Comments on: Arugula under cover

By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:40:26 +0000

Andrea: Well, or you could drop in for a day a week, reacquaint your hands with same old dirt… Lynn, Erin and Mike, and Conall are all back for some portion of the season, maybe Cezary, too…why not you!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:17:59 +0000

I still think of your farm every time I gorge on arugula (I’m never delicate in my indulgence of this, the finest of leafy veggies). Think a Vancouver CSA membership is out of the question?

By: sunwarm

sunwarm — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:15:25 +0000

Love to see plants growing IN THE GROUND! As I’ve gotten into market gardening, I’m finding that garden structures - cold frames, trellises, fences - are some of the most important parts of having a productive garden. Your little arugulas prove that. The cooperative extension (do you have these in Canada? -you must) is giving a workshop on growing in high tunnels next week -perfect timing for me. I’ve been planning to erect some this spring, so now I’ll get some real details.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:47:42 +0000

So this is a little off topic, but the row covers you mentioned made me think of it — anyways, I visited colonial Williamsburg (Virginia) a while back, and they had probably 100+ glass bell jars on a cart near the edge of their farm. I asked what the bell jars were for, and they said they were used by the farmers in the old days to protect seedlings from cold nights and harsh weather. I imagine a diligent farmer walking through rows of seedlings delicately placing jars over each one to protect it… then I imagine current industrial ag…. what a juxtaposition!