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Transplanting: tiny sections

Wed, Mar 30, 2016 5 Comments

Transplanting: tiny sections

Transplanting lettuce into the unheated greenhouse, filling it out in small sections to work around wetter areas. The seedlings, waiting for drier conditions, stayed a couple of weeks longer in trays than ideal—now they're a little floppy and stretched, but I'm confident they'll … [Read more...] about Transplanting: tiny sections

Topics: Farm lab (research!), Fieldwork, Greenhouse, Veggies Tags: hoophouse, lettuce, seedling, Spring, transplant, unheated greenhouse, waiting

Winter salad

Thu, Mar 24, 2016 1 Comment

Winter salad

This bowl of lettuces and kale is the first cut of spring, taken from the unheated greenhouse while snow flurries whip around outside. With the help of 6 mils of plastic and some row cover, the salad easily survived three months of winter, with temperatures that went down to … [Read more...] about Winter salad

Topics: Cooking & Eating, Farm lab (research!), Greenhouse, Veggies Tags: bok choi, bolting, greens, hoophouse, kale, lettuce, salad, salad greens, unheated greenhouse

Sundown in the hoophouse

Mon, Feb 29, 2016 3 Comments

Sundown in the hoophouse

Not your typical postcard sunset, and it's kinda chilly, damp and mucky in here, even as the temperature outside slides down to an overnight -15°C (5°F). But it's all about the greens, tucked under a couple of layers of row cover, maybe not exactly cozy with only ground heat to … [Read more...] about Sundown in the hoophouse

Topics: Fieldwork, Greenhouse, Veggies Tags: cold weather, greens, hoophouse, row cover, Winter

Cold crop lettuce

Sat, Feb 27, 2016 1 Comment

Cold crop lettuce

Lettuce in the unheated greenhouse, under a couple of layers of medium-weight row cover, is doing fine so far, firm and tasty after weeks of sub-freezing nights, all the way down to -30°C (-22°F). Now there's even a noticeable bit of grow-back from the last cut, late December … [Read more...] about Cold crop lettuce

Topics: Farm lab (research!), Greenhouse, Veggies Tags: cold weather, hoophouse, lettuce, unheated greenhouse, Winter

Wire work

Fri, Feb 26, 2016 Leave a Comment

Wire work

Electric fence wire work, snipping 6-foot pieces of 9-gauge wire for hoops to hold up floating row cover in the greenhouse. Hopefully this wire is stiff enough to do the job, supporting up to three layers of row cover, heavy with moisture from humidity and being dripped on by … [Read more...] about Wire work

Topics: Building & Fixing, Farm lab (research!), Greenhouse, Tools Tags: hoophouse, row cover, Winter, winter growing

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