Trellised

We have trellising complete in the hoophouses. It was a fairly big task and had us working in Summer conditions rather the the outside spring weather. For the tomatoes we trellised the outside and middle rows right up to the top of the hoophouse. The outside rows...

Long Term Planning

Some crops require planning ahead more than others. Most of what we’re growing is annuals that start and end all in the same year. I would like to do more perennial crops for the CSA, but planning out quantities is quite difficult. For example, asparagus takes...

Predictions

I’ve had a few questions from CSA members about whether the weather, being cold as it has been, is delaying the start of the season.  Also some other questions, like “when do I start getting stuff?”, “You didn’t just swindle me out of a...

Spring is Here

Wow, it’s been over a week since I last posted. Here’s a little catch-up then. This past week we finally saw some normal temperatures and outside crops are starting to put on some growth. This past week we finished planting cucumbers and tomatoes in the...

Hoophouse work

With weather like we’ve had this week, I’m very happy to have 2 hoophouses to work in.  It’s been pretty wet (total of over 40 mm of rain so far this week and some more coming today).  The first (20′ by 50′) hoophouse was actually so dry...