With the view from my window looking like this: Spring feels a long ways off! But it’s just around the corner (or so I keep reminding myself). As you know, I’ve already started some seedlings, a few of which I’ll be planting outside just as soon as we’re able to work the ground. And before…
Category: Field Notes
musings about life and work on the farm
Seedling Update
With the cold frames under several feet of snow, and our hoop house buried, it might be awhile before we’re able to transplant our seedlings. If only we had a sturdy cold house! But they’re doing well. Here’s a brief up-date: A Red Bulb Onion A Cold Hearty Red Romaine Red Russian Kale
Under Grow Lights
Most of the seeds for the 2010 CSA have been ordered and, as you can see, a few have already germinated! The seedlings pictured below will be transplanted into the cold frames next month.
Taking Stock
The end of January, snow falling outside, the air brisk. Traditionally, this is to take stock of our food supplies. This morning I checked on the winter squash we’ve stored in an unheated upstairs bedroom. We lost a few of the tiny ones to the low humidity but between the remaining Butternut, Long Island Cheese pumpkin and Red…
Crop Planning
January is the perfect time to sit down with a cup of tea, browse through seed catalogues, and begin to figure out exactly how many plants of each variety I’ll need to plant in the coming month, when I’ll plant them, and where. Which will be a one-time planting? Which crops will I plant successively? For example,…
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