Here is some of what we’ve been doing during the last 2 months. Building Things We’ve put up a second caterpillar tunnel.You can find more construction photos on Tourne-Sol cooperative farm’s Facebook page. We’re almost finished a 35′ x 150′ unheated greenhouse for more season extension. Dealing With The Rain Most of May was muddy … More Season Update
Last week, I received a few e-mails about growing radish seed. Here are a few radishy answers for those questions. Also, I have been pruning lettuce leaves to increase ventilation. Radish Seed These radishes have begun to bloom. These are grown 2 rows/bed with 18″ in-row spacing. They seem to be smaller plants than some … More Radishes Blooming and Pruning Lettuce
This week we got all the frost sensitive seed crops into the ground: tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, beans, and some more flowers. Seed crops planted on the same date go into the same beds. This lets us prepare the beds at the same time and doesn’t leave unused area to grow weeds. We alternate blocks of … More Planting, roguing, thinning, watering, and pigs