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Making salad mix

19 Apr 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Combining varieties of lettuce seed for salad mix

Adding a pinch (5g) of fairly pricey Rushmore (a beautifully deep-red oakleaf) to a batch of salad mix. This is the basic all-lettuce summer blend: seven varieties, selected mainly for color (greens to reds), texture (flat to frilly), and to … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Seed starting, Tools, Veggies Tags greens, lettuce, salad, salad greens, scale, seed Leave a comment

Seed catalog, 2016

2 Mar 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Seed catalog 2016

Here’s my main seed catalog for this year. Once again, unlike several seasons ago, when I’d receive a dozen catalogs, order from two main suppliers, and pick up a few things from two or three others, lately, I’ve simplified and … Read the rest

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Seed shopping

23 Feb 20229 May 2015 by Mike (tfb)
Newly arrived seed

More seed: Not by the 50 lb bag, but it still adds up. You find a balance between buying smaller quantities that are quickly used so that you always have fresh, vigorous seed that’s ready to pop up at the … Read the rest

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Prepping and seeding…

13 Apr 20167 May 2015 by Mike (tfb)
Prepping and seeding beds

This is exactly what small-scale looks like. Prepping and seeding another 20 or so beds, a couple already seeded with salad greens, the rest with compost lightly scattered—maybe a little more spreading, then tilling, sectioning into 50′ or 100′ by … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Planning, Seed starting Tags bed preparation, compost, greens, salad greens, seed 1 Comment

Catalogs!

14 Jan 2014 by Mike (tfb)

This year’s seed catalogs! Haven’t kept on the mailing lists for the dozen or more I used to get. I do always look around online, but for the hard copy, and the main seed ordering, it’s reduced to two, one … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies Tags catalogs, seed 6 Comments
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