Category Archives: Greenhouse Maintenance

Our Propagation Greenhouse Rocks!

Literally. We have hauled in and spread nearly 25 tons of gravel amongst our propagation greenhouse. All of this as part of project “Get rid of muck from the propagation greenhouse.” Danielle and Justin spearheaded this project so if you need advice or help with your propagation greenhouse you should speak with them! It is […]

Thank Dustin and Danielle for any strawberries we might enjoy this season!

The past couple weeks Justin and Danielle have been weeding the strawberries. This is tedious task that involves sitting on the wet, cold ground, digging your fingers into the cold soil around each strawberry plant, pulling out all the weeds that are trying to choke the strawberry plant. They did this for approximately 2200 plants. […]

We’re on the cusp of the Slow Building Movement

Sorry I haven’t posted lately but I was busy using our daylight hours for timber harvesting and timber framing classes while utilizing our nighttime hours doing seed planning. I am happy to say that we have ordered most all of our seeds for the season! I never imagined myself involved in timbeing nor timber frame […]

How Sweet! We skinned a greenhouse for use in fall production.

This past Monday we pulled plastic over Greenhouse #5 and are ready to hand dig the beds and amend with vermicompost. Our worms have been making some beautiful compost so our plan is to layoff the rows then add in compost to those rows. This is my first time trying to document us covering a […]

On the long road to farm vacations

With the weather warming it seems that everything on the farm is moving much too quickly for me with the exception of seed starting.  Perhaps it is my age or maybe because I am a little apprehensive about farm vacations. The ground finally thawed and Alvin and his brother Joe began working on the road […]