down sisa

With the deer fence and well up and running, we’ve been spending a lot of time in the field down at Sepiessa (or Sisa, for short). The farm on Middle Road is very open and public, which is both a blessing and a burden, and the peace and quiet of working in this new place is a welcome change of pace. It’s been designated heirloom tomato land, home of black krim, berkeley tie-dye, orange banana, carmello, to name a random few. The plants were started a little too early (February) and looked leggy and yellow, aching to get in the ground.

We’re giving them five foot spacing, because we’re not going to string or trellis them – we’re going to let them flop. I’ve never done it this way before, it’s giving me a little bit of the heebie jeebies, but it’s caitlin’s way, and it’s worked for her for years.

With that sort of spacing, we’re gobbling up the field at a rather astonishing rate – good thing it’s rather big, and flat as a pancake to boot. With the leftover space, we’ll probably do beans, squash, beets, things that can tough it out a little. I’m trying to keep all the greens and flowers back at the house, which is turning out to be a little challenging, given my almost pathologically ambitious sunflower seedings – I’m having to get a little creative, finding places to put them.

Go team go.