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Month: March 2008

Chickenhouse inspection

25 Mar 200824 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Checked out the chickenhouse today to make up a materials list for the renovation. Here’s a view of the south-facing side (the usual daily view is from the barnyard to the east; the barn and silo are to the north, … Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing Tags barn, buildings, chickens, chickenhouse, Spring 7 Comments

Rack built

19 Apr 200923 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

New lumber turns into new grow rack. This adds a fourth to the set, a measure of tiny farm growth. I started with two in Year 1, built another one last year (Year 5). It’s not like the focus here … Read the rest

Categories Seed & Seedlings, Tools, Building & Fixing Tags lighting, carpentry, lumber, light rack, seedlings, Spring, Winter 14 Comments

Peppers!

16 Apr 200822 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Another little new-season milestone: the first of the original veggie gang has appeared. These are Gypsy (hybrid) sweet peppers, seeded six days ago, along with other varieties of pepper and eggplant. They started to poke up in the last day … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings Tags eggplant, seedlings, seed, tomato, peppers, Spring 7 Comments

Meet my garden spirit guide

30 Mar 200821 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

So I’m heading into the house this morning, by the winter front door, which is a door cut into the attached-garage door (it’s easier to keep clear of snow than the real front door…). Kinda zoned out and lost in … Read the rest

Categories Animals Tags unexpected, Spring 17 Comments

Spring begins

4 Sep 201120 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

“Spring begins” is what it says on my calendar. In the field, there’s a foot or two of snow everywhere that’s flat, with piled high snow banks and deep drifts wherever possible. The sun is getting higher and hotter by … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Weather Tags snow, waiting, Spring 7 Comments

Plugging away in the greenhouse

21 Mar 200819 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Taking advantage of the cloudy weather, I moved all of the lettuce out to the greenhouse for some rapid hardening off, and started prepping more ground for transplanting. At the edges, there’s lots of dead grass, and I’ve already pulled … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Greenhouse, Fieldwork Tags lettuce, transplant, grass, Winter 16 Comments

Seasonal salad

7 May 201318 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The first harvested dish of the year here usually comes from early lettuce, but not usually from lettuce still in plug sheets. With my ambitious early salad greens timing, and the way colder than hoped for weather, transplanting to the … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Cooking & Eating, Seed & Seedlings, Harvest, Local food, Weather Tags lettuce, transplant, cooking, salad greens, seedlings, thinning, Winter 4 Comments
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