At a sustainable farming conference, I once took a class on controlling weeds organically. The focus was mid-large organic operations, but I was sure the talk would be relevant to our 1 acre in annual production. I remember the speaker saying, “If you, as a farm manager, are spending more than 30% of your time weeding, you’re doing something wrong.” “I’m doing something very wrong,” I thought. At the Harvest Table Farm, I’m not very diligent in making sure no weeds go to seed

I’m a lover; A plant lover, an animal lover, a tree-hugger. All of those things. However, my love for plants doesn’t exclude the thistle and the poison ivy. My love of insects extends beyond the ladybug and the dragonfly to the wasp and the cabbage worm. Okay, maybe not the cabbage worms, but you get the point here; I am an all-loving, tree-hugging farm lady. And when I decided to tack farm-lady on the end of that simplified definition of myself, I imagined my day would be fi