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A bushel of Music

23 Feb 20225 Nov 2018 by Mike (tfb)
Bushel of Music garlic

A bushel of Music garlic: The bulbs were significantly smaller than expected, for no reason I could point to, but the fine, strong flavor is fully there. Still plenty of time for planting, going by the 14-day weather forecast… Cause … Read the rest

Categories Harvest, Veggies Tags garlic 3 Comments

Won’t give in to the cold

4 Dec 202123 Jan 2017 by Mike (tfb)
Lettuce overwintering in unheated greenhouse

Lettuce, under a hoop-supported layer of medium weight row cover in the unheated greenhouse, is crisp, colorful, and fresh as daisies. This lettuce mix was planted in October, and some of it cut once in December, and now it’s waiting … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Greenhouse, Veggies, Weather Tags lettuce, overwinter, row cover, unheated greenhouse, waiting, Winter 30 Comments

Seedlings in January!

12 Oct 201816 Jan 2017 by Mike (tfb)
Tomato seeds and plugsheet

The earliest ever tomatoes experiment begins… Parts of the plan include a proven super-early variety, multiple seedling start dates, and the unheated greenhouse!… Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Seed starting, Veggies Tags seedling, tomato 2 Comments

Winter farming in a nutshell

23 Feb 20221 Jan 2017 by Mike (tfb)
New Year's Day greenhouse

Winter farming in a nutshell: Sundown, New Year’s Day 2017, checking up on the greenhouse after a rattler of a windy night. The snowdrifts, the low-riding, fast-falling sun captured by plastic over hoops of steel – it’s all still here! … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Greenhouse, Weather Tags snow, Winter 2 Comments

Greens in the sun

10 Dec 20213 Jun 2016 by Mike (tfb)

Not the best place for them to be, basking in the sun, but it’s only for a moment, fresh in from the field, and they’re also bathing in chilly well water. Mustards, mizunas, lettuces, kales, bok choi, more… Salad mixes … Read the rest

Categories Harvest, Veggies Tags bok choi, kale, lettuce, mizuna, mustard, salad greens 5 Comments
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