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Spring Status

by Farmer Jay on April 14, 2009

in Farming

Based upon my complaints yesterday, mother nature listened and we received 1/3 inch of rain yesterday.
This picture was taken this morning and shows one of the square foot gardening plots moist after a good days rain (and the Cubs still got their game in — two wins!).
As I described yesterday, I’m trying square foot gardening [...]

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Square Foot Gardening

by Farmer Jay on April 13, 2009

in Farming

A new concept this year in at the Farm is Square Foot Gardening.
If you haven’t look to the far right column, you’ll notice that I farm 200 square feet including walking space around the plots.  There are 8 plots in on the farm and normally I grow in short rows.  The picture to the right [...]

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Planted: Radishes

by Farmer Jay on April 5, 2009

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The great thing about radishes is that they grow fast.  I’ve been active “on the farm” for about 2 weeks now.  If I didn’t grow radishes, I’d be waiting six weeks to get a full grown vegetable out of the ground (probably some spinach leaves).  Luckily, I’ll be able to pull a small radish from [...]

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