Greenhouse Irrigation: The Transplant and Potting Bench
Last week we installed a system of misters over the propagation bench for seedling germination. Most of the vegetable starts will be transferred directly from the propagation bench, to the garden, so most of our seedlings won’t need anything more elaborate in...
Torta di Pere
A bounty of buttery-sweet pears is one of the true delights of the fall and winter months. Although our own pear trees are still too young to be bearing fruit, our local area farmer’s markets are brimming with the first ripe heirloom pears of the season....
Greenhouse Irrigation: The Propagation Bench
Yesterday, while it was cold and raining outside, I spent a few hours inside the greenhouse putting together part of our new irrigation system for the propagation bench. Over the last 20 years I’ve installed countless drip irrigation systems in our gardens, and...
A Frightful Fowloween!
This frightful Fowl-oween the hens have been helping to investigate some rather suspicious activity on the farm. Last night, just as the sun set, and I was about to make dinner, the power suddenly went out to the entire farm. At the time, the hens were safely tucked...
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