The weather has been all over the place, and I know those sudden cold days can be such a letdown when we’re all craving consistent warmth. I wanted to share some photos from the farm this week as living proof that spring really IS happening, despite what the thermometer might say some mornings!
The tomatoes are looking great!
The photo on the left shows Joaquin and Lucio clipping and pruning the tomatoes. As the tomatoes get taller the ladders are needed to reach the top of the plants.
The photo on the right shows the second group of tomatoes. I love looking down the rows and seeing all of those beautiful blossoms!
Photo on the left shows a busy bee on a cucumber blossom. Are the yellow blossoms stunning?!
I took the photo on the right while laying down on the greenhouse floor. I love to look up at the bean plants and see them reaching the top of the greenhouse. These bean plants grow up on the strings all by themselves, we don’t need to clip them.
You will start to see cucumbers & green beans from the greenhouse very soon!
We are always checking on the roots of the plants. The roots give us a clue as to how the plants are doing. The photo on the left is of swiss chard plants that will be heading to the field very soon. A few things we look for: How many roots are there? What color are they? Are there any fine “micro” hairs on the roots? These plants look great. Plus, we get to see a bit of color with the chard roots!
Abigale worked on transplanting the first group of tomatoes and peppers last week. The peppers are moved from smaller cells to larger containers where they will grow until we transplant them one more time into the field.
We did some planting in the field last week. A few more beds of onion sets were planted. We also got the first potatoes planted in the field!
You can find us at the Kalamazoo Winter Market, Muskegon Farmers Market and our Market at the Farm in Holland each week! Learn about all of the details here.
That’s all for now! We look forward to seeing you this week!