Greetings From The Farm,
March came in like a lion for us
with lots of rain and stormy weather. It also brought
the cold back for a few days. Here at the farm, we are
up early to chore and such before the ground unthaws on
top for the day.
We have our greenhouse up and running full swing now.
We have changed from propane to wood heat which is a little
more work for us and somewhat messy but it seems so much
better for the plants as they are no longer forced to
endure the hot blowing heat from the furnace. It has helped
the blocks to stay moister longer as well. We've planted
storage onions, green onions, pearl onions, broccoli,
cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, and spinach. The tomatoes
that we started in the house will be moved to the greenhouse
today to be potted on into 4" blocks. We plan to
put them in the hoophouse March 15. Hopefully we'll have
fresh tomatoes by the 1st of June!!
We had a stillborn lamb on Feb 19th which was really disappointing
as it was the 1st offspring to be born on the farm. The
other ewe that we knew was expecting lambed on March 4th
and gave us a nice healthy ram. We are waiting patiently
to see if we have any others that will lamb. We expect
them to be done by March 15th if they are going to lamb.
Hopefully, the little guy we got on Sunday will have a
few playmates.
Thank you to those of you who have showed an interest
in our CSA. We hope to have all the information up and
running on the website by the end of the week.
Wishing everyone an early spring!! Please feel free to
come and visit the farm whenever you like. We'd love to
have the opportunity to show you around our place. Please
call before you come so we'll know to expect you. You
may stop by but we might not be here.
Growing for you, Beth
