This is what we have done so far on our new hoophouse assembly. We are going to have two of them for next spring. More pictures to come, when more will be done! Enjoy!

We added a small greenhouse to our operation!

This will help our seedlings in the spring to grow with natural light and to get a glimpse of how it is to be outside.

Thanks for helping us with putting these nuts and bolts together Ezra, and for the pictures Angel!

Our garlic has arrived so we planted it, according to the instructions: each clove’s pointed part facing up, and all covered with 6 inches of leaves. In the spring we should see some new garlic plants coming!

We chose an organic variety called Bogatyr.

Here are some pictures of this venture.

Having some empty spots in the field last summer we decided to experiment with cover crops. This so called green manure will bring beneficial nutrients to our soil, so next season we can use this space for planting vegetables, which require a lot of nutrients. We will make sure to include cover crops in our plants rotation every season.

To cover our soil we used milo-soybean mix, sudan grass and buck-wheat.

Buck-wheat next to corn

 Sudan grass

This fall we also planted some winter hardy hairy vetch, which is a good nitrogen fixing legume.

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We put some winter hardy hairy vetch in, so in the spring we will have a nice fertile soil for vegetable crops.

Soon we will pick all our pumpkins, so they won’t get bite of frost.

And we are making plans for a hoophouse to set up this fall!

Our tomatoes are getting ready!

Last week, 7/10, we went to an estate sale at a farm by Fairmont. We found there many usefull and used tools, like walking cultivator from 1930’s, a bit newer hose on wheels, buttons, and among others stakes, just perfect for our tomato bushes. They were getting a bit out of control on the ground.

Staking will help them grow and prevent fruits from laying on the ground.

In March we started it from seed, which is a rare thing to do, but very excitining!

Now it was time to transplant it to the ground. We made a special trench for it and when it will grow a little bit, we will fill the trench with more soil.

A hail storm just passing by on the east of our field on Wednesday
June 17.

It was close, but it didn’t reach us.

By the end of the day we had tornado warning, and later tornado watches for couple of days.

We are publishing pictures of our crops, to keep you updated on what we grow and what does it look like when harvested.

Check our link Crop Gallery 2009.