Talk about a dramatic shift in the weather... from colder than normal temperatures, to all of a sudden, summer-like weather with temperatures way up into the 80's. This is a good change - plants have been barely growing since they were transplanted out to the field a few weeks ago. Hopefully with the warmer weather they will do some catching up this week. Our first farmer's market is next Saturday. We won't have a whole lot of produce to offer, but it's always an exciting day when we get to see customers and friends that we have not seen since last fall.
It was a busy week of field work on the farm. The soil dried out enough to get everything plowed up - turning under last years cover crops and starting to prepare ground for this seasons plantings. We continued to plant second and third successions of many of the early crops, including lettuce, spinach, boc choi, turnips, radishes, scallions and peas. In the greenhouse we continued to pot up tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and other vegetables for our garden transplant sales.
Signs of spring surround us everywhere we look: Tree swallows have returned to their nest boxes (out competing the bluebirds again), spring peepers and tree frogs are deafening in the evenings, trees are breaking bud, and the first trout lilies have bloomed. Be sure to keep a look out for woodcock doing their evening courtship display - not to be missed.
If you are in the Saratoga Springs area, we hope to see you Saturday at the Farmer's Market!
It was a busy week of field work on the farm. The soil dried out enough to get everything plowed up - turning under last years cover crops and starting to prepare ground for this seasons plantings. We continued to plant second and third successions of many of the early crops, including lettuce, spinach, boc choi, turnips, radishes, scallions and peas. In the greenhouse we continued to pot up tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and other vegetables for our garden transplant sales.
Signs of spring surround us everywhere we look: Tree swallows have returned to their nest boxes (out competing the bluebirds again), spring peepers and tree frogs are deafening in the evenings, trees are breaking bud, and the first trout lilies have bloomed. Be sure to keep a look out for woodcock doing their evening courtship display - not to be missed.
If you are in the Saratoga Springs area, we hope to see you Saturday at the Farmer's Market!
