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