May Showers bring...

Wowza. We asked and danced for moisture all Winter and throughout the first few weeks of Spring. And it finally arrived a few weeks ago and has not stopped. Dark clouds.  howling winds, fatty snowflakes, light rains, pounding hail, rumbling thunder. Rain. Rain. Rain. Rain... MUD. Puddles. Oh yes. 

So, it's the end of May and it has been very cool and wet, and surprisingly humid. We've been sloshing around in mud boots for weeks and I must say, I'm so excited to head outside today and work in the sunshine! It looks like a warm up is coming and I'm pumped. Things have been growing, but so so slooooowly. Hopefully everything will pop with a little heat. 

Harvests are scheduled to start next week... stay tuned for details early next week.  

We're waiting for the soil to dry up a bit so we can seed and plant... EVERYTHING. Hopefully all the dark and stormy weather made us rest enough that we're ready for the planting push that's going to happen over the next few weeks.  

We're building a small caterpillar tunnel, wash station and... what would May be without a couple building projects? Hoping to get this house wrapped up and covered with plastic tomorrow! Then filled with more tomatoes, peppers and eggplant over the weekend. Whoop! 

The first of many winter squash are hardening off and will be going into the ground soon. We knocked down a few beds of beautiful cover crop growing at Blue Grama Farm on Wednesday and will be transplanting in the coming days!


Have a lovely day!! 

Rain and Snow!!

Happy to report May has brought quite the line up of spring storms that have delivered a decent amount of rain and snow in the gardens and the beautiful mountains surrounding us. Wahoo!!! Large, fatty flakes are falling from the sky at this very moment. The moisture feels AMAZING and I think the garden is in agreement as so many things have greened up over the past couple weeks.

Planting frenzy is in full swing here! Well, it's actually postponed a bit as this farmer has a cold! Grrr. So it should be in full swing but it's snowing and I'm coughing... so we're getting a little behind schedule. Hopefully we'll be back to transplanting and seeding in the coming days. 

The first round of tomatoes went into the greenhouses about 10 days ago, they're adjusting and starting to grow like wild in their new space. I noticed yesterday that a family of red ants has decided to relocate to one of the tomato beds and I need to find a clever way to help them change their mind and move elsewhere. Any ideas?! The next planting may go in this weekend... 

Leeks, shallots and scallions have all been transplanted outside and are getting snowed in... onions are up next! 

Last fall we planted a couple beds in a rye, vetch and pea mix and they grew beautifully and are ready to be chopped and turned into the soil. Here are some  nitrogen fixing vetch roots! Oooo ooo ooo! Magic. 

We have been busy building new beds and a small caterpillar tunnel, pulling greens out of the hoophouse, repotting peppers and eggplant, transplanting... etc. First CSA Harvest is only 2 1/2 weeks away! Wowza. I'm excited and I hope you are too! 

More updates and photos to follow soon... Stay warm and have a beautiful weekend!!