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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
Fall & Winter Crops – 2011/2012

Fall & Winter Crops – 2011/2012

Alright, I've finally planted out both of the raised beds in the front yard.  Here's what we've planted and are hoping to harvest throughout the winter and into next spring.4X5 bed.  In order of rows sown, back to front, succession plantings sown early August through early October.BroccoliCarrotsKaleCarrotsKaleBeetsCarrotsSpinachCarrotsBeetsMixed LettuceBeetsKale and Spinach4X6 bed.  In order of rows sown, back to front, all…
October 18, 2011
Falling Into (what is almost) Fall

Falling Into (what is almost) Fall

A cold front is moving through and our temps are about 20 degrees below where they've been for what feels like forever.  It's raining lightly right now and I'm happily drinking a cup of hot tea in the middle of the afternoon.  Tomorrow is the unofficial last day of summer, and while I am incredibly sad about the dying down…
September 4, 2011
Planning the Fall & Winter Garden

Planning the Fall & Winter Garden

If you were to be a fly on the wall in my home in the early hours of any given weekend morning, you would probably find my kitchen table looking something like this...That is because I love, love, love to plan.  I have lists and diagrams and ideas and hopes and failures all written in that little grey binder.  I…
July 25, 2011