Spring Fling

And what a spring we've had!

The early thaw and gorgeous weather has allowed us to get an early start in the gardens.

Plowing and tilling of the soil has been started, as well as cover crops sowed.

Let the composting begin! Compost is one of the best thing for our gardens....that, along with leaves and grass clippings. We take donations of any of those if you don't know what to do with yours.

The rhubarb has never been so big this early. We will be having rhubarb desserts in no time.

The garlic looks amazing this year too. It should be nice and big for our mid-summer harvest.

We start 99% of our own seeds. We have gone through many bales of this.

We start some to sell at our farm stand, but the rest are for direct planting in our gardens. All seedlings are 3-4" tall at this point, and have been transferred from their starter plugs to the bigger flats.

....................Onions & Leeks....................

.........................All the rest!..........................

We have had a few cold nights, so the k-1 heater stays in the hoop house just in case we need to start it to protect the plants. Most of the time it is over 70* in there, which explains why we have these growing in April.

...............................Parsley.............................

.............................Lettuce Mix..................................

We even have foot tall tomato plants with blossoms!

These plants will stay in here and should give us an early yield of tomatoes.

Many of our direct seeded crops have been sown, and it won't be long until all the seedlings go out in the garden too.