Greetings from the Garden! This box has sprouts, onions, garlic, celery root, carrots, beets, black radishes, kohlrabi, and dried black beans Field Notes. This is our final box. After twenty – three years I think we can say it was a good run. We have delivered vegetables to people on time without fail for all those years. Each box had at least eight different varieties, and many had over twelve. Ken did a marvelous …
Spring planting in the greenhouse all depends on the weather. The air and soil temperature inside the greenhouse is much more important than the date. Some years Ken had planted in February, but this year we had early cold with no snow cover, so the frost went deep into the soil. We have also had more cloudy than sunny weather, so there has not been much solar gain once the sun has some real heat …
The first seeds Ken planted each season were the onions. Since I had bought seeds, I decided to try planting them in Ken’s germination cabinet. These are the first seeds I have planted since the bean seed in the cup in kindergarten. Although I called a friend for tips, I had low expectations. So much could go wrong. Was the soil too wet, too dry, did I put enough soil covering the seeds, too …
