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Submerged garlic and root-diving voles

26 Apr 20167 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)

For all of the melt-off’s magical moments—garlic tips emerging and big puddles that look like tiny seas—there are mild melt-off concerns as well. About one third of the garlic beds have been fully submerged for nearly two days now, and … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings, Animals, Pests & Disease Tags herbs, snow, parsley, voles, melt-off, roots, garlic, Spring 4 Comments

Assessing greenhouse clean-up

30 Jan 200826 Jan 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The greenhouse is small, and the layout hasn’t really changed in its three full seasons. A row of tables on the north side are where the seedlings go. On the south side, unshaded by the tables, is an open strip, … Read the rest

Categories Greenhouse, Fieldwork, Tools Tags row cover, voles, clean-up, Winter 5 Comments

Heading out…

27 Sep 200712 Apr 2007 by Mike (tfb)

The cold spell seems to be broken, the nights are going down to zero F instead of -10. Time to start moving the main act to the hoophouse. First out, some hardy brassicas: a tray each of broccoli and bok … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags frost protection, lettuce, parsley, brassicas, broccoli, voles, bok choi, seedlings, Spring 3 Comments

Juliet’s a fine tomato!

27 Sep 200710 Apr 2007 by Mike (tfb)

The first tray of tomatoes is coming along nicely: Juliet (the fine saladette hybrid in the pic) and Striped German (a beautiful, big, bi-color heirloom), as unlike each other as can be, both in my top five all-around tomato picks … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags frost, tomato, risk, voles, seedlings, Spring Leave a comment

Vanishing lettuce

24 Mar 20168 Apr 2007 by Mike (tfb)
Vanishing lettuce

Where have all the lettuce gone? Nine little Two Stars seedlings vanished overnight with only stubs of stem to mark their place. This is a new one for early lettuce in the hoophouse, nothing similar happened in the past. It’s … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Pests & Disease Tags lettuce, voles, Spring 5 Comments

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