There are a bunch of spinach seed packs in the mail right now traveling from different seed companies to Tourne-Sol farm. They are all in my crop plan spreadsheets – scheduled to be planted in the field this fall side by side in the same bed. We’re going to harvest the leaves in the fall … More Planning for some fall/winter spinach 🥬
Our seed production greenhouse is packed with lettuce, cucurbits, a few different climbing beans, and more! Right now is peak jungle in that greenhouse. There isn’t a lot of space to move and crops are taking over. But this week we’re pulling out a bunch of crops and we should get a little more walking … More Peak jungle in the seed greenhouse
Onion update. This is what those onions I replanted for seed look like these days. Still a few weeks until seed. My next free online workshop is on Thursday May 19 at 2pm Eastern … It will be about harvest efficiency – more details coming soon!
How long should you run your irrigation system for?? On average, you probably want to aim for 1 inch of water a week. If you know your sprinkler or drip tape flow rate and you know the area that you’re irrigating, you’ve got everything you need to figure out how long to run your system. … More fsa tip #69 How long should you irrigate for?
Monday, we took a bunch of flags and marked our favourite Rainbow Tatsoi plants. When it’s time to harvest seed, we’re going to harvest the flagged plants separately. The seed from these plants will be our stock seed for next year. In this way every generation is a little more what we want it to … More Flagging Rainbow Tatsoi
Sweet pods full of fat green Kale seed a few weeks from harvest. And to the right, onions are about to bloom. My next free online workshop is on Thursday June 16 at 2pm Eastern …
If you were a bee, wouldn’t you want to pollinate this flower? Here are some alliums in bloom These are chives! These are scallions! If you pay attention to the pictures you can actually see these beds are 5 feet apart from each other. There is a weedy bed between both allium beds. Chives and … More Blooming alliums
Here’s an irrigation log where you can keep track of rainfall and how much you’ve irrigated to make sure your crops get enough water. This is a pretty simple spreadsheet with a couple nifty formulas. Basically, you set the sheet up for the month and then you print it out and keep track with a … More fsa tip #68 a simple irrigation log
This week we took our spring radishes out of the cold room. (We put them in the cold room about 10 days ago, This is to help initiate flowering – we want them to all flower at the same time.) We planted 2 beds in the field with 2 rows per bed with 6 inch … More Time for spring radishes to go in the ground
A row of winter radishes in 3” pots. I spaced these out where I wanted to plant them. Then I dug my trowel into the ground and opened a hole. I removed the plant + giant solid plug from the pot and placed it in the hole. I snugged the soil up around the top … More Planting winter radishes for seed