Spent some time today feeding all the plants with fish emulsion (an organic fertalizer). Realized I hadn’t put up any pictures, but the cabbages are…
Work is Progressing on the New Garden Beds
I used the last of our first 50 2×4’s and have completed 2 beds, and 2/3rds of a 3rd bed so far. They are looking…
New Garden Beds
We have made the decision to transition to organic production. Upon research, I found out that the garden beds that I so proudly painted and…
Planting Lettuce starts in Coir & Worm Castings
This is a new process for me. I’ve planted many seeds using coconut coir, but they didn’t thrive very well. I did some research, and…
Sometimes, farming is about cleaning
Today I used a scrub brush, dishsoap and water and scrubbed about 1 million…ok maybe 100 pots. Rinsed them, then soaked them for a few…
Picking Hot Peppers
We have had some rainy weather here in the southwest, and the rain finally stopped long enough to pick some hot peppers! I will have…
Finished filling our garden bed today
Today we finally got all the rest of the dirt in the box, and I set up the irrigation and added it to the timer.…
Greg and I hauled more dirt for our new Garden Beds
I hauled about 6 wheelbarrow loads by myself, then got my husband to help hauling 6 more. We almost have our 2nd new 40′ bed…
Harvesting Saffron
Harvested today my first two saffron flowers. So far we only have 2 bloomed and four more getting ready to bloom. Worked perfectly using a…
Winter Crops are Growing Slowly
Three of the winter crops we have planted. Far left is salad turnips. Middle is Cabbage. right is kohlrabi. They are slowly growing and will…