After several months of anticipation, our chicks finally arrived!  On Monday morning, the post office called to let us know that we needed to come and pick up a rather loud, chirping box.  To those of you not aware, yes, you can ship day-old chicks in the mail.  It still seems strange to me, and [...]

If you keep up with mainstream news, you have heard dozens of stories about food contamination. E coli here and salmonella run rampant through the system, and it’s not a real concern until a major outbreak kills people and can be traced back to a certain producer. The federal government wants to install a gigantic [...]

Many farmers we know take a break or vacation in October, right after the farmers market ends. It’s a good time to reward yourself since a lot of the heavy work for the growing season is over and the fall preparations haven’t started. We like to take a break in February. The reason is pretty [...]

These days, I am looking for excuses to go out to the greenhouse.  I am desperately craving spring!  Now that we’ve started seeds, I have a reason to head out there everyday.  Today when I ventured out, I was rewarded with sprouts!  The broccoli and a few flowers have sprouted!  They are itty-bitty still, but [...]

Although we still haven’t received all of our seed orders, we need to get our hands dirty. So, Kelly and I mixed up a batch of peat, perlite and vermiculite. Not “soil” by any means, but we just need to get our seeds to germinate. Then, we’ll put them in something with nutrients. To start [...]