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Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!!!Well, this week the weather has been all over the place!  Warm and sunny mixed with cold and windy.  We even got a couple of dustings of snow.  Weird, weird winter.The warmth and longer days have really affected our hoop houses and everything is looking even better than it did last week!  Our spinach is getting huge and…
March 5, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!This week I'll be posting two weeks worth of harvests since I didn't make it into this space last week.  Even still, trust me, there's not a lot to post about ;-)  Just a few greens, some spinach and a few carrots (yep, again) to report this week.  Everything is still slow to come, but the hoop houses…
February 27, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!Alright, so I finally got into the hoop houses again on Saturday.  The sun was shining beautifully and it was quite warm outside...scary warm for February, actually.  I checked everything out, watered the fruit trees and just enjoyed the sun on my back for a bit.  I didn't, however, take any pics.  I know, I know, crazy right?!…
February 13, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!We've got some more greens to report this week!  Enough to actually make a couple of small salads!  I checked on our wagons again and things are looking steadily better, I even poked my finger around a few carrots and they seem to be sizing up nicely :-)  I restrained myself from picking a few, but my patience…
January 30, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!I've been checking on (and watering) our hoop houses/wagons about once a week.  Their growth is slow and not very exciting, so I don't usually bother during the week, just on the weekends.  The short days are also a factor and I don't ever want to let the heat out of them in the evenings.  After checking on…
January 23, 2012
Greens and Grow Lights

Greens and Grow Lights

When we first set up our grow lights, we planted a few flats of greens, sprouts, micro greens and wheat grass just to see what would happen.  Well, it's actually been really great!  We've harvested enough for several meals (salads and greens for sandwiches) and have juiced wheat grass several times. We learned that wheat grass (like regular grass) will…
January 17, 2012