Thousand Furrows Farm on Blogophonic / Recent content in Thousand Furrows Farm on Blogophonic Hugo en Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Farm Log /blog/farm-log/ Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /blog/farm-log/ <hr> <h3 id="4626">4/6/26</h3> <p>The weather is warming up. It has been beautiful for a few days and will be beautiful for a few days still. Normally the season would be ramped up with me rushing to get ready for early May markets. But with our son being only 5 months old, I delayed the start of market until early July. So April will be more relaxed than usual, but I do have planting to get done. The prop house is full of transplants. The first tomatoes are in the ground, and a lot of onions are ready to be set outside. So, I will be planting onions in my free time for the next 2 weeks.</p> Farm Philosophy & Practice /blog/philosophy-and-practice/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /blog/philosophy-and-practice/ <h4 id="details-of-my-farming-system-in-this-article-are-circa-2019-in-the-time-since-i-have-moved-the-farm-and-am-transitioning-away-from-tillage-to-low--and-no-till-methods">Details of my farming system in this article are Circa 2019. In the time since I have moved the farm and am transitioning away from tillage to low- and no-till methods.</h4> <hr> <h3 id="backstory">Backstory</h3> <p>I first arrived at my current occupation through a belief that food was the best available tool for connecting people to an idea and vision of sustainability. Food is essential for human life and pivotal to our experience of culture and community. Agriculture is one of our indelible connections to the land, being neither completely natural nor human-made. Food or its absence has the capacity to demonstrate either incredible abundance or scarcity. And food production is inherently tangible. A rare thing in modern society.</p> Contact Ben /contact/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:38:41 -0600 /contact/ <p>** Contact page don&rsquo;t contain a body, just the front matter above. See form.html in the layouts folder **</p> Gallery /gallery/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:47:22 -0600 /gallery/ <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Farm Gallery</title> <style> body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #f4f4f4; } h1 { text-align: center; margin: 20px 0; } .gallery { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 20px; padding: 20px; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; } .gallery img { width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 8px; cursor: pointer; transition: transform 0.3s; } .gallery img:hover { transform: scale(1.01); } /* Lightbox Modal Styles */ .lightbox { display: none; position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); justify-content: center; align-items: center; flex-direction: column; padding: 20px; box-sizing: border-box; } .lightbox img { max-width: 90%; max-height: 80vh; /* Leave room for caption */ border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .lightbox .close { position: absolute; top: 20px; right: 20px; font-size: 2rem; color: white; cursor: pointer; } .image-badge { position: absolute; top: 8px; right: 8px; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); color: white; font-size: 0.75rem; padding: 4px 8px; border-radius: 12px; pointer-events: none; /* so clicks pass through to image */ user-select: none; } .image-container { position: relative; /* to position badge inside */ display: inline-block; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Farm Gallery</h1> <div class="gallery" id="gallery"></div> <!-- Lightbox Modal --> <div class="lightbox" id="lightbox"> <span class="close" id="close">&times;</span> <button id="prev" aria-label="Previous image" style="position:absolute;left:20px;top:50%;font-size:2rem;color:white;background:none;border:none;cursor:pointer;">&#10094;</button> <img src="" alt="Full size image" id="lightboxImage"> <button id="next" aria-label="Next image" style="position:absolute;right:20px;top:50%;font-size:2rem;color:white;background:none;border:none;cursor:pointer;">&#10095;</button> <p id="lightboxCaption" style="color: white; font-size: 1rem; max-width: 90%; text-align: center; margin-top: 10px;"></p> Our Markets /about/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:47:22 -0600 /about/ <h1 class="f2 f1-ns measure-narrow lh-solid"> Where to Find Our Products </h1> <hr class="f4 ba b--black-10 mt5 mb4 ml0"> <h3 class="f4 f2-ns i-l measure-narrow lh-solid"> St. Johns Farmers Market </h3> <p class="f4 measure lh-copy"> <img src="/about/assets/amelia_market.jpeg" align="left" class="mw-400 w10 mr3 db br3 br--left" alt="Market Stand"></br></br></br> </p> </br> <p class="f4 measure lh-copy"> The farm recently finished it's fifth season selling vegetables at the <a href="https://www.stjohnsopportunity.org/stjohnsfarmersmarket">St. Johns Farmers Market</a>. St. Johns is a wonderful, neighborhood market that is well loved and well supported by Northwest Portland! The market has a great variety of food products including 5+ farms, bread/baked goods, mushrooms, meat, eggs, plus many value-added products and ready to eat options. </br> </br> Location: Corner of N Charleston and N Central in St. Johns</br></br> 2025 Market Season:</br> Ever Saturday from 9 AM to 2 PM from May 3 to November 22, 2025.</br> Christmas market: December 13, 10 AM to 2 PM. </p>