These past few weeks have brought us some much-appreciated precipitation!  Everything is sprouting and we continue to keep planting successions and filling up the rows.

We will also start selling transplants from our greenhouses soon.  Look for seedlings of basil, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, melons, and different varieties of squash out in the farm stand in the upcoming weeks, probably when it gets just a little bit sunnier and warmer.  These will be in coir (coconut husk fiber) cups and ready to stick in the ground when it warms up!

Also, we still have a few shares available for this season!  Click here for more information.

That is all for now.  Thanks for stopping by the blog and we hope you have a wonderful week!

It was a busy week in the garden.  Almost all of the raised beds are prepped and ready for plants, seedlings in the greenhouses are getting bigger, and the weather is snowy one day and 65 degrees the next.  It must be Spring!

This week we were able to seed some snow peas, spinach, flowers, kale, beets, lettuce, carrots, radishes, and other cool weather crops.  We will continue planting successions every week so that we can have a continuous harvest throughout the Summer.

If you stop by the garden you will see the white row covers set out over the beds.  These help to maintain the moisture in the soil and shelter the plants as they grow.  This week we will be setting out the black weed barrier to aid us in the quickly approaching battle with the unwanted, less-edible plants.

We hope you have a wonderful week and hope you are enjoying the warmer weather as much as we are!

Our internship position has been filled.  Feel free to keep us in mind for next year.

Jenny and her daughter Fawn helped sew seeds which we are starting in out little greenhouse. Just in time for a snow storm! And snow it did, finally! Tracy checked the high and low temp in the little greenhouse and with the heater on, we kept the temp in an decent range during the day. The low temp at night would probably be cause for concern if the seedlings were already going. We are going to try to help store heat in water containers place in the greenhouse. During the day they absorb heat, and then release it in the evening. While I’m a little concerned about the cheapo greenhouse, I think we can make it work by using all the solar greenhouse tricks I’ve learned. (and the old fashioned electric heater.)

As we laid the ground cloth, we realized some calculation errors. We ended up making our rows wider than originally planned, and the cloth doesn’t cover quite as we planned. But most of the rows will not have the cloth once we plant since we are planting intensively and plan to mulch with straw.

The wind has also been a challenge, ripping the fabric pins out of the soil and even the rocks haven’t always stayed in place. Most of the fabric has stayed in place, and a few rows have had a mind of their own. So far we haven’t lost any fabric, and haven’t spent too much time putting it back in place.