#macjohnsonfarm — Public Fediverse posts

Please let the record show that the Johnsons have six tomato plants transplanted and ready to party for 2026. A far cry from the 50 plants we had in 2021, but after zero garden in 2025 it’s good to be back at it.

- Two Cherokee Purple (hard to grow but THE BEST) / indeterminate
- Two Husky Red / dwarf indeterminate
- One early girl determinate
- One “tomato patio” a determinate cherry type
* plus whatever we get from our “orange hat” super dwarf plants we started from seed

#gardening #Zone6B #homegrowntomatoes #Missouri #macjohnsonfarm

Please let the record show that the Johnsons have six tomato plants transplanted and ready to party for 2026. A far cry from the 50 plants we had in 2021, but after zero garden in 2025 it’s good to be back at it.

- Two Cherokee Purple (hard to grow but THE BEST) / indeterminate
- Two Husky Red / dwarf indeterminate
- One early girl determinate
- One “tomato patio” a determinate cherry type
* plus whatever we get from our “orange hat” super dwarf plants we started from seed

#gardening #Zone6B #homegrowntomatoes #Missouri #macjohnsonfarm

Please let the record show that the Johnsons have six tomato plants transplanted and ready to party for 2026. A far cry from the 50 plants we had in 2021, but after zero garden in 2025 it’s good to be back at it.

- Two Cherokee Purple (hard to grow but THE BEST) / indeterminate
- Two Husky Red / dwarf indeterminate
- One early girl determinate
- One “tomato patio” a determinate cherry type
* plus whatever we get from our “orange hat” super dwarf plants we started from seed

#gardening #Zone6B #homegrowntomatoes #Missouri #macjohnsonfarm

Please let the record show that the Johnsons have six tomato plants transplanted and ready to party for 2026. A far cry from the 50 plants we had in 2021, but after zero garden in 2025 it’s good to be back at it.

- Two Cherokee Purple (hard to grow but THE BEST) / indeterminate
- Two Husky Red / dwarf indeterminate
- One early girl determinate
- One “tomato patio” a determinate cherry type
* plus whatever we get from our “orange hat” super dwarf plants we started from seed

#gardening #Zone6B #homegrowntomatoes #Missouri #macjohnsonfarm

Please let the record show that the Johnsons have six tomato plants transplanted and ready to party for 2026. A far cry from the 50 plants we had in 2021, but after zero garden in 2025 it’s good to be back at it.

- Two Cherokee Purple (hard to grow but THE BEST) / indeterminate
- Two Husky Red / dwarf indeterminate
- One early girl determinate
- One “tomato patio” a determinate cherry type
* plus whatever we get from our “orange hat” super dwarf plants we started from seed

#gardening #Zone6B #homegrowntomatoes #Missouri #macjohnsonfarm

Today our babies graduated to the chicken run. We had to run hardware cloth around the chain link fence because they were JUST small enough to squeeze through if they really wanted. They sure are cute.

#BackyardChickens #MacJohnsonFarm

We lost a cream legbar chick today. I put the class of 2026 in the chicken run, inside a dog kennel crate.

The runt managed to escape both layers. She remained nearby, until we chased her away. Someday we’ll learn… Ugh!

#BackyardChickens #MacJohnsonFarm

Sooooo. A nice IBEW fella came, knocked on the door said we’d have a small blip in power while he confirmed the install AND added the extra meter. Today we formally add solar to the list of things we harvest here at #MacJohnsonFarm, phase 3.

Exporting power even with it being super cloudy out. Weeee!

#SolarPower #Solar #DisOldHouse #RenewableEnergy #RooftopSolar #KC #Missouri

It’s peak #blackwalnut processing season here in #Missouri. The first of what I hope will be many for #macjohnsonfarm.

This year I’m hulling with a pressure washer. Next year I’ll have a machine and will finish with the washer.

It took me 40 minutes to hull one five-gallon bucket worth. That’s 213 nuts. I have eight 27-gallon totes more to go 😱