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Fast Friday harvest

Fri, Nov 15, 2013 2 Comments

Fast Friday harvest

Chickens after harvest: Andrea M checks in with the girls after one of the quickest Friday harvests ever. Beets, carrots, a small amount of arugula and spinach from the unheated greenhouse... Several way freezing nights have left the field mostly in shades of brown. … [Read more...] about Fast Friday harvest

Topics: Animals, Fieldwork, People, Veggies Tags: Andrea M, arugula, Autumn, beet, carrot, chickens, spinach

More lunch salad

Sun, Nov 10, 2013 2 Comments

More lunch salad

[From 10-Jun-2013] Yet another fresh farm lunch, from a long line I call the Endless Salad: harvested moments ago spinach, arugula, lettuces, topped with raw seeds and nuts, and an olive oil/balsamic vinegar dressing. Quick, simple, super tasty and energizing, all around amazing. … [Read more...] about More lunch salad

Topics: Cooking & Eating, Local food, People, Veggies Tags: arugula, Ashley, lettuce, lunch, salad, spinach, Spring

Winter spinach

Tue, Oct 01, 2013 Leave a Comment

Winter spinach

Later and later we go: More late season/winter harvest experiments, with four-week-old spinach transplants into the unheated greenhouse. Also trying out a trench approach to transplanting—a furrow about 6" deep, made with a hoe—instead of putting them in one by one. Seems a … [Read more...] about Winter spinach

Topics: Farm lab (research!), Greenhouse, Veggies Tags: Autumn, spinach, transplant, unheated greenhouse, winter harvest

Winter greens: the long haul

Fri, Mar 01, 2013 4 Comments

Winter greens: the long haul

Checking in on the winter greens mini-experiment. These guys have been through six weeks of up and down weather, balmy days well above zero (reaching 60-70°F/15-20°C on a sunny day in the hoophouse) , and many extreme freezing nights. So, how did it all do? The Bloomsdale … [Read more...] about Winter greens: the long haul

Topics: Farm lab (research!), Greenhouse, Tools, Veggies Tags: arugula, brassicas, cold weather, mizuna, mustard, row cover, spinach, tatsoi, unheated greenhouse, Winter

A little extra watering in

Tue, Aug 30, 2011 2 Comments

A little extra watering in

The last-plantings-of-the-season fun continues as we watch the weather and hope these crops get a jump before cool temperatures and weaker sun start to seriously slow things down. More sun is the main thing, right now, and that's been going well. Our last beds of spinach, … [Read more...] about A little extra watering in

Topics: Fieldwork, People, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies Tags: broccoli, edible flowers, lettuce, spinach, Summer, Tracy, watering

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