Archive for the 'Eastern Shore' Category

Harvest ends abruptly

 
The tomato harvest is an interesting process. The amount of control tomato growers now wield is both impressive and scary. The soil is bermed over a drip irrigation line and then covered in reflective plastic. The plants are poked through the plastic. The plants will eventually grow so large and so [...]

The fields of gold

I have noticed that I need to use photo “stitching” much more than I did before I moved to farm country. Someone mentioned they don’t see images like my farm shots from “home” - it has to do with the high contrast of the land vs the sky. I think two things are at play. [...]

Two very different signs of the holiday season - holly & camillia

I find that “nature” on the Eastern Shore does a pretty good job of putting on it’s best for the holidays. My farm and the rental property both have an abundance of Holly trees and starting in mid-November, the Holly take on a festive collage of red and green. For the more beauty minded, [...]