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Our Ferndale Farm: April 2010
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Saturday, April 17, 2010. The last few years I've had success using a combination of store-bought compost and manure and various mixtures of organic fertilizers. Generally speaking, organic fertilizers are not as potent or as fast acting as synthetic chemical fertilizers, so one must use a greater volume, more often. With twice the garden space as last year (up to almost 3000 sq ft now! On the third page of an excellent article about homemade fertilizers written by Steve. Links to this post. Subscribe to...
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Our Ferndale Farm: November 2009
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Saturday, November 14, 2009. We finally had our first frost, which, to me, signals the end of the growing season. It came a month late, so I had plenty of time to prepare for it. Only hardy crops left now. With a proper greenhouse or cold frame, I could protect more tender vegetables through winter. I have some lettuce, spinach, and arugula still going, so I hope to finish up a few cold frames to keep them alive. Purple sprouting broccoli leaf showing off some frost (and some slug damage). The cover crop...
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Our Ferndale Farm: January 2010
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Sunday, January 3, 2010. It's an '89 F250 extended cab 4x4. The 4-wheel drive works, proven here as I attempted to drive it into the water-logged field, and then required it to get back out. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Click to view Picasa photo album. This journal will detail that journey, and all the success and set-backs along the way. View my complete profile. Tiny Farm Blog organic vegetable gardening: veggies, herbs, flowers - growing local food. Why Thank You for Reading.
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Our Ferndale Farm: March 2010
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Monday, March 29, 2010. Seed starting that is. The last few weeks I've been starting lots of plants for the garden this year. So to get up to speed:. I built a new light rack for my seedlings this year. Really simple, just a 1x2 frame holding two 2-tube T-8 fixtures. I made it to so there was room for four standard size nursery flats under it, and so it fit on the laundry room counter. In other news, I finally found some good manure! Links to this post. Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Overwintered lettuce in t...
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Our Ferndale Farm: Making COF
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Saturday, April 17, 2010. The last few years I've had success using a combination of store-bought compost and manure and various mixtures of organic fertilizers. Generally speaking, organic fertilizers are not as potent or as fast acting as synthetic chemical fertilizers, so one must use a greater volume, more often. With twice the garden space as last year (up to almost 3000 sq ft now! On the third page of an excellent article about homemade fertilizers written by Steve. So sad that its not envirommenta...
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Our Ferndale Farm: August 2009
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Sunday, August 30, 2009. A few months ago my Dad gave me his group of roller pigeons, along with their loft. We spent a few hours getting it unloaded, putting it back together, and getting the pigeons safely housed. About a half-hour later, I was behind the house and I heard birds flapping - looked up to see them all flying around. They escaped - not good! I got 7 pigeons from an older guy who was downsizing his flock. So now I have 8 (and I have built a proper locking door for the loft). Cut the kernels...
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Our Ferndale Farm: Still here.
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Monday, May 3, 2010. I've been busy lately and haven't been up for much posting, plus my camera died! But I've replaced it and I have a few back-posts to get up, which can be found below. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Click to view Picasa photo album. This journal will detail that journey, and all the success and set-backs along the way. View my complete profile. Tiny Farm Blog organic vegetable gardening: veggies, herbs, flowers - growing local food. Why Thank You for Reading.
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Our Ferndale Farm: May 2009
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Sunday, May 31, 2009. The weather the last 2 weeks has been sunny and warmer than normal for the end of May, so I took advantage of that to get in more hot weather veggies a little early. Two squash (Bush Delicata). 12 potatoes 2' apart (red, blue, russet). 4 bush cucumber 2' apart (Bush English slicer). 6' bed carrot (Nantes variety). 6' double row radicchio (Early Treviso). 6' double row summer lettuce (Slobolt, loose leaf). 6' double row summer European lettuce mix (Redina, Nevada, Cardinale). Every w...
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Our Ferndale Farm: July 2009
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Monday, July 27, 2009. The weather has been so good this year. The hot weather veggies are loving it, growing fast with lots of fruit coming on. This may be the best pepper year for a long time up here. Hungarian Black peppers ripening up. English bush cukes are flowering and setting fruit. They are a nice size so far, tidy enough to put small tomato cages around them for support. Next year I'll grow full size vines out in our field, so they can sprawl as much as they want. Links to this post. I have ton...
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Our Ferndale Farm: October 2009
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Friday, October 30, 2009. Fall weather finally arrives. It's not cold yet, but the rain is here. Tonight it is pouring, we are supposed to get half an inch. It's also very windy, with sustained 10 mph winds and gusts of 35 that are expected to reach 50 or 60 mph later tonight. This is normal fall weather for up here. This picture was taken at about 5 pm a few days ago. And this was the same time the next day. You could say the weather fluctuates. Links to this post. Sunday, October 25, 2009. The eggplant...
