Summary from 3 months into the farming venture
Technically we started some seedlings in February… ha! Too early even if we lived several states south of here. The amount we have learned in such a short time is mind boggling. Most of the seedlings we started super early (February/March) died off over the months. The ones that survived through planting out are about […]
bruce's seeds
so my colleague bruce saved the seeds of his favorite veggies last year and shared a few with us. we soil blocked a whole bunch of 3 different types of “bruce’s peppers.” amber and i spent the time of an early bird east village sunday brunch preparing a row for bruce’s squash. bruce is the […]
bangin!
we have been working really hard… a lot is happening. will work to fill in pix and posts, but the truth is we may have forgotten half of what we have done. a few highlights.: 3 people planted their first seeds expert seed blocking continues to keep us on schedule path cutting to the train […]
asparagus
We finally planted the 25 asparagus crowns we ordered (crowns are year old asparagus roots – much easier to grow from crowns than from seeds). They started growing in their box, so most of them have mini albino asparagus sprouts coming up. This first year we let them go to fern; next year we munch […]
Big Work Weekend – May 15/16
If anyone is interested in coming to visit, we are planting the field this weekend and would appreciate the extra help! (See posts below for pics of all the beautiful transplants that need to go out) Send me an email or post in the comments if you are interested and I’ll send directions. After chores […]
