I know, I said this week's post would be about cute-as-pie pet chickens, but I'm learning that you don't have to do something just because you said you would do it! HA!
John wanted me to post about the food we grow on the farm. We grow many vegetables, and some fruits. We see vegetables being the way to a healthier diet.
Hooray, it's Salad Season!
It's difficult (and boring) to list everything in the garden at once, so I'm going to break it down into a few different posts.
This post is about lettuce and greens - and the nightly inspiration that is salad.
Red Mizuna (mustard)
Endive Olesh Tres Fine
Tokyo Bekana Cabbage
Magenta Orach
John wanted me to post about the food we grow on the farm. We grow many vegetables, and some fruits. We see vegetables being the way to a healthier diet.
Hooray, it's Salad Season!
It's difficult (and boring) to list everything in the garden at once, so I'm going to break it down into a few different posts.
This post is about lettuce and greens - and the nightly inspiration that is salad.
Some of our favorite lettuces & greens (some are actually red):
Black Seeded Simpson LettuceRed Mizuna (mustard)
Endive Olesh Tres Fine
Tokyo Bekana Cabbage
Magenta Orach
Lettuce sprouts quickly, so it really helps us feel successful at growing food. "Baby" greens are ready within 15 days (great for growers with short attention spans). We like to "cut and come again", cutting or pinching the outer leaves, and letting the inner leaves keep growing.
We started saving lettuce seeds last year. When the plants are going to seed, some of the seeds fall on the ground, and come up later as "volunteers" (some call this invasive). We love lettuce volunteers! We allow them to pop up where they choose, and they have been feeding us well this spring.
Marvel of the Four Seasons lettuce.We started saving lettuce seeds last year. When the plants are going to seed, some of the seeds fall on the ground, and come up later as "volunteers" (some call this invasive). We love lettuce volunteers! We allow them to pop up where they choose, and they have been feeding us well this spring.
Red Mizuna from last year.
Black Seed Simpson Lettuce - one of our favorites.
This is the inside of our raised bed hoop-house. It is a large raised bed with PVC frame on top. The frame holds the custom cut piece of poly which we ordered from a super nice man named Bob Davis. We are so happy with our hoop house, I have to share the website:
I like the hoop because it looks like a covered wagon. This hoop made a big difference for us last winter. It allowed us to enjoy some decently fast-growing food in the dead of winter. We used this hoop to get our starts going this spring. We remove and store the cover when it warms up, and use the space as a raised bed.
