We had our first group meeting at the farm today to meet and orient new members and start talking about the planting plan for 2017. Since the weather was so nice, we also got some early clean-up done, clearing out around the tulips and daffodils. The planting committee hopes to start organizing over the next two weeks, so we’ll be ready to get seeds started/planted and start this year off strong.

We’ve planned our first official work day of the year for next Saturday, March 4th from 10 AM until 1 PM. We’ll be trench composting, turning over beds, and doing more general cleanup.

You can tell how mild this winter was, as we have a lot of greens still going strong from last year. The asian greens and arugula were planted late last summer as a fall crop, but the collards have been going since last spring!

The days are getting noticeably shorter, but we are still harvesting plenty of cucumbers, collards, and of course tomatoes.

We’ll have our next work day on Saturday, August 27th from 10am to 1pm and hope to plant more for fall.

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We’ve had a fair amount of wet weather over the last few weeks, which has been much appreciated by the seedlings at the farm. Everything is looking great! The rows of greens were ready to be thinned this week, and the irises on the hill are a sight to see.

As we get into late spring, we are getting close to completing our main planting, thanks in part to the annual GreenBridge plant giveaway where we obtained cucumbers, zucchini, sweet and hot peppers, and lots of grape tomatoes. We have more tomato seedlings to plant soon and will sow a few more cucumbers and beans. As the temperatures warm and the sun hides a bit less, we should see everything really come alive.

The first crocus has popped up at the farm, and we took advantage of a sunny Saturday to have our first official work day of 2016. We started repairing three compost bins that have been out of use for the last few months, mostly removing the rotted wood and detaching the screens and starting to reattach fresh wood. Other members worked finished compost into a few beds in early preparation for the growing season.

Weather permitting, we’ll have another work day Saturday, March 5th to finish the bin repair and lay down bricks for the repaired bins to rest on.