General
Garlic harvest is underway!
We harvested the first row of garlic Saturday – looks nice. Garlic needs to be “cured”, dried, for storage, but it is incredibly juicy and wonderful fresh. We have it fresh in the farmstand, and you can only get it juicy fresh, well, when it is fresh, as it is being harvested, so enjoy it … Continue reading
Spring onions in the farmstore.
Getting the row cover on the sweet corn and zukes Monday morning was not bad at all. Wasn’t cold, and I was able to use the breeze to unfold and position the row cover instead of fighting it. I just laid it out flat over them. Corn and zuke were fine – even the three … Continue reading
Making a warm bed for seedlings in the hoophouse!
I was totally out of space in the house for seedlings, and many need to be “bumped up” into larger pots, taking more space. And I need to seed more. I make a “hoophouse inside the hoophouse” in the spring for tomatoes and such, with two electric heaters in it. I wanted something more energy … Continue reading
The Hoophouse Came Today
They arrived about 11:30 from Penn Yan. The truck, trailer, and one of the Penn Yan men who works with these hoophouses. We had two helpers, plus Chico Braun and helper Andrew came over, since Chico also had a hoophouse in the trailer. This is VERY different from our other hoophouse. This one had welded … Continue reading
