoon when it was a perfect combination of...
View ArticlePreparing for Persephone
This fall I watched from afar as my students in Texas and Florida prepared for hurricanes Harvey and Irma. I felt powerless to help them, and guilty that my house was standing tall, dry, and coursing...
View ArticleScenes from the field: 4.2.18
The sun was shining and The Farmers Almanac Gardening by the Moon Calendar said it was a good day for transplanting. We were lucky to have friends free to help us move some things around. Here are a...
View ArticleExtending our Season Extension
Thanks to a grant from MidOhio Foodbank, we purchased some new season extension supplies this year. Some of what we got replaced things that were worn out or damaged, including the endwalls of our high...
View ArticleScenes From the Field: 1.16.2019
Yesterday was overcast and the high temperature only reached 33 degrees, but somehow it didn’t feel as cold as it had the few days before. I spent a solid hour and a half out back harvesting greens and...
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