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Grow lights, on!

1 Oct 201124 Jan 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Grow rack lights went on today for the first time this season. They’re only for the rescued houseplants (orchids, wintergreen, heather)—I guess every plant deserves a place in the sun—but, I’ll be starting super-early lettuce soon, a month earlier than … Read the rest

Categories Seed & Seedlings, Flowers, Tools Tags heather, orchid, wintergreen, lighting, timing, lettuce, light rack, experiments, seedlings, Winter 12 Comments

Rye thrives…

5 Apr 201311 Jan 2008 by Mike (tfb)

After enduring a pretty wintry two months, the fall rye can only be described as lush and green, the highlight of today’s brief walk around the field. It hasn’t grown much since late November, but it’s alive and kicking. Here, … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Weather Tags experiments, rye, cover crop, Winter 3 Comments

A little fieldwork

10 Nov 202310 Jan 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Spent about four hours out in the field. The feeling of calm satisfaction as you head in after doing some work in the garden never fails! I dug up about half a bushel of carrots to see how they’ve done. … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Fieldwork, Harvest Tags garlic, experiments, grass, mulch, wind, carrot, Winter 12 Comments

All clear…

24 Nov 20088 Jan 2008 by Mike (tfb)

After a night of rain and 50°F (10°C) warmth, the field is just about clear. What a difference a couple of days can make… I took a walk. The ground isn’t even frozen—with the odd way all that snow came … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Fieldwork, Weather Tags oats, snow, sage, experiments, mulch, rye, melt-off, Winter 3 Comments

Root cellar check-in

12 Oct 201114 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

This is going quite well! Mainly, the idea is to do the regular tending, and see how things hold up. Although I’m calling it root cellaring, it’s really quite a limited experiment this first time round. The veggies weren’t too … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags onion, experiments, winter squash, root cellar, storage, Autumn 38 Comments

Heat!

26 Apr 20232 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)
Hot peppers

Finally finished a bit of hot pepper harvest, now there’s a convenient pile of dried heat! A few weeks ago, wondering whether to cover for frost, I decided to also pull up some hot pepper plants, roots and all, instead. … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Harvest Tags frost, peppers, experiments, storage, Autumn 4 Comments

Official: the garden season really is over

27 Apr 202229 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)
Snow-covered field means the garden season's over!

OK, so this garden is really over for the season! Called due to extremely cold, snowy conditions that don’t seem likely to let up any time soon. I’d been counting on one more melt-off, but it’s only been freezing cold … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Weather Tags clean-up, experiments, mulch, garlic, snow, Autumn 5 Comments
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