I have allowed some of my endive to go to seed, and this hummingbird flew right past me to get to the beautiful purple blossoms…
More Buttercrunch Lettuce Soon
Planted over 50 buttercrunch starts this week, I can’t wait for them to be ready to harvest! Checked on them today and they look like…
Shading our beds with Burlap
Never Sink Tools has a nifty “conversion kit” for creating low cat tunnels by bending EMT conduit. So we have been working on getting conduit…
UpPotting Plants
We have had a delay in building our hoop house beyond our control, so I’ve been transplanting tomatoes that will be planted there into larger…
Little Baby Zucchni
Yea! My Zucchni plants are starting to set fruits! I love Zucchni, and this is a desert hybrid that is supposed to set fruit early…
Cucumbers Prefer Coconut Coir
I have been doing head to head starts in my greenhouse using a mix of coconut coir & worm castings for one, and an organic…
Peas and Radishes Please
My peas are finally getting long enough to actually start training them up so today I used a landscape staple and twine and started training…
Burning for Lettuce and Spinach
So I watched a video of Farmer Keith using DeWitt Landscape fabric with holes that were burned into it to plant lettuce, so I decided…
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…
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…