i can't believe that worked II
Last weekend Anna and I were planting beans, and then we ran out. So we planted a giant bag of organic pinto beans we had in the cupboard. And you know what, it totally worked. Also amazing – Our newlywed friends came up and planted 300-lb pumpkin seeds!!!
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 […]
Spring moving forward as planned
I am slowly starting to notice subtle changes as spring moves along that I never would have thought about before. On the 18th when we planted our first orchard trees two existing mystery-fruit trees were barely staring to blossom. Today all three of them were totally covered in flowers (and at least one of our […]
No more snow!
It was 61 in the “greenhouse” today when I got here. Our germination rates are close to 100% for just about everything. There are only a few patches of snow left outside, and I’ve discovered a lot of soggy places. Barring another big snow storm in the next 2 weeks (not expected) we should have […]
