Uploads from cgrantham, tagged tennessee

organic cucumber

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:41:13 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

2 lbs. 5 oz. of organic pickling cucumbers picked off the vine at Half Hill Farm

hoverfly

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:40:39 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

A young hoverfly checks the tiny flowers on a small patch of Mother of Thyme at Half Hill Farm.

lily anthers

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:44:09 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

A close up look at lily anthers in the morning sun at Half Hill Farm.

onion blossom

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:53:55 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

Onion blossoms at Half Hill Farm about to burst in the early morning rain. We're allowing these to seed after they bolted during the cold spells.

alfalfa leafcutter

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:09:09 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

This alfalfa leafcutter and another solitary bee have taken up residence in the tomatoe plant bamboo supports at Half Hill Farm. Learn more about the bee sanctuary project.

Vince

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Mon, 27 May 2013 18:35:17 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

ABC: Always Be Composting. Vince fills the 4 wheeler tank with water needed to turn the compost pile.

first blueberries

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Mon, 27 May 2013 11:42:10 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

This small hidden cluster was spared the early Spring bud pinching at Half
Hill Farm. A tiny organic taste of what's to come!

thistle blossom

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:22:51 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

A view deep inside a conclave of baby thistle blossoms this morning on Half Hill Farm. It's about as pretty as they're going to get before I fire up the mower.

staking tomatoes

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:36:14 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

The wind bent the girls a little, so it's time to whip out the cane poles.

shroomery deck

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:14:20 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

The 5x12 deck on the front of the Shroomery is probably the first time I've ever gotten anything perfectly square.

ladybug eggs

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:57:29 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

About two and half dozen ladybug eggs hanging out on the underside of a blade of grass near the organic Roma tomatoes on Half Hill Farm. Help is on the way!

green onions

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:28:51 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

These onions bolted (flowered early) so I had to go ahead and pull them (9 3/8 oz).

spider mites

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:43:39 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

I don't see any signs of spider mites on the organic hops, but I'm spraying the underside of all the lower leaves with water to clean them off just in case.

rain math

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:11:15 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

How many gallons of water fell on my property when it rained? How many gallons of water rained on my roof? Here's some math we used to figure it out on the farm after a long weekend of rain. Learn more at Half Hill Farm.

beer bines

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:56:19 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

These certified organic baby beer plants that woke up in the hop yard at Half Hill Farm after that last good rain are getting trellised today so they can climb and blossom into some fine Tennessee craft beer!

compost shroom

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:33:46 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

A good sign of the health of the orchard compost pile. This pile mulched our organic Cascade and Centennial hops on Half Hill Farm.

cascade hops

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:21:49 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

Some of the first year organic Cascade hop strobiles in the hop yard at Half Hill Farm in Woodbury, TN.

hop strobiles

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:09:09 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

One of the first hop strobiles glisten in the morning sun 5-10 feet up a strand of jute twine in the hop yard at Half Hill Farm. The organic bittering and aromatic lupulins this flower will soon create is what makes a good craft beer rock.

Christian Grantham

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:02:14 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

Me next to one of Alfred's tractors on his organic farm in Orlinda, TN.

Hopmaster 3000

nobody@flickr.com (cgrantham) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:49:16 -0700

cgrantham posted a photo:

The entire hop yard is now trellised on jute twine thanks to the Half Hill Hopmaster 3000, now with Pandora 4.1 (and extra screws).