Little seedlings
Spring has sprung and everyone is getting in the mood to plant things! With warm 70-80 degree days, it is almost too good to be true. Radishes, lettuce, onions, and other colder weather hardy vegetables can be planted now. The lettuce crop could be plentiful this year with multiple plantings throughout the summer! Yum yum! […]
It’s springtime already!
We just returned from a fabulous visit to Costa Rica and found that it is springtime in northern Iowa already! With the chirps and songs of the Orioles, red-wing black birds and robins, it is a sure sign that spring is here. There is no snow, the smell of the ground defrosting, and early morning […]
My hibiscus
My red hibiscus was very happy to see me today! She had 5 full simultaneous blooms! Usually it is only one per day. She must have missed me…
Like-minded people
I have to share a neat interaction I had after my last workshop of the day. I had eaten a clementine during my last workshop of the day and put the skin on the chair seat next to me so I could take notes. A girl sitting next to me ate an apple during the […]
MOSES
We are in La Crosse, Wisconsin for a top-notch conference on organic agriculture hosted by MOSES. Our heads are spinning with all the information we are attaining and the alternative ways to farm. Cover crops are a huge benefit to creating a healthy soil structure! Besides cover crops, there are many things we would like […]
On-Farm Network Conference
As part of my winter schooling of what’s new in Ag, I am attending the On-Farm Network’s annual conference. We were part of their nutrient benchmarking trials last year. In a previous post, I showed some of our stalk and leaf samples that I entered into the trials. At the conference, we are going over […]
Good Riddance 70’s Wallpaper
Our old farmhouse needed a facelift. Last year, with the help of Johnny’s dad and our good friend Curt, tore out all the carpet and redid the floors, added some tile, tore off old wallpaper and repainted the walls on the lower level. This year we are updating the lead infested upstairs by stripping it […]