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Month: April 2009

Spring garlic?

19 Dec 202130 Apr 2009 by Mike (tfb)
Garlic cloves prepped for planting

With the timing of the move to the new farm, there was no fall garlic planting for this year. Very sad—over the last three seasons, we’ve grown 2,000-3,000 bulbs a year, it’s a much-loved crop all around (starting with me!), … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Fieldwork, Seed starting, Veggies Tags experiments, garlic, Spring, timing 10 Comments

First veg in the field: it’s peas!

19 Apr 202229 Apr 2009 by Mike (tfb)
Filling peat pots

Another little new-farm-new-field memorable moment: the first direct seeded crops, Sugar Ann snap (edible pod) peas are poking up. They were seeded just over a week ago, I’ve been watching them germinate, and today I first noticed them actually pushing … Read the rest

Categories Seed starting, Veggies Tags peas, seed, Spring 9 Comments

Direct seeding

22 Jun 201128 Apr 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Direct seeding is going ahead at a careful pace. There’s a fair amount of broken up sod in the mix, and it would be nice for it to have more time to settle in and decompose, also for any bits … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, People, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies Tags Connor, germination, peas, Planet Jr., seed, seeder, Spring, waiting 7 Comments

Potatoes delivered

3 May 200927 Apr 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Seed potatoes arrived today, all the way from tiny PEI (Canada’s potato province!). It’s still difficult to find certified organic potato stock, especially in more-than-home-garden-less-than-big-farm quantities, so it’s back to Veseys for another 300 super-expensive pounds, from 1,000 miles (1,600 … Read the rest

Categories Seed starting, Veggies Tags potato, seed, Spring, tractor 13 Comments

Red cabbage

30 Apr 200926 Apr 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Besides the older seedlings, clamoring to get out, we’ve been starting new guys as well, for later planting. Here, a few days after emerging, a baby Cairo (hybrid) red cabbage, for crowded growing (12″ spacing), to produce “baby,” “gourmet” cabbages—basically, … Read the rest

Categories Seed starting, Veggies Tags cabbage, seedlings, Spring 1 Comment
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