Author Archives: Katy Vigil

Right now, I am can­ning toma­toes. This process began in July, when we planted the left­over plants from mar­ket, includ­ing sev­eral dozen San Martino's Romas. Now we're pick­ing them in big colan­ders full, and today was our first can. My first-ever … Con­tinue read­ing →

Well, hello, and wel­come back to the blog! It's been awfully quiet around here for…2 months…but now autumn's arrived. Time to turn over a new leaf, and then step on it, get­ting that crunchy sound. Today is Indige­nous People's Day, which … Con­tinue read­ing →

So, sum­mer­time cook­ing is easy.  Pretty much any­thing ripe that you buy at the mar­ket can be eaten raw and salted, or cooked in a lit­tle but­ter, and it's awe­some. Here are a few of the things we've been eat­ing this summer…from … Con­tinue read­ing →

In my last job, we worked on a soft­ware tool that peo­ple used to track project expenses and time, to help bosses make "busi­ness deci­sions."  Now, as a small busi­ness owner, I make oodles of busi­ness deci­sions, every day.  And when you farm, … Con­tinue read­ing →

I like to move the sprin­klers every day, to help the almond trees along their almond way.  They're microsprin­klers, so they give off a fine mist which sinks down into the roots over sev­eral hours, which saves water and pre­serves the … Con­tinue read­ing →

Evan always enjoys the music at the farmer's mar­ket.  Last week­end, I got this very spe­cial text: Evan: Desparado.  Never has a song about an out­law been less tran­gres­sive. And today, live from Inderkum High.… Evan:  Noooooooo!  Not Landslide.….….losing will to live… Katy: Did … Con­tinue read­ing →

The tough post on Craigslist, right? We came a lit­tle late to the game this year with our toma­toes and pep­pers.  We tried to get to mar­ket by late spring, when folks are really gar­den­ing in earnest, but we hit some … Con­tinue read­ing →