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Growing peppers in 2022
The pepper plants were started in February this year so that they would be ready to plant in May. We never plant peppers and tomatoes here in zone 7 before mid-May. This year we have mild, medium, and hot peppers in the garden. Mild: California wonder, Wild wonder, pimento, Italian Medium: Hatch Red Medium, BigContinue reading “Growing peppers in 2022”
Tomato gardening in 2022
This year we expanded the garden and decided to try some different varieties of tomatoes. We use t-posts and nylon string to support the tomato plants. This year we have: Millionaire, Green Diamond, Sensation, Rainbow, Doucet, Plum 100, Martino Roma, and Chef’s Choice Orange.
Herb and Tea garden
Planted a new herb and Tea garden this year.
Spring greens
Harvesting greens this week. We have spinach, Chard, bok choi, kale, peas, mustard, romaine, and white stem cabbage. The brassicas are not ready yet but broccoli, brocolini, cabbage, and cauliflower are growing fast.
Spring planting
This week will be the time to finally plant the tomato, peppers, and eggplant plants. They have been growing under artificial lights so they need to spend some time in natural sunlight before moving to their permanent home.
New Chickens – Ameraucanas to add to the flock
Picked up three Ameraucana’s from Southern States to add to our existing flock. We now have 3 Black sex link, 2 Orpingtons, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 1 Astralorp, 1 white Leghorn, 2 Black Asian, and now 3 Ameraucana chickens. We had some really cold nights but the chickens all seemed to handle the cold inContinue reading “New Chickens – Ameraucanas to add to the flock”
New cattle panel green house
The new project for the farm this year is a cattle panel green house. We are expanding the garden so we need room for all the seedlings that we are starting.
Composting time
The cool weather is here and the garden has only a few things left growing. The leaves have been falling so it is time to collect them for composting. We have several large piles that will sit till next year and some that have been shredded that will go in the bin.
Winter cleanup
Last night dropped to 32 degrees which means all the summer crops that were left froze. The fall crops look great and are loving the cold weather.
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