In addition to seeding and planting, this time of year has several maintenance tasks that Ken must attend to on a timely basis. There is mowing the electric fence in the field There putting up the pea fence so the peas can grow straight and picking is easier There is irrigating in greenhouses. Although there has been quite a bit of rain, it does not go into the …
Greetings from the Garden! This week’s CSA box has lettuce, spinach, salad greens, braising greens, radishes, green onions, asparagus, and herbs Field Notes. Since we have had drier weather, Ken has been busier than ever! Many things are behind the usual planting schedule. He has been planting and transplanting: onions in the garden, greens in the garden and by the mobile tunnel, sweet potatoes in the field, replanting washed out carrot seed, watching the beans …
The mobile high tunnel is now over the heat loving summer crops. And even though we have gotten lots of rain recently, very little of it goes into the greenhouse – even when Ken opens it up all the way. So, Ken irrigates the plants. He moves hoses and uses an irrigation pump to get water from the irrigation pond to the plants Then the water moves from his trenches between the plants to …
