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Peppers!

16 Apr 200822 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Another little new-season milestone: the first of the original veggie gang has appeared. These are Gypsy (hybrid) sweet peppers, seeded six days ago, along with other varieties of pepper and eggplant. They started to poke up in the last day … Read the rest

Tea and fungi

9 Nov 201326 Feb 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Chamomile tea prevents damping off—I’m a believer! It’s one of those natural but-do-they-really-work remedies, used where more product-minded folks would fork over a few bucks for a bottle of No-Damp fungicide… I brew up a batch of tea, dilute it … Read the rest

Heat!

26 Apr 20232 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

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

Compact tractor tricks

1 May 202215 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Clearing peppers with the compact tractor

For some reason, I always feel a little guilty when I use the Kubota compact tractor in ways that make things way too easy. For instance… Probably the worst is the clearing technique I came up with a couple of … Read the rest

Bye-bye, sweet peppers…

30 Jul 201913 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

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

Killing frost, kinda

5 Apr 201329 Oct 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Yes, the weather’s crazy. According to the min/max thermometer outside the greenhouse, last night’s low was a chilly 18°F (-8°C), cold enough to kill off all but the hardiest. Finally, and only six weeks or so late—the endless autumn harvest … Read the rest

Frost protection

30 Aug 200814 Oct 2007 by Mike (tfb)

With last night’s forecast calling for -3°C, I finally figured a little floating row cover frost protection might be a good idea. In fact, though, with the cloudy, windy, wet conditions right through to Saturday evening, a solid freeze didn’t … Read the rest