They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
This week has been too busy, we have only had a grand total of two hours to work on farm projects all week. One of those hours was spent gathering information. In the garden beds, in direct sunlight in the middle of the day, soil temps are about 50 degrees. Under the cold frame the… Continue reading Hoop Bender
It's a busy time of year for the garden. Also a tricky one. Western Washington has a tendency to draw spring out, somewhat unnecessarily, as it seems to us who grew up elsewhere. In Upstate NY, spring is a couple of weeks of mud, followed by summer. Average air temps and soil temps go up… Continue reading Garden Catch-Up
You know that one kid, that wakes up before all the other kids, and gets up and after it while everyone else is still working on getting up? On Tuesday that was Winnie. This is a picture of her running around the living room singing "Get up! Get up! Time to Get Up!" and "What… Continue reading Muddy
I love these little girls so much! One of them is not so little anymore. Those carharts and stripy insulated rain coat were Evie's once, and they are still going strong. Parsnip seeds and carrot seeds are too small to be worth planting individually using the form, so we just scatter them thinly. Or not… Continue reading Gardening Buddies
Saturday was a busy day, with auto-repair, confessions, and a wedding. But that's no reason not to get in a couple hours of work. Another pathway, another garden bed. We are running out of time, as usual. After Tuesday we won't be able to get back to the garden for almost two weeks.
Bed 1 in the garden is going to be root crops this year (carrots, onions, beets) as such it needs to be one of the first ones prepped, since we will be seeding these very soon. Bed 2 is already seeded and growing nicely with winter wheat. Bed 3 is going to be the legumes… Continue reading More garden prep.
It is that time of year again. Time to prep garden beds to receive seeds in the next few weeks. In fact we are quite behind this year because we have been down with the flu, and we will be gone on vacation in early March so we may not be able to catch up… Continue reading Garden Beds
Busy week last week, in a flu-like sort of way. That's right, the dreaded influenza A ripped through the house like a bull in a Chinese shop who just learned that ox-tail soup was the special of the week. Despite not feeling good on Monday, Farmer Seppi started bok choi, swiss chard, celery (way overdue)… Continue reading Catch Up Post
They are sprouting!
Last week Seppi and Winnie and Daddy spent a day in the workshop because it was too cold for Winnie outside. We made two woodworking projects. The first was a planter shelf. The seedlings we planted last week have started nicely. At least the cabbages and brussels sprouts have started. The Peppers, according to the… Continue reading Happy Little Plants
Little Farm in the Big City 