We have planted hundreds of thousands of seeds in the soil over the past two weeks. Most of them have germinated into healthy stands. By mid-October we should begin the harvest with radish, arugula, chard, beet greens, lettuce mix, braising mix and thinnings of other vegetables. We harvested the first few arugula leaves today [...]
Archive for September, 2008
All Planted!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Transplants are Ready!
Posted in Community Supported Agriculture Fall '08 on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am realizing you can’t hope for too much perfection in this field of work. Just after beautiful beds are sculpted, three inches of rain dumps down in an evening. If all the work scheduled for that day had gotten done, our seeds would have washed away that night. Definite trade-offs. We need the [...]
Whew!
Posted in Community Supported Agriculture Fall '08 on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We were so lucky to have the tropical storm pass us by with little harm! Two inches of rain instead of seven saved the cucumbers and squash. We would have been under water otherwise!
As I was contemplating hurricane season and farming on the coast, I realized the only way to make it possible for the [...]
progress
Posted in Uncategorized on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
some pictures of materials and progression..
Planting Time is Here!
Posted in Community Supported Agriculture Fall '08 on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Labor Day, Everyone! The fields have finally dried up enough for us to get the tractor in to disc, rake and shape our beds. And does it look beautiful! So far we have planted 500 cucumber plants, 175 summer squash and 250 green zucchini, and 175 Delicata winter squash. A light rain came just [...]
