Spinach is amazing. Plant it in the fall, leave it be in an unheated hoop house, under a thin fabric covering, through weeks of below zero temperatures, and then one sunny day, pop back in for a harvest. Seriously, I’m astounded. Of course, we knew this would happen. We planned for it. And still, after …
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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.
Early February brings the whisper of spring and a whole dumping of snow. That small spring whisper comes in with the sun, stretching a little longer into each day. Meanwhile, gusty wind whips up our hillside and creates a snow vortex between the hoop houses. Despite what the fields look like, inside the greenhouse spinach and …
