Dear friends,
yesterday was Seba's birthday and International Jazz-Day. We got to watch his show on you tube, what a treat, if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g19wUF0Cruo&t=7s
yesterday was Seba's birthday and International Jazz-Day. We got to watch his show on you tube, what a treat, if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g19wUF0Cruo&t=7s
 Carol enjoying |  Goldie enjoying |
It snowed last night and I hope we did not loose the apples flowering for the year. The cows had an attitude when I let them out this afternoon to tie them to the apple trees below our house. When it is wet they would pull out the tether stakes, so tying them to a tree is better. They think they are entitled to be out all day, not just the afternoon. Next week Nathaniel will start and I will not have so much time to walk them like dogs on leashes through the gardens, stopping here and there for a nibble of dandelion greens. I hope the pasture will have enough grass to support them through the season.
 one day snow |  next day sun |
On Tuesday we will pick up Kira from College and we are all looking forward to long hugs. It has been a long three month for her in covid times at college. She will be here just in time for the tulips to open up.
Last week I seeded 2400' of parsnips and all the rain has watered them well in. Also the first 100 tomatoes got planted in the high-tunnel. I had covered them with a single layer of row cover and when I went to bed last night it was already down to 33F and I got dressed put the headlamp on and marched through the snow to the garden shed, got out another row cover and covered them up some more. They are all well and made it through 29F. A fire in the wood stove of the greenhouse to keep all the plants in there warm.
Steve just helped me to design some more market price labels on the publisher program of the computer, so those are good to go. As a farmer you have to know all kinds of things to do it all.
The manure spreader chain went for fixing twice to the shop and seems to be 5 links short when I needed to add three links last time. I have to call the shop and see if they took out links or if I measured so wrong. It is too wet to spread anyways.
Last week I seeded 2400' of parsnips and all the rain has watered them well in. Also the first 100 tomatoes got planted in the high-tunnel. I had covered them with a single layer of row cover and when I went to bed last night it was already down to 33F and I got dressed put the headlamp on and marched through the snow to the garden shed, got out another row cover and covered them up some more. They are all well and made it through 29F. A fire in the wood stove of the greenhouse to keep all the plants in there warm.
Steve just helped me to design some more market price labels on the publisher program of the computer, so those are good to go. As a farmer you have to know all kinds of things to do it all.
The manure spreader chain went for fixing twice to the shop and seems to be 5 links short when I needed to add three links last time. I have to call the shop and see if they took out links or if I measured so wrong. It is too wet to spread anyways.
 first greens |  arugula |  garlic scallions |
Exciting we are harvesting arugula garlic scallions and mixed greens and are selling them at Natures Storehouse in town. We never had greens in April for sale! The warm spring in March and me not going to Germany this winter got an early start in March and they are ready to go. Check them out.
CSA sign up is ongoing, forms are attached.
Have a good week,
Dulli
CSA sign up is ongoing, forms are attached.
Have a good week,
Dulli
| 2021summercsa-4_-_bw.docx |
| 2021_bonusbapp.pdf |
