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Month: February 2009

Fava beans test OK

25 Apr 202221 Feb 2009 by Mike (tfb)
Broad bean germination test

It’s that time of year again when obsession with seedlings somehow takes hold for a short while. I wonder if I’ll ever get over it, that almost overpowering early spring feeling that you don’t want to waste even a SINGLE … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Seed starting, Veggies Tags beans, germination, germination test, seedlings, timing, transplant, Winter 14 Comments

Seedling room settling in

28 Mar 201619 Feb 2009 by Mike (tfb)
New seedling room mainly packed up

Things are moving along on all fronts, some less visible on the farm than others, like calls to locate various local suppliers, supply runs to the nearby village (pop. 2,400) and the bigger nearby town (pop. 70,000), and so on. … Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing, Planning, Tools Tags light rack, moving, timing, Winter 3 Comments

Grow lights on again!

20 Feb 200917 Feb 2009 by Mike (tfb)

It took a day to sort things out after the move on Sunday, and now the onion seedlings are back in the light racks in the new seedling room, soaking up the cool white fluorescent light. Three trays in all … Read the rest

Categories Seed starting Tags light rack, lighting, moving, onion, seedlings, Winter 13 Comments

Strolling on the new field

19 Feb 200915 Feb 2009 by Mike (tfb)

With the sun setting on a long day of packing and unpacking, we took a walk along the frozen ridges of the moldboard-plowed fields. The plowing, custom work by the organic beef and grain farm down the road, happened on … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork Tags plowing, timing, waiting, Winter 3 Comments

Tiny farm moving – Part 2

5 Mar 200914 Feb 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Moving day minus one. Tomorrow we take the second trailer load, the main haul (when moving a tiny farm, it’s good to have access to a 20-foot trailer like this one, it’s Bob’s) The first move day, Part 1, was … Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing, Planning, Tools Tags composting toilet, moving, Winter 1 Comment
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