After hearty meals of roots and meat over the winter months, my body craves green. I want fresh, light meals (I feel lighter even just being next to the trays of seedlings in the greenhouse). Thank goodness for the over-wintered spinach and lettuce! If you don’t have overwintered greens (we didn’t until just this year!), there’s a …
The fields are still covered with snow, but this week’s rain is doing all it can to change that. Meanwhile, we’re still balancing between winter and spring. April brings a new pace and longer to-do lists. It asks us to be present to our work while constantly thinking of what’s to come next. As …
Fresh powder covers the fields. The wood stove is cranking again, keeping us warm through this snap back to winter. The greenhouse, however, is a spring haven—and on sunny days like this one, almost a summer haven.
A friend recently asked me if she should plant seeds that she’s had hanging around for a few years. I told her maybe…
We came home from my birthday breakfast to find one of our mobile hoop houses flipped over the greenhouse and laying on its side in the driveway.
March, in like a lion, you know.
Today was one of those days in early March, when the sun warmed the fields and that distinct spring smell of roots, mud, and grass rose into the air. It was one of those days that, lacking a weather forecast, would trick you into thinking spring was here for good. Of course, forecast or not, …
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