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Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!We had another beautiful week, but it ended in a bit of snow and freezing temperatures.  So far everything looks OK but it's supposed to freeze again tonight, so we'll see.  I'm still worried about our fruit, but there's really nothing for it but to keep my fingers crossed.Anyhow, yesterday, after a day full of more homework than…
April 16, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!There seems to be lots happening in the yard suddenly!  The peas are peeking, the rhubarb is huge (well, huge to me...it's never gotten this big this fast before), the fruit trees have all blossomed out and are beginning to get some leaves, our raised beds/hoop houses are full of greens and beets and carrots (although I haven't…
April 9, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!Well, I haven't closed the hoop houses all week, but from what I understand, the weather is supposed to turn today ad we just might get some snow.  I'll believe it when I see it, but I'm really not surprised.In some potentially exciting news, we just may have figured out what to do with the backyard!  Well, at…
April 2, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!We're coming off an amazing weekend here (temperatures up close to 70 degrees) and according the forecast, we're supposed to have a full week of 60 and 70 degree weather with lows above freezing!  Crazy.I opened up the hoop houses yesterday and decided it was going to be warm enough to just leave them open overnight :-)  I'll…
March 26, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!What a week it's been!  We had beautiful weather pretty much every day this week except for Sunday, which was absolutely disgusting...windy and grey and dusty and gross...so darn windy that plastic to one of my hoop houses is pretty much torn to shreds.  We attached a new (not big enough) strip of plastic over the top of…
March 19, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

This week I, again, didn't get into the hoop houses.  It snowed all day Saturday and Sunday it just wasn't warm enough for me to feel comfortable opening them up and letting all the heat out.  So, this weeks harvests are only from under the grow lights (thank goodness for the grow lights)!! Green, green and more green.  It sure…
March 12, 2012