As we welcome new employees and familiarize them with the farm, our numbering system for gardens and greenhouses always comes up. It makes sense to folks returning, however can be a handful for new farmers to grasp:
Greenhouses and Gardens earned their number when they came to be. As a result GH7 (the moveable greenhouse out by the road) is next to G3 (garden 3), and now GH10 resides in G6.
Not including the 4 gardens at the Oxbow, we have 8 numbered Gardens, the Asparagus garden, blueberry patch, and flower garden along with now 10 greenhouses, so “where things are” is often a quick learning curve.
This past week we finished (for now) Greenhouse 10, prepped the beds with soil amendments, laid down irrigation, fabric and plastic mulch, and planted and staked tomatoes. The end walls, hip-boards and baseboards along with plastic will go on when the summer has calmed down or the fall colder weather requires us to. The effort and time put into this project will pay dividends.
Back in 2021 we picked up two 48’ moveable greenhouses from a farm up in Strafford New Hampshire that was ceasing operation with the intention of erecting a 96’ stationary greenhouse. Here, Noah who now runs Bhoomi Devi Seeds in Maine and Mikaela unload the “new-to-us” greenhouse.
After the rainy 2023 season we reset garden 6, mulching all the beds with leaf mulch and began to mark out the greenhouse location. Matt set all the ground posts in September and October and after a little more work we entered the winter with all the bents in place.
Welcome Spring 2024!
Matt with help from Shawn, Evrald, Colin, Tim, and Sam added more support to the greenhouse, squared it off and prepped the greenhouse to be able to support a tomato trellis similar to the systems we have in GH3 and GH4.
Colin, Matt, Shawn, and Evrald braved the heat and set up the irrigation, fabric and plastic mulch, and planted mainly slicing tomatoes which we hope to begin harvesting towards the middle of July.
As mentioned above, we will finish the greenhouse before the snow flies this coming winter.
Check out the video of plastic going on GH3 back in 2022 for an idea of what covering GH10 might look like.
PICKUP IS FROM 3:00 - 6:00
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Radishes
Raw or roasted radishes add a little sweet spice to your plate. Many enjoy them as a starter, sliced thin with a little salt and butter on a cracker.
French breakfast radishes are cylindrical and long with white tips. Also with radishes you can eat the greens either sauteed or in raw in a salad.
Simply roasted these will make a delicious side dish.
Sauteed Radishes
Beet Greens
Tender and sometimes with baby baby beets still attached. These greens make an excellent addition to a savory dish. Typically cooked, sauteed, or roasted (with something else) these greens are hearty and healthy. You can eat the stems, roots, and leaves.
Beet Greens: Pickled
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Enjoy! Thank you for supporting local agriculture. See you Thursday if not before.
Your Farmer,
Sam (For Tim, Matt, Mikaela, Jeannie, Jim, Jaime, Evrald, Shawn, Colin, Jessie, and Clara)