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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Spring slowly coming to the farm!Well, the calendar says it is spring but this week we have consistently fallen below
freezing. Monday morning it was 23 degrees, Tuesday 25 degrees, and Wednesday 28 degrees. This morning it was
finally a balmy 38 degrees! While things are slowly moving along outside, the high tunnels are full of growth.
Beets, Swiss Chard, Cutting Celery, Dill, Lacinato Kale, Red Russian Kale, Spinach, Osaka Purple Mustard, and Cilantro are
all thriving. We have lots of tomato, cucumber, Basil, Cilantro, peppers, and Eggplant starts in the greenhouse.
Hopefully it will start behaving outside so we can get going further! We have already planted four varieties of fingerling
potatoes and five varieties of various all purpose such as All Blue, Yukon Gold, Purple Viking (a previous fan favorite!),
Bintje and Red Lasoda.
We also we so pleased with our Raised Bed Workshop and Spring Greens Cooking Class
and luncheon. What a fabulous turnout! It was so much fun to showcase our raised bed activities and see how many
folks are passionate about growing their own. Based upon the great turnout, we will host another again soon! Thanks
to all of the great volunteers who helped out! Diana, Rob, Ellie, and Stephanie. Thanks to all for making the
event such a great day!
8:22 am pdt
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