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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

Choosing straw!

5 Mar 202212 Jun 2013 by Mike (tfb)
Spreading straw

Mulching peppers with straw. So pretty! Plastic mulch is cheaper than straw, also, quicker to lay down and clean up, and generally more effective in suppressing weeds and retaining soil heat, but plastic is also less fun! Hahaha, those crazy … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Tools, Veggies Tags mulch, peppers, Spring 1 Comment

Brrrr… Peppers under wraps

22 May 202026 May 2013 by Mike (tfb)

Not the happiest campers after three days and nights of frost protection, peppers and eggplant have one day and two nights more under row cover, if the forecast is to be believed. But the 15-day forecast a week ago was … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Tools, Veggies, Weather Tags eggplant, frost, frost protection, peppers, row cover, Spring 10 Comments

Shrouded against the cold

19 Apr 202211 May 2013 by Mike (tfb)
Row cover in hoophouse

Shrouded against the cold: Not much to look at, but nice for the tomatoes, peppers and other seedlings on the tables underneath. It’s a double layer of medium weight floating row cover, tried and true, a familiar spring sight in … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Greenhouse, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies Tags peppers, row cover, seedling, tomato, unheated greenhouse Leave a comment

Seas of seedlings

19 Apr 20228 May 2013 by Mike (tfb)
A sea of seedlings

An endless sea of sweet pepper seedlings, out from under the fluorescent lamps, getting used to the sun. Well, not endless, a few hundred plants, mostly red, yellow and orange bell type. If all goes well, that should be…plenty!

Posted … Read the rest

Categories Seed starting, Veggies Tags hardening off, peppers, seedlings, Spring 1 Comment
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