we've already harvested several hundred heads of lettuce a ton of kale, tomatoes, blackberries and basil that has gone undocumented... we're getting a late start with the photos, and we still often neglect to photo the harvests... there's more than meets the eye. sorry.
an on going slide show of daily harvests we've already harvested several hundred heads of lettuce a ton of kale, tomatoes, blackberries and basil that has gone undocumented... we're getting a late start with the photos, and we still often neglect to photo the harvests... there's more than meets the eye. sorry. check this page daily (or every now an then) for continued harvest updates
How Does Your Garden Grow - early May we're trying to keep up with production but most of our time is still being spent ..."setting things up" for efficient production... we've got lettuce to take to market this weekend but don't yet know if we'll have anything for the next weekend... lots of plants still need to go in the ground and lots of seeds still need to be started and lots of blue buckets still need dirt in them. and the trellising... hopefully we'll be able to get to that job before it's too late... anyone want to meet us at the waffle hut at 5am?
we'll be off to market with 80+ heads of 5 varieties of lettuce, a few blue, dwarf and black kales, fresh oregano & sage and leftover seedlings things are moving a long nicely. it's still getting a little chilly some evenings so "most" of the little plants are still not in the ground. we're hoping to sell our extra seed starts and some propagated peach & pear trees at the first Farmers Market and should have lettuce for our restaurants in a couple weeks. the greenhouse is beginning structural upgrades to firm up the frame and deflect the wind better. planting in it has begun but progress is intentionally slow. we need to learn how to regulate wind an heat before we fill it with plants. we also need to sift a Lot of dirt into buckets and set up a logical system of watering. we've got a solar powered self watering device and a soaker hose, both will probably be used when we get it in full swing. for heat we have an industrial size fan but the inverter for the solar array died and we're waiting on it's replacement. special thanks to all the volunteers that rolled through and pitched in knowledge, tools and labor this spring. our future is much brighter for your efforts. we've installed 2 brand new severely raised, terraced garden beds that will make for waist high food cultivation. the new beds were made lasagna style: layer of cardboard for the worms, layer of compost, layer of dirt, layer of compost, a couple layers of dirt and a layer of coconut grow medium donated to us from grittsgreenhouse.com
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