What's happening around the farm.
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese on Mar 30th, 2009
The Golden Cascade and Muscovy ducks are showing no interest in setting on eggs, but the geese are finally getting in gear. Our single Embden and a Pilgrim are fighting over the first nest, which they made under a pickup camper. Tony made them some nice nests from barrels, and a Pilgrim is now firmly [...]
Posted in CSA, Vegetables on Mar 19th, 2009
One of the challenges of being so small scale is that we need supplies that are in between gardener and commercial scale. When I started I went to the supply place in Albany where most folks around here get their potting mix, pots, etc, and asked for advice. They said everyone started with 288s or [...]
Posted in CSA, Vegetables on Mar 16th, 2009
Remember that the hoophouse seems to run about 10 degrees warmer than outside air after a sunny day? I’m hoping for sunny days, or cloudy nights. I am already running out of space under the plant lights, and it really is warmer than the broccoli, lettuce, and onions should have. So, out to the hoophouse [...]
Posted in CSA, Vegetables on Mar 9th, 2009
In previous years I had florescent plant lights in an upstairs bedroom. The mess from carrying them up and downstairs was more than we liked. Last year I moved the plant lights to the basement. We had left over tubing from the infloor heat, and the boiler and controls are there, so we ran warm [...]