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Month: April 2008

Ah, SPRING!

3 Apr 20165 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Hardening off onions, leek, parsley

Man, what a difference a day and a bunch of degrees can make! The temperature didn’t exactly shoot up, but it went from hovering around daytime zero, to around 10°C (50°F). This was one weather trend, predicted on the 15-day-forecast … Read the rest

Categories Harvest, Seed starting, Veggies, Weather Tags hardening off, Jerusalem artichoke, leek, melt-off, onion, parsley, Spring, waiting 6 Comments

Herbs return

4 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Sage and thyme don’t look like much as they roll out from under the snow, but they’re good to see. Another chilly day, slightly above zero, but COLD. Still, the sunny days lately have been heating things up, and the … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Weather Tags herbs, melt-off, sage, snow, Spring, thyme 3 Comments

Spring comes Saturday!

5 Mar 20163 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)
View from the bench

Proper spring begins Saturday! I’m positive. Meanwhile, here’s today’s barren view from the bench, facing west, just outside the greenhouse. After a long summer’s day working in the field, this is the place to be to watch the sun go … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Weather Tags snow, Spring Leave a comment

Chickenhouse progress

4 Apr 20082 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Work on the Chickenhouse has been moving along. It’s not a huge job, but all of the little bits and pieces take time, including foraging through the barn and drive shed for material to recycle. Here, you can see the … Read the rest

Categories Animals, Building & Fixing Tags chickenhouse, chickens, donkey, nest box, recycling, Spring 7 Comments

Early spring rounds

3 Apr 20161 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Seeding plugsheets

A gray and gloomy, windy day…but WARM. Well, fairly above freezing for the most part, and with a little rain, yesterday’s speeded-up melting continued. But we’re still a ways off from actually doing any work in the field. So, another … Read the rest

Categories Greenhouse, People, Seed starting, Veggies Tags leek, Lynn, Milkhouse, seed, Spring, tomato, watering 3 Comments
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