Weatherly Charms!

What really really nice weather to farm in for March! What really cold and wet weather to farm in March! This March we got some of both! It is great to be able to have some dry days in a row to till, then plant then have the rains come and water it in. Yet when we have the rainy cold days stacked up against each other, some crops that were wanting to get going are at a stand still out in the field. In the greenhouse hut I share with Hunter's Greens, there are tell tale signs that the previous 3 months of consecutively seeding away are finally paying off. Last week I was able to transplant the broccoli seedlings that were started in February. Also was able to safely remove the short growing tunnels in the "hut" plot where the bok choy, gourmet salad mix and baby lettuces were leafing out.



The bush peas have been veering through their soil beds as a reminder that the heavier winter soil did not do them in. Funny going out there today the pole peas planted 2 weeks later are also on their way to needing a climbing apparatus very soon!

The mesculine mix located in the same plot with the pea selections were subject to some yummy liquid fish fertilizer which I must say after visiting them today enjoyed it!

Two varieties of strawberries have been planted and are anchoring themselves nicely despite the down pours over the last few days. Hoods and an everbearing variety I reclaimed from my folk's place up north are now calling Rosemattel's their new home!

The "marking " rows of radishes are prevalent in all three major plots of the farm and had to be thinned today. Few more weeks and we will see how this original planting did. Every 2 weeks or so in the cool portions of the year I do consecutive plantings of radish, lettuce varieities.
The closer we get to the mid to late spring also known as x amount of days to last frost the carrots, beets, spinach and other cole crops are consecutively seeded as needed.

At the house I had started the pepper and tomato varieties, and now they are leafy and tall enough to pot up in to a larger amount of growing medium to then transfer to the farm growing "hut". It is such a cute greenhouse!

Lastly over the last month, the 3 varieties of french fingerling potatoes settled in to their soil future. Can't you just taste the butteriness already?? Of the potato that is :)

Til later,
Spring we welcome you back!!!
The Clark County Farmerette at Rosemattels!