Planting Started for 2010

I spent 4 hours on Saturday, and 3 hours on Sunday seeding broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, celery, celeriac, parsley, rosemary, tarragon, and oregano in the greenhouse. Shareholder Bradley Cramer helped make soil blocks, 1,440 to be exact. Thank you so much Bradley, for helping and keeping me company this weekend. I never could have accomplished this much in two days if it had not been for you. Bradley is eager to learn as much as he can about market farming through helping me and reading about different farming methods. His particular interest is in raising chickens for eggs and meat.

I use soil blocks for some crops, those that don't need transplanted into a bigger pot before going into the field. I like them because they produce a bigger and healthier transplant and they also reduce the transplant shock when they do get planted outside. They are made using a special organic potting mix that I buy from Ohio Earth Food in Hartville, plus a 4 block maker that is a mold. (I should have taken a picture of the block maker!) Ohio Earth Food carries many of the organic supplies I need to comply with the organic standards for growing vegetables.

Next will be the onions, peppers, some tomatoes (not all), eggplant, and more herbs. I will have transplants for sale this year of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and just about anything that I grow. I know some of you have your own home gardens to suppliment your CSA shares. I will let you know when they are ready.

That's all for now. Thanks again, Bradley!