This is not one of the tomatoes we just seeded.  It was a volunteer that came up in a house plant that we repotted after Christmas.   We're going to put it in a patio for ourselves and see what kind it turns out to be.

We started seeding plants for spring on Feb. 6.  Those were patio peppers and peppers to plant early in the greenhouses, some onions (which take a while to get going from seed) and some of Lucas' experimental greens.  He wants to grow them under row covers in an unheated greenhouse.  The double greenhouse effect is supposed to allow some cold season crops to grow even in the winter.  I guess we'll find out.

On Feb. 13 we seeded the peppers that we'll sell in quarts and most of the peppers we'll put in the greenhouses after some of the early stuff (lettuce, cabbage, kohlrabi, ect.) is out.   We did eighteen varieties.  And we started some more onions.  There are a few varieties of pepper that I think we need more of, so I'll have to put in another seed order.

On Feb 19 we seeded the patio tomatoes and the early greenhouse tomatoes.  We also did some more onions and a few of the herbs that take more time (chives, oregano, mint).  Lucas is going to being growing some of the herbs himself this year.  He did a few last year and now he's increasing his production.  We seeded some lettuce and cabbage for one of the early greenhouses, as well. 

Chickens in the greenhouse

  

 We have 11 chickens in one of our greenhouses.  They're fertilizing the greenhouse and disposing of kitchen scraps and providing 3 or 4 eggs a day (though one day we got an egg out of every one of the nine hens).  We're planning on moving them to a different greenhouse soon, probably this weekend.  I have plans for a broody box that can house four hens with clutches at a time (with dividers between each nest, of course).  We'll see how it works, if we get around to getting it made.  Otherwise we'll probably have to use a pet crate for each hen when they start going broody.

First Post

It's getting closer to spring, so now is a good time to start this blog.  We've already seeded plants in the greenhouse for the bedding plants that we will sell at the market as well as the patio tomatoes and peppers and the tomato baskets.  We've got onions and lettuce seeded and a few herbs.  Our 16 year old son Lucas has also started some of the herbs he plans to sell.