farm stand opening Tuesday May 8th!!

The long awaited 

farm stand will be reopening TUESDAY MAY 8th! 

Come by between 

4-7 pm 

and see what's growing! 

There will be radishes, salad greens, kale, mustard mix, salad turnips, spinach, and a variety of starts-kale, 

collards, lettuce, onions, AND tomatoes! If you are looking for starts before that time- contact me. Let your friends know and hope to see you there!

starts for sale!

That's right! Starts are for sale.  They are small, but hardy plants- perfect to transplant in your garden now! Kale: Lacinato, Red Russian, and Rainbow Lacinato, Flash Collards, and Lettuces: All Star Mix and Wild Garden Mix.  How can you get these starts?  Come by the farm today (Wednesday) 9:30-5, Friday 9:30-4, and next week Tuesday 9-5, Wednesday, and Friday (same times). Or just contact me and we can figure something out!

Lacinato kale

Red Russian kale

Wild Garden Lettuce Mix

All Star Lettuce Mix

springing

It's just a few days before the official start of spring! Here are a few images of what is happening at Blue House Greenhouse Farm this time of year- in photos!

rocky top lettuce mix starts- planted out in the field just a few days ago

hakurei turnips!

garlic going strong

rhubarb

ragged jack kale- seeds given to me by my sister, Jen!

over wintered chioggia and detroit dark red beets

fava cover crop by my favorite graffiti 

new beginnings

Jeff, planting peas

There are beginnings of all sorts happening at Blue House Greenhouse Farm. Jeff and I planted peas on a  showery mid-February day. Super Sugar Snap from Territorial Seed- delicious.  In the spirit of optimism for a warmer spring than of the past couple years, we also planted- pink beauty radishes, hakurei turnips, arugula, mustards, and a variety of asian greens. We covered the planted rows with agribon, a light-weight, permeable row cover, to insulate the seeds a bit.  We also started seeds in our greenhouse- and they began to germinate last week! We started lettuces and brassicas, both of which are coming up well.  The onions have yet to make an appearance, but that was anticipated as they are normally slower to germinate.

rocky top lettuces beginning to make their way in the world

Another beginning for the farm (as well as for myself), I began working at Concentrates, a farm and feed store! I expect that this job will be a great complement to the farm. I've already been learning a ton that I am interested in applying to the Blue House Greenhouse!  Come check us out!

a new year!

Happy New Year! I've always loved this marking of time where we all agree that we can start anew. Isn't it so promising to begin again? All the promise held as growth keeps still in low light and cold temperatures- there are so many possibilities of what can come.  It is nice to have a winter. 

salad greens under a cloche

I wanted to share an article that was written about Blue House Greenhouse Farm in Catlin Speak- the school paper for Catlin Gable school! Two high school students who had come by the farm on a class field trip were interested in learning more about the farm. Thanks Layla and Anaka! It is a good article (name misspelling aside)!

garlic, beginning to make its way out of the ground

In another bit of news, it looks like the rumors were true that New Seasons has bought the lot across Cook St. from the farm- where the old wonder bread factory used to be. Here's an article from the Mercury. I don't know what it will mean for Blue House Greenhouse Farm after 2012- but I do know that I will be farming there this year! I will keep you all updated, for sure.

Happy winter and check back often to find out what new exciting things are happening at the farm and  when the Farm Stand is reopening this spring!

last day of november and... wait, what's that? sun!

Although weather forecasters are often a bit off on their predictions, I am thrilled to see that our five day forecast looks like this: 

a thing of beauty.

What's been happening at Blue House Greenhouse Farm?  We've been transitioning to winter farming!  Which means long-johns, raincoats, numb fingers, and mud- lots of mud.  All the clover and fava cover crop that was planted has come up and the garlic is just beginning to peek up through the soil.  We are still harvesting roots and greens for the farm subscribers- what is that you may ask? let me direct you to this page to find out more info!  And we've set up cloches to (hopefully) help some plants keep growing through most of the winter.  

And I'm really looking forward to getting the chance to look back on this past year and look toward the coming one.  I've been asked a lot what I would do differently and I am excited for the opportunity to figure that out!  

GREEN TOMATOES!

As I mentioned, there will be loads of green tomatoes at the farm stand tomorrow! I also mentioned that I'd post some green tomato recipes.  Well, it looks like someone already did the compiling! 25 green tomato recipes! Although I haven't tried them- they look really good. http://tipnut.com/green-tomato-recipes/. Someone also mentioned that they tasted a delicious green tomato pie!  what?  I know, it sounds crazy, but intriguing...  The baker used an apple pie recipe and replaced the apples for green tomatoes!  I think I've got to try it. Let me know what you do with your green tomatoes!