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Month: May 2016

Lettuce landscape

13 Nov 202326 May 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Plugsheets of lettuce

A tiny landscape of lettuces: Especially with the hot, dry weather we’ve been having, you can’t go wrong with a few trays of leaf lettuce seedlings, lending support to the baby greens in the field! Transplanted at 8-10″ spacing, lettuces … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings Tags lettuce, transplant, seedlings, greens 10 Comments

First salad greens of the outdoor season

19 May 2016 by Mike (tfb)
First brassica greens from the field

The season’s first field planting of salad greens, making a brief public appearance from under row cover, where they’re in flea beetle protection – we’re weeding today. Mustards, bok choi, arugula (a brassica relative), mizunas and more. So perfectly tasty, … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Fieldwork Tags bok choi, mizuna, mustard, greens, weeding, flea beetle, arugula 3 Comments

Greens, protected!

12 Oct 201818 May 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Brassica greens under row cover

Floating row cover, weighed down and made semi-transparent by water, is all that stands between fine young brassica greens and the scourge of the flea beetle. The cover is placed right after seeding, weighed down by rocks every 12.5′ feet, … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings, Fieldwork, Pests & Disease, Tools Tags frost protection, row cover, flea beetle, brassicas, greens Leave a comment

More Planet Jr. action!

23 Feb 20225 May 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Planet Jr in action

The Planet Jr. rides again. Clara learns the way of the antique seeder, having just laid down three rows of Kestrel beets. This old seeder continues to serve well!… Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings, Fieldwork, Tools Tags seeder, Planet Jr., Clara, antique 1 Comment

The indispensably cheap sprinkler

5 Nov 20184 May 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Cheap lawn sprinklers

Cheap! To truly appreciate tiny farming, you have to embrace the humble tools that make it all possible, like these cheap ($6) plastic lawn sprinklers that work with the well pump’s low pressure (maybe 20% of normal urban tap psi), … Read the rest

Categories Tools Tags sprinklers, watering Leave a comment

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