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On the Farm •
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DOUBLE RAINBOW
If you recall I mentioned our new road
surface last issue. Dressing off our lane continues but I
just had a chance to get some photos together. The night before
we began the roadwork it rained with a heavy shower and gave
us this beautiful double rainbow. This is the first time I
can remember seeing a rainbow stretch from one part of the
farm to another. The left photo is the treeline in A1 in front
of our neighbors just past the market and the right photo
is the old barns along the lane. I hope you enjoy this as
much as I do. It was a spectacular treat for us especially
since it was so vibrant and all on our farm.
Well,
a full day trip down to Silver Seed Greenhouses in Nanticoke
Md on the Eastern shore. Out at 5am and back on farm by 7pm
with an hour to load up. I have a Chevy Venture van and with
the shelves that I made out of plywood and disc harrow spools
for spacers I managed to transport 111flats of plants. We
were amazed!
At
this writing the cabbage, lettuce, and kale is in. We planted
Alcosa, Tendersweet, and Red Express. The Champion collards
are in as well.
Laurie
and Matt Harelick came to the farm on Sunday PM and helped
plant some of the cabbage. I think they were pleased with
what they did and definitely worn out. I also got the irrigation
in the cabbage field [KG this year] and the next morning everything
was looking great!
Today
we are planting lettuce: Marin, Galactic, Salad bowl, Red
Salad bowl, Magenta,Red Cross, Jericho, and Outredgeous. We
had fun! So far the work is before us and with all there is
to do it makes for a sprint to get everything in. Of course,
with the mild weather we had since I've been back with the
plants we have had frost every night.
I
did bring up some warmer season plants and hope that with
row covers we'll be able to get some of them in ahead of time.
With good fortune I expect to have everything planted by the
week's end. If anyone has a desire to help plant now's the
time. WE do a lot of hand planting because I farm predominantly
at a human scale, not a big tractor mechanized field consumptive
size. There is always work to go around not to mention the
various projects that are awaiting enough bodies to keep moving.
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The plant sets in the greenhouse
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