More Fruit Potential!
In addition to the trees we brought to the farm from the local nursery last weekend, Amber had ordered several fruit-bearing plants from Miller Nursery in Canandaigua, New York. They arrived yesterday by UPS delivery. This package contained four pawpaw trees, an extra dwarf bing cherry, an “all in one” almond, and three concord grape […]
spring morning
the sun is getting very high in the sky. just a few weeks after the equinox and the sunrise has really shifted position. during the day. during the day the sun is not creeping into the windows of our living room green house nearly as far. you can see the sprouts really straining to reach […]
expanding and experimenting
so our friend and mentor, verena, had this great idea that we should be able to use a bunch of 1-2″ sticks to make fence posts for deer fencing. here are the first few in the ground. i spent an hour pulling various pieces of already fallen wood out of the woods. i then watched […]
TECHNOLOGY – webcam, weather station, computers, remote desktop… ugh
We want to be able to keep an eye on things while we are not here – check temp in greenhouse, see if it is getting dry, etc. in general we thought logging the weather conditions up here might give us a bit more insight into what is happening with our crops. i chose this […]
SPROUTS!
Seeds are already sprouting. Looks like the temperature in the “greenhouse” hovered in the 50’s all week. I arrived last night in the middle of a snowstorm and i turned on the greenhouse heater – we were conservative and wanted to monitor it for its first few days on so it was off all week. […]
"seed blocking"
we taught ourselves how to use our new seed blockers, but then amber found this video. the video explains all the reasons the soil blocker is so sweet. our friend simone at stone barns also gave us a number of great tips. looks like we may not have done everything right, but lets hope for […]
