Category: Gardening

Garden Updates!

We’ve gotten a nice patch of sweet corn planted and with today’s lovely rain, it should get off to a good start.

The green beans are poking up out of the ground with the summer squash.

The potatoes are getting really big. It won’t be much longer now until we are lifting those little nuggets of smooth and creamy delicious heaven out of the soil! It’s like digging for buried treasure.

We are eating mustard greens and turnip greens already. I have some extra if anybody would like some. 

Talk About Vicious Rain Last Night!

The lower field was flooded like a lake for the first time since we put in drainage ditches. The water came across the street from the fields and the ditches. Swollen drain ditches, flooded river bank and massive rains are good enough cause for all this standing water. Just since 6am the water has receded back across the street which is good news for traveling our road.

My little crew of hard working farm hands have dug nice deep drainage ditches alongside every planted row of vegetable seed. The seed beds are not flooded and hopefully the seeds stayed in place to sprout.

The first planting of potatoes are sprouting good and steady now. These will be an estimated earliest harvest date of: FIRST WEEK OF MAY
I will keep you all posted with more developments on these organic Red Pontiac early potatoes.

Recently planted seeds:
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Spinach
Kale
Cabbage
Daikon
Radish
Brussels sprouts
Mustard
Mixed greens
Lettuce

Greenhouse starts:
Parsley
Cantaloupe
Honeydew

Gardening Classes!

Amateur gardening class tomorrow. Noon to 3pm. Learn how to prepare a bed, ensure proper drainage and irrigation, fertilize naturally, how to start brassicas in mini greenhouses early season and what ARE brassicas!

If you’re wanting to learn gardening basics and what can be done in this area at this time of year, you should learn something this class. You will use hand tools and learn how to work WITH nature instead of against it. Wear old clothes, heavy duty boots and gloves. Plan to get dirty. 🙂

Your class this day includes home made lunch and drinks. I often include our own home grown produce, farm raised meats, dairy and home made drinks, occasionally including choices of probiotics, herbal teas and/or fresh made juices.

Fee is $15 per person aged 12 and up. Children under 12 are free with paying adult. Call or text for availability. Deadline to register is 9am tomorrow.
Bring a paying friend and get your class for 1/2 price.

* We are a non-smoking, no illegal drugs, no alcohol property.
* All children must be supervised and remain with guardian at all times.
* Please arrive on time or up to 20 minutes early.