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A blanket of fresh new snow

20 Apr 202217 Jan 2022 by Mike (tfb)
Table and chair under snow

The weather app was right: more snow! Fresh new snow piled high never fails to make me wonder what it must be like to see this stuff for the very first time…

On a snowed-under mid-winter day, pictures of veggies … Read the rest

Categories 2022 from the start, Veggies, Weather Tags garlic, Jerusalem artichoke, overwinter, snow, Winter Leave a comment

Summer spinach

16 Apr 20228 Aug 2021 by Mike (tfb)
Summer spinach

Spinach in August is never a sure thing. Germination in the summer’s heat is a roll of the dice. Keep seeding, over and over, every few days, and the odds of catching the right conditions go up. When a seeding … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags purslane, spinach, Summer Leave a comment

Late season harvest

16 Apr 202225 Oct 2019 by Mike (tfb)
Late October vegetable harvest

Looking pretty good for the end of October. Classic cool-season crops include leaf lettuce, pointy cabbage, bok choi and kale. Plus, the summer-loving sweet peppers are still hanging in.… Read the rest

Categories Harvest, Veggies Tags Autumn, beet, bok choi, cabbage, carrot, Jerusalem artichoke, kale, lettuce, mizuna, peppers, radish Leave a comment

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
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