Monthly Archives: April 2016

First Harvest: Scallions

These fall-planted scallions survived the winter and are forming flowers. Since there weren’t too many, I pulled them for food. Normally the first harvest are chives from the prior season, but I didn’t maintain the herb row and the weeds … Continue reading

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CSA: April Update

I had very high hopes of starting early and making the first delivery on Memorial Day Weekend. Though the sun shone brightly and the soil was easy to work with, there was very little rain. All those seeds that went … Continue reading

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Ditch Lesson 1

There are several ditches on the farm that connect to a larger creek at the far end of the farm. The shallow ditches allow the soil to drain when it is waterlogged from rain. Our ditches had not been reworked … Continue reading

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Where Art Thou April Showers

Early Mar started out dry and cool, so I thought it would be perfect to jump start cold-weather vegetables such as kale, spinach, and radishes. Three dry weeks later, not much has sprouted.

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