Bee-autiful!

Greetings from the farm!

What a wonderful week it was, and after stocking up on sunscreen nothing could stop us. This week we added various seedling trays in the greenhouse including one of our favorites, SWISS CHARD!  We also transplanted our onions, and spent a good amount of time getting the fields ready for future plantings.  

The chicks have been moved into the barn and are feathering out nicely and getting bigger by the day!  Two bee hives have been added to the property courtesy of the Ellis' - members of our CSA!!

Above in the picture is Eddie Ellis and his bees.  To see more pictures from this week check out the photos section of our website!  

Peace, Love, and Farming,

~Kelly

                        

  

Soil Blocks

Hey Friends,

Steve here dishing out an update: Tomatoes and eggplant have been planted! Last Wednesday, with the help of several young helpers, we seeded 1120 soil blocks and they have already started to sprout! The blocks are an alternative to the plastic plug trays and are quite fun to make! Here are some pictures...







The soil blocks are set on a heat mat and are under 3 lamps (growing lamps). Plants respond well from bottom heating and the lamps act as sunlight. Because the blocks are so small they easily dry out and need to be sprayed with water every 3-6 hours. After about 2 weeks these small blocks will be put into larger soil blocks and several weeks after that they will be ready for transplanting! I can taste those tomatoes now!

Peace, Love and Farming
~Steve

Egg-cellent

Greetings from Kettle Pond Farm!

After much anticipation, the chicks have finally arrived!  The 30 Rhode Island Red hens are adjusting nicely to their new home, literally! They are inside until they get a little bigger and can handle cold nights out in the barn.  Here is Steve tending to them!

Peace, Love & Farming!

~Kelly

Tomato Sprouts

Hey Friends!

Good news coming straight from the warmth of the greenhouse: The Early Tomatoes have officially Sprouted! The proof is in the pictures:


Andrea's Greenhouse is pretty full:

Peace, Love and Farming,
~Stephen

Onions!

Hey friends,

First post for the Kettle Pond Farmers! The season is beginning and today we planted onions with the help of Janis, one of our very own CSA members! Nancy and Angela also helped out making today an especially productive day. Our neighbor Andrea has kindly let us use her greenhouse until ours is heated, hopefully it will be up and running by late next week...This week we turned over some earth to prepare for the planting of fava beans and peas in early April. The soil is looking good and tasting good too!

Next week the greenhouse work really picks up meaning good eats on the horizon. The baby chicks will be here by Wednesday next week and should by laying by late July or early August. Also we now have a puppy! Max, a year old Puggle, has joined our ranks and is ready to protect us from hungry deer (they love to eat squash flowers...). Thats all for now...

Peave, love and farming,
~Stephen