Soilblocks aplenty
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Farm | No Comments »It's that time of the winter when I have to force myself (with the aid of Melanie) to get out there and start making soil blocks again. Considering that we can't plant the seed without them, I generally leave myself ...
Chasing the weather
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Farm | No Comments »It's gonna be a close one. I've been watching the weather over the last week hoping that it would dry out enough, that I can get into the first section of the new field to get some disking done. It's ...
Seed ordering time!
Friday, January 11th, 2008 Posted in Farm | 3 Comments »We've ordered most of our seed for the 2008 season. It's always exciting to get the seed order in. Makes you feel like the season is inevitable. We try a couple of new seed sources every year. Some of them ...
First Seeds of 2008
Saturday, January 5th, 2008 Posted in Farm | No Comments »Today I tromped out into the rain/snow and made up the first mix of soilmix for 2008. A double batch to plant 30 flats (120 plants per flat) of salad mix that will go into our 30 by 100 foot ...