Yes, it has continued to be a pretty wet May and we remain about 3 weeks behind where we were last season at this time. A few strings of warm days have allowed some beds to flourish, but we are still somewhat discouraged. Thankfully, we are still learning and the hoop house has allowed us […]
Category Archives: urban plot
Since we have been planting seedlings in the hoophouse, we have looked into coming up with an easier way to transplant our soil blocks when they are ready to be put in the ground. The benefits of transplants over direct seeding include not having to thin out your beds, proper spacing for plants and potentially […]
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Apr
Apr
A few pics of the farm….so far this week we have had over 2 inches of rain! But a couple of drier days have helped and things are starting to emerge! Thank goodness for the hoop house. We have been able to start a number of seeds where we have more control over the moisture […]
Well, it took awhile for the temps to warm up enough, but last weekend we finally got the hoop house skinned! A shout out to Ryan Kennedy (Turning Point Farm) and Justin Husher (Old Husher’s Farm) for coming out to lend a hand and of course our WWOOF volunteers for learning along with us as […]
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Apr
Apr
A couple of weeks ago we started building a 12′ x 20′ hoop house at the farm. This was after many weeks of researching how others have done this and putting together a sketch and a materials list. This post shares a few videos of the process so far. The next post will cover budget […]
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Mar
Mar
A couple weeks ago we hosted our first WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) volunteers. I have to admit, I was a bit anxious about the whole thing. A fellow farmer in the area had worked with WWOOF and had success with volunteers last season, so I posted our farm and explained the kind […]
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Mar
Mar
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It’s about time we start seeing some green around here. And the signs of spring are everywhere. Today the forecast is for 63 degrees! Here are a few pictures of the farm from yesterday. Enjoy….time to get your hands back in the soil!
I got a little nervous yesterday. Several seed catalogs have arrived at our house and I was worried that we needed to get our act together and figure out what we need to order. Thank goodness for this blog! According to our entries, we put in our seed order in early March last year, so […]
We are back to farm planning in earnest and have added a number of projects and experiments we plan to try next season. Our biggest item involves building a greenhouse! Based on rough calculations, we plan to build a 24′ long x 12′ wide x 6′ high greenhouse. Estimated materials costs will be about $400, […]
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Nov
Nov
This weekend we decided to be done for the season. We still have produce in the ground, and we plan to harvest what we can and have given away some veggies to family, friends and loyal customers, but we are also tired and ready to move into planning mode for next season. We learned a […]