Tuesday we got hail. It began to rain. I checked the internet weather and facebook- photos from nearby farmers with HUGE hail. We had just moved the mobile high tunnel so the greens didn’t cook, and now they were exposed to the elements. It was pouring and with our metal roof it is hard to tell whether it is hard rain or hail. I looked out and saw small random hail. Here are some spinach …
Greetings from the Garden! This week’s CSA box has asparagus, spinach, lettuce, salad mix, beet thins, salad turnips, green onions, potatoes, and herbs Field Notes. Ken got the poultry moved, the beds ready in the garden, planted there, and then got everything ready so I could help move the mobile high tunnel to its summer location. It was downhill and went smoothly. Then he anchored it. Next I will need to help with the cucumber …
Last fall Ken moved the chickens, geese and turkeys into the garden. They clean up weed seeds and insects. Chores are easier in winter if the birds are nearer the house. And manure for the compost is already in the garden. It means they get moved in spring to other, more remote locations Ken had planned using the mobile high tunnel for the spring greens. Good thing as geese wanted to sit on …
Friday the vet removed Oscar’s stitches and staples. He was glad to shed t-shirt and leash! He still has a big shaved area and a scar, but he seems more than ready to resume duties. He is watching and coaching the piglets There is guarding the mobile high tunnel while Ken anchors it down And of course there is …
Greetings from the Garden! This week’s CSA box has lots of greens – spinach, lettuce, beet thins, etc. We also have green onions or chives, beets, celery root, potatoes, and herbs. Field and Farm Notes. Thank you to all who came out to our Spring Opener! Ken has been moving poultry so he can get into the garden. Oscar usually circles the coop so the chickens can’t “escape,” but with the vet’s …
Each season we get piglets. They are part of our farm team. Pigs love to dig. So Ken decides which digging project they do each year: renovate a portion of garden or field, clear a fence line, or some such. They get new turf as needed all season. They eat culled vegetables, so I cook up a pot of potato peelings, apple cores, etc. for them. When they arrive …
Oscar had surgery a week ago. It was more complicated than expected. Monday he had drains removed, and the vet suggested we put a t-shirt on him so he does not lick or scratch his stitches. It seems to be working We were told he should not run as he is healing, so we have kept him on leash. He obviously wants to resume his on farm duties. Ken’s compromise is to …
Greetings from the Garden! This box has greens – spinach, lettuce, salad mix, potato onions or green onions, potatoes and beets from the root cellar and some fresh herbs Field Notes. Ken keeps a-planting and a-weeding. Right now he is also getting ready for our spring opener next weekend. His largest task is clearing some downed wood and I am helping stack once we split it. Oscar went in for surgery. He had a benign …
Well, after nearly 70 degrees we have had two cold nights. At this point the Nanking Cherries, plums and some apples are blooming or budded out. Will the cold mean we will lose the crop? We just have to wait and see!
Greetings from the Garden! This week’s box has greens – lettuce, salad mix, spinach, wild mustard, green onions, chives, potatoes, celery root, beets, and herbs. Field Notes. Ken has been planting and transplanting: his nursery inside the mobile high tunnel, his pepper and tomato plants in the germination cabinet, and the onion seedlings. He has also been cleaning up the greenhouse in the field; perennial crops have perennial weeds. And to avoid any possible boredom, …
