I haven't posted lately, but the weather has been so horrid that not much has gotten done. We've transplanted some of the bedding plants, but that's about it. The temperatures have been in the twenties, thirties and occasional forties and it's been cloudy, rainy or snowy. We've actually gotten a blanket of snow twice since my last post (though it did melt the next day in both cases). This is spring?
The lettuce in the greenhouse hasn't grown much at all, even though we're running the heater at night. The onions aren't as affected, which is good. The radishes and spinach are sitting still, they've been at the seed leaf stage for more than a week.
The forecasters say it will warm up this weekend and we might actually see the sun. For once, I'm really hoping they're right.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
More stuff in the greenhouses
We've got some of the second greenhouse planted to lettuce and seeded to spinach now. We're staggering our plantings, so as to have produce maturing each week. Here is the second greenhouse, from the outside and the inside.
Paul is also getting another greenhouse ready for some of the root crops (carrots, beets, radishes).
Here are some pictures of the progress in the first greenhouse (weeds included).
And an outside shot of the first greenhouse.
Paul is also getting another greenhouse ready for some of the root crops (carrots, beets, radishes).
Here are some pictures of the progress in the first greenhouse (weeds included).
And an outside shot of the first greenhouse.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Transplanting
Wow, I'm really late on this entry. I'll be doing next week's in a couple of days.
We did a ton of transplanting last weekend. We got all the peppers moved up to bigger size plug trays, both the patio pepper and the quarts. And, of course, the ones we're going to put out in the field or greenhouses. Here they are after being transplanted.
Quinlan helped quite a bit this time. Usually he loses interest after half a tray or so, but this time he did about four trays by himself (or with very little help).
Lucas also transplanted some of his herbs. They don't make the tray look as full as the peppers do, but they had just as many roots. The herbs usually just take longer to put on top growth.
And Paul put some onions in bigger trays. I'm not convinced that there isn't an easier way to do onions. I might try an experiment if I can get him to part with a tray of them. Here are the transplanted onions.
The chickens are doing well in their new quarters, but we're going to have to get moving on some brooder boxes. There are a few hens that would happily go broody if they had the right location. Lucas has priced the wood for them, now we just need to find the time.
We did a ton of transplanting last weekend. We got all the peppers moved up to bigger size plug trays, both the patio pepper and the quarts. And, of course, the ones we're going to put out in the field or greenhouses. Here they are after being transplanted.
Quinlan helped quite a bit this time. Usually he loses interest after half a tray or so, but this time he did about four trays by himself (or with very little help).
Lucas also transplanted some of his herbs. They don't make the tray look as full as the peppers do, but they had just as many roots. The herbs usually just take longer to put on top growth.
And Paul put some onions in bigger trays. I'm not convinced that there isn't an easier way to do onions. I might try an experiment if I can get him to part with a tray of them. Here are the transplanted onions.
The chickens are doing well in their new quarters, but we're going to have to get moving on some brooder boxes. There are a few hens that would happily go broody if they had the right location. Lucas has priced the wood for them, now we just need to find the time.
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