First weekend of work at the plot
March 5, 2012
March is here and that means it’s time to get to work! We have enjoyed some quality R&R over this mild winter and are now gearing up for the season. Yesterday Spink planted a couple of beds of greens under row cover and we have 5 flats of 270 soil blocks each of spinach, kale, lettuce, beets, and shallots. I guess that means we are going to continue with this farming thing again this year. Here are a few pics from this weekend.
Aerial view
SPIN beds with peat moss added to lower the pH
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Where’s the Bee Hive ?
Our bees did not make it…we plan to try again this spring with a new, local swarm.
Annabel, sorry to hear about the bees. I took the class this year and will probably be a beekeeper myself. Hey, where did you send your soil sample? Can you share what I need to do and how long it took to get it back? I have a dirt problem
Thanks!
We should definitely compare notes when you are ready for bee keeping. We are complete novices, but we’d be interested in seeing your hive.
for soil tests check out: http://baybranchfarm.com/2012/02/12/soil-test-2012/
We plan on making a longer post about our result from Midwest, so stay tuned