The Garden is Filling Up – With Transplants

Ken has been trying to work around the weather.  It sounds a bit like Goldilocks and the Three Bears – too wet, too cold, just right.  He finally got to put in several seedlings and now there are rows of small plants.  Soon they be large and form canopy and fill the garden with green.   With the last “weather event” of nearly 2 1/2 inches in under an hour, and close to 6 inches …

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Hail, Hail, … and Rain

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 …

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