Wed, Jan 31, 2007 · Filed under Gear, Indoors, Veggies, Winter
This is where everything but the bulky seed goes, and the season starts here. It’s just a big plastic tool chest, with a ziploc bag full of seed packets for each crop. But it’s REALLY the heart and soul of the entire farm, and more so, because there are dozens of small packets of “gotta try this sometime” varieties and specialty crops on top of staple varieties in larger quantities. There’s a whole lotta seed in there. Bigger seed, like corn, beans, peas, and bulk stuff, like buckwheat and clover, have their own plastic jugs.
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Sun, Jan 28, 2007 · Filed under The Farm, Weather, Winter
A corner of the veggie field. Yep, it definitely looks like winter out there. The snow is only a few inches deep, but the subzero days and nights are in the forecast for at least the next couple of weeks. Even after the exceptionally mild winter of last year, who would’ve guessed that daily weather watching to see whether wintery conditions would hold would be as normal as looking out for that first taste of spring?
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Fri, Jan 26, 2007 · Filed under Gear, Greenhouse, Indoors, Weather, Winter
Winter persists! It’s minus 20°C out there; unheated, it’s a balmy 15° in here. The greenhouse effect is not always bad…
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Thu, Jan 25, 2007 · Filed under Farm lab, Fieldwork, Greenhouse, Veggies, Winter
Rosemary, potted in the Autumn from the herb beds, has taken a bit of beating and probably not survived. It’s weathered several intensely cold nights already, out here in the unheated greenhouse, and I kinda wanted to see if they could make it through the winter. What a difference last night made, not colder than any others, it’s probably the night after night that got ‘em. Well, inside they go to see if there’ll be any miraculous recoveries.
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Sat, Jan 13, 2007 · Filed under Harvest, Veggies, Winter
A bushel of carrots, a mix of Nelson, Napoli and Danvers Half Long (mostly Danvers showing on top), fresh out of the ground. These were gleaned from the last carrot beds of 2006. A bit of winter’s been forecast beginning tonight, so I dug ‘em up before the snow. If the prediction’s on point, we’re in for at least a couple of weeks of subzero days and nights. Normal wintery weather for around here. At last!
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Fri, Jan 12, 2007 · Filed under The Farm, Veggies, Weather, Winter
The consistently odd and erratic weather of the last four years continues to get weirder with this non-winter we’ve been having so far. A few cold snaps and a little random snow, but mainly, it’s been days around 5°C (40°F) and no real ground freeze-up. I worry about the garlic, with tips already emerging from the cloves. Bring on the COLD!
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