Year: 2007 - Page 42 - Tiny Farm Blog

Volunteers prep greenhouse!

20 Mar 201627 Feb 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Looking a tad paramilitary, brothers I met at the market (they’re studying at the nearby environmental/forestry college) pitch in to clean out the greenhouse and loosen up the soil. The space, used for seedlings in spring and early summer, tends … Read the rest

Tiny Farm Bookshelf, Part 1

16 Nov 202326 Feb 2007 by Mike (tfb)

This is about a quarter of my farming bookshelf. I get a ton of info from the Web, particularly in winter when I have more time to cruise around online, but books I’m still most fond of. Let’s see what … Read the rest

Lettuce overnight

3 Feb 200824 Feb 2007 by Mike (tfb)

The first lettuce pushed up overnight! Here, lovely red Granada, an Oakleaf-type leaf lettuce that intensifies into a deep burgundy as it matures. Also in trays, Sierra, Simpson Elite, Two Stars and Red Salad Bowl. Now, how early will they … Read the rest

Lettuce begins

12 Aug 201122 Feb 2007 by Mike (tfb)

This is what lettuce looks like when it’s just getting started. It’s the standard seed starting mix in action! Yet another off-season image from the microfarm. :)… Read the rest

Rosemary revival

24 Feb 201620 Feb 2007 by Mike (tfb)

A little experiment in vegetative propagation—replicating rosemary from tiny, stressed cuttings. Most of the potted rosemary taken up from the herb garden last season got toasted after too many -20°C nights in the unheated greenhouse (a bit of a random … Read the rest

Roof is working out

11 Nov 202319 Feb 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Here’s the barn with the new milkhouse extension, doing fine. We were slightly concerned that the slope of the new roof might be too shallow for snow to slide off, particularly with roll-off from the roof of the barn. The … Read the rest

As winter as it gets…

25 Feb 200718 Feb 2007 by Mike (tfb)

This is, I guess, the new look of winter. The barrels in the field are barely half covered, compared to the three or four feet of snow that accumulated by this time only a few years ago.… Read the rest