It's Spring Break and there's plenty to do at the Farm this week! Lots to be planted. The planting chart on the Farm cabinet has boxes drawn in by the crops that are in the Quonset Hut itching to be planted out in their beds.
I'll be around Tues-Thurs if you'd like to meet down there. Shoot me an email! Otherwise, come on down any time that works for you.
Some tips on planting!
- The greenhouse staff are generally happy to answer planting questions when you ask nicely.
- The map on the Farm cabinet tells you where the beds are (ie., "D1") that are listed on the planting chart (also on the cabinet).
- Always amend the soil before you plant! We have plenty of compost in the piles under tarps in the Back Forty by the compost sifter. Take a wheel-barrow and shovel out there and sift some of that black gold into the barrow to work into the bed before you plant.
- If a bed where something is scheduled to be planted currently has cover crop and/or a few random vegetables in it, don't be shy about chopping in/taking out (and throwing on the compost) that cover with a shovel and scythe!
- Plant the baby starts with their necks securely surrounded by soil/compost up past the cotyledons (baby leaves)- floppy/leggy babes aren't happy.
- Check the books in the Farm library (the file cabinet across from the Farm cabinet) - particularly John Jeavons - for spacing.
- Always water after you plant, unless it's currently raining.
- Stick a T-Label (in the Farm cabinet) in the bed when you plant it with the crop name and date you're planting.
- Please document your volunteer hours on the log on the Farm cabinet!
Hope that helps, for this week and/or in the future when you want to come down. :)
Best,
Rachel
Green Team Coordinator
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