Farming - Daniel Bourke

Daniel Bourke

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Farming

A collection of 4 posts

A comparison photo of two olive trees side by side, the left one is small and the right o is large

Small sways in the breeze make you strong

I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind. When they were small, they’d almost fall over. But the post kept them up. Now they’re big enough to stand on their own. A breeze comes along and their branches move with it but not too

A glass vase of garlic flowers on a wooden table with a grey wooden fence in the background

The subtle shade of the clouds

Garlic takes six to seven months to grow. I’m still working it out. I planted my garlic too late. Not the farm garlic though. They’ve had practice. Over a thousand bulbs this year, maybe more. Tens of thousands of cloves. Garlic is the biggest harvest of the year.

photo of a garden next to a yard with a fence behind it

Building a garden in the backyard

I started building a garden in the backyard. It’s a small space but it took almost a year to get going. A year! Mostly because of laziness and other things going on. A little dream I have is to one day eat a full feast that consists 100% of

My first day on a farm

My first day on a farm

An attempt to close the knowledge gap between what's on my plate and how it got there.