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Frost is pretty when…

6 Jun 20086 May 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The days have warmed up now, mostly around 60-70°F (15-20°C), but the nights are unusually cold, dropping sometimes to freezing or a few degrees above. Frost burning off in the early morning sun is pretty when you don’t have anything … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Greenhouse, Weather Tags cauliflower, carrot, frost, pumpkins, spinach, night, peas, eggplant, beet, broccoli, mesclun, salad greens, Spring 5 Comments

My old friend the min-max thermometer

24 Feb 200822 Feb 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Clearing a path to the hoophouse today, I turned the corner and noticed the original min-max thermometer. I don’t usually. It was one of the first bits of gear acquired in Year 1, when the reality of FROST in the … Read the rest

Categories Greenhouse, Fieldwork Tags frost, night, thermometer, Winter 3 Comments

More weather

24 Mar 20087 Feb 2008 by Mike (tfb)

This February, tiny farming for me is mostly about, inside, watching seedlings in a growing number of plug sheets under lights, and outside, watching the weather. In this zone, Feb is a little early for thinking about garden conditions. Well, … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Weather Tags frost, rain, snow, transplant, seedlings, melt-off, chickenhouse, Winter 3 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 storage, frost, peppers, experiments, Autumn 4 Comments

Bye-bye, sweet peppers…

30 Jul 201913 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)
Frost-killed sweet peppers

A mildly golden late afternoon sun turned the beds of dead peppers into a stunningly rich sea of color amongst the greens and browns. Peppers seem to have their own way of dying off in the cold (at least, under … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Fieldwork Tags frost, peppers, winter kill, Autumn Leave a comment

Spearmint and the other herbs

1 Sep 201110 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

The fall season that wouldn’t quit has more or less come to an end. For the last few days, overnight temperatures plunged well below zero, we’ve had hard frosts and some snow, but the ground is far from frozen, and … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags parsley, beet, spearmint, peppermint, sage, oregano, thyme, tarragon, frost, carrot, herbs, rosemary, Autumn 5 Comments

‘Tis the season…

5 Nov 20073 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

As a friendly reminder that the weather hasn’t gone entirely haywire, the nights have been cold lately, freezing or below, and some days begin with a reassuring blanket of frost on the field. Here, the Swiss chard (it’s trusty Fordhook … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Weather Tags frost, Swiss chard, Autumn 5 Comments
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