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Sunday’s 1.5 inches of Rain

We had planned to plant and transplant this week but Sunday’s rain set us back. We are thankful we did not experience a tornado like folks in Gaston and Rowan counties did.

A day in the life of two 21st Century Agrarians

Monday morning, the first thing I did was spray the few transplants in the greenhouse with pyganic We get these small moths about this time every year that reek havoc on transplants, mostly brassicas.
I failed to mention this to Jenifer and she came behind me and watered the greenhouse washing off stuff I had just [...]

On the Farm

Farm Work
Tuesday, I spent all day potting up young transplants of eggplants and peppers into 4.5″ X 4. pots. Why do I mention this? We used to transplant the plants directly from the flats into the garden. They did ok. We have found though that if we take the time and spend the money on [...]