| 5/4/08 |
Farmer Kipp is too busy to get to the website much... stay tuned!
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| 4/4/08 |
Prepped gardens beds at Creekside Elementary with the 'Our Love of Children Foundation' garden volunteers
Beautiful sunny day, transplanted at Reuben's:
1 bed Redbor Kale
1 bed Winterbor Kale
2 beds Tendergreen Broccoli
2 beds Golden Acre Cabbage
1 bed Dinosaur (aka Lacinato, Nero Di Tuscana) Kale
picture!
another picture!
Transplanted at Emily's:
1 1/4 bed Prize Choy Bok Choi
1 1/4 bed Parris Island Romaine Lettuce
1/2 bed Purple Kohlrabi
picture!
Transplanted at Michael's
1 bed American Flag leeks
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| 4/4/08 |
Prepped 12 beds at Christian's:
Sowed at Steven's - the Allium (onion family) garden:
1 bed red onion sets
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| 4/2/08 |
Prepped beds at Reuben's (the Brassica yard) and sowed:
1 bed Prize Choi Pac Choi
1 bed Purple and Green Kohlrabi mix
1 bed Mizspoona Greens Mix
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| 4/1/08 |
Started flats:
½ flat Amaranth, ½ quinoa (expiramental)
½ flat Calendula, ½ morning glory
½ flat rosemary, ½ thyme
¼ flat geraniums, ¾ flat Alaska daisies
½ flat aster, ½ larkspur
½ flat delphinium, ½ carnation
1 flat red summer crisp lettuce (cherokee)
1 flat green summer crisp lettuce (loma)
1 flat Golden Acre cabbage
1 flat Tendergreen Broccoli
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| 3/28/08 |
Planted with Steve Morgan:
1 bed French Breakfast radish (Hook's)
1 bed Boquet dill (Emily's)
1 bed Caribe cilantro (Emily's)
1 bed Early Wonder Tall Top beets (Emily's)
2 beds Nelson carrots (George's)
Kimberly sowed at home:
1 bed gladiolus
Stargazer lilies
Freesia
Tuberclios
Nearly all seeds have sprouted and are
starting to poke out of the ground! (photos to come soon)
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| 3/25/08 |
Prepped beds and planted (with super-volunteer Cara Priem) at Steven's:
2 beds leaf lettuce mix
2 bed early wonder tall top beets
1 short row of Mammoth Melting snow peas
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| 3/24/08 |
Prepped 2 beds at Michael's, sowed:
1 bed White Ebeneezer onion (from sets)
1 bed California White garlic
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| 3/21/08 |
The soil is dry enough to work, after the snow from four days ago.
Peeked under the soil and saw some radish seeds germinating at Reuben's garden (7 days)
Prepped beds at the Hooks' and sowed:
1 bed Bordeaux spinach
2 beds Tyee spinach
Brought 1 large cold frame into
operation and moved in a number of the Brassica seed flats
(Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kohlrabi, Chineese Cabbage,
Kale) to harden them off and make room in the cozy hoop-house
for the warm weather Nightshades (Tomatoes, Peppers,
Eggplants) and the Basil.
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| 3/20/08 |
FIRST DAY OF SPRING!
Today we had a visit from the jolly middle schoolers of Watershed School (picture). We did a number of things including spreading manure, painting signs to put in the gardens (picutre), and starting seeds
We started:
1 flat cosmonaut volcov tomatoes
1 ½ flat pink beauty tomatoes
½ flat glacier tomatoes
1 flat klari cheese pepper
1 flat pablo Batavian lettuce
1 flat anuenu lettuce
1 flat sweet basil
1 flat zinnias
1 flat nigella
We also planted a mix of Snap, Snow,
and Sweet peas around the fenced boundaries of our home
property.
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| 3/16/08 |
Had a meeting for the "core team". We discussed plans for the year and then we planted some seeds (picture). We started:
1 tray sun gold cherry tomatoes
1 tray black beauty eggplant
1 tray rosa bianca eggplant
1 tray ping tung long eggplant
1 tray peacework sweet pepper
1 tray genovese basil (saved seed)
1 tray kohlrabi
1 tray tomatillos puebla verde
Snow!
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| 3/14/08 |
Prepped beds and planted at "Reuben's Garden":
2 beds Tyee Spinach
2 beds Easter Egg Radish Mix
2 beds Roquette Arugula
1 bed Ovation Greens Mix
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| 3/12/08 |
Prepped beds (picture) and planted (picture) at "George's Garden":
4 beds Windsor fava beans
3 beds sugar ann snap peas
2 beds johnnies lettuce mix
3 beds mokum carrots
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| 3/7/08 |
All seeds have sprouted with exception of Parsley (slow germinator)
picture
picture
Started:
1 flat Freckles (romaine) lettuce
1 flat Batavian lettuce
1 flat Rubicon Chinese Cabbage
1 flat Arugula
1 flat Caribe Cilantro
1 flat Kohlrabi
1 flat Broccoli
1 flat Italian Dandelion
1 flat Freemont Cauliflower
1 flat Broccoli Raab
Checked Soil in a number of gardens - they are about 80% thawed. They are still too wet to be digging in. We'll hope to start planting out next week.
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| 2/24/08 |
Onion and Leek seeds are beginning to sprout |
| 2/22/08 |
Started (in the Greenhouse):
2 (72 cell) flats Golden Acre Cabbage
2 (72 cell) flats Bright Lights Swiss Chard
1 (72 cell) flat Premium Crop Broccoli
1 (72 cell) flat Tender Green Broccoli
1 (72 cell) flat Lacinato (dinasour) Kale
1 (72 cell) flat Redbor Kale
1 (72 cell) flat Winterbor Kale
1 (72 cell) flat Parris Island Romaine Lettuce
1 (72 cell) flat Buttercrunch Bibb Lettuce
1 (72 cell) flat Prize Choi Bok Choi |
| 2/15/08 |
Started (in the Greenhouse):
5 (164 cell) flats American Flag Leeks
5 (164 cell) flats Clear Dawn Onion
4 (72 cell) flats Forest Green Parsley
2 (72 cell) flats Gigante Flat Leaf Parsley |
