Trees, Mulch, & Water Infiltration
We looked hard at the topographical maps as we were designing the orchard rows here at AOOA. It's a steep, compacted, relatively wet...
Flower Plan
There's lots of good reasons to plant flowers. We want to encourage pollinators and parasitoids, we want to have plenty of cut flowers,...
Watch Water Move Through The Orchard
I took this video last week while big piles of snow were melting and running down hill. As you'll recall, our rows are oriented slightly...
What's Planted Where?
We have planted the bulk of the trees this year, and they're finishing up dropping their leaves, and settling in for some winter...
Mulch!
The three most important elements of installing an agroforestry system are: weed control during establishment weed control during...
Lil' Quick Garden
When we first moved in this fenced in area was covered in fake grass and we wanted to get a garden going asap. As soon as things thawed...
Brush Piles at Work!
Hey check it out, there's a house wren and (I think) chipping sparrows using the brush rows as perches to sing from and hunt insects!...
Flowers
I’ve been keeping track of the new flowers I see blooming here on the farm. Some day...
May 2020 Farm Flyover
It was too windy to get solid video of the farm from high above, but some pictures turned out good. And! check out the animals on the farm!
Blocks and Biocontrol
It’s been a long process of designing the layout of All One One All. I’ve tried to envision the problems of the future, and preempt them....
