http://almfarms.org/blog information about how to grow food organically Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:55:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://almfarms.org/blog/2010/05/31/farm-visitors-and-a-wonderful-rock-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Steve Unger Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:55:15 +0000 http://almfarms.org/blog/?p=220#comment-76 What a great week and I learned so much. Thanks so much for having me. The kids are still talking about the chickens, especially Honey the baby chicken. What a great week and I learned so much. Thanks so much for having me. The kids are still talking about the chickens, especially Honey the baby chicken.

]]> http://almfarms.org/blog/2010/05/19/walkabout-and-harvest/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Pancakes Sat, 29 May 2010 01:14:33 +0000 http://almfarms.org/blog/?p=184#comment-53 Tonight I have harvested a large bowl of salad for dinner - thinnings from my row of very healthy Full Circle Salad Blend, grown in a cedar planter box on my south facing balcony in Vancouver -- planted May 8th, not quite 3 weeks ago. Wondering whether to thin the actual plants or just keep taking outer leaves. There is such a variety, I hate to sacrifice any of them. Tonight I have harvested a large bowl of salad for dinner – thinnings from my row of very healthy Full Circle Salad Blend, grown in a cedar planter box on my south facing balcony in Vancouver — planted May 8th, not quite 3 weeks ago. Wondering whether to thin the actual plants or just keep taking outer leaves. There is such a variety, I hate to sacrifice any of them.

]]> http://almfarms.org/blog/2010/05/07/summer-squash-and-tracking-first-and-last-frost-for-my-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Pancakes Thu, 27 May 2010 21:25:10 +0000 http://almfarms.org/blog/?p=162#comment-47 What beautiful frost photos! Having lived in Australia for a long time, where seasonal changed are very subtle, I am learning again about the very real markers for seasons of growing and change. At the end of April this year I was given some tomato seedlings for my birthday. Obeying the Australian imperative to get plants outside as quickly as possible, I parked them outside overnight. Although it was not frosty, the temperatures dropped and the effect of the cold was amplified by quite a strong wind - enough to cause my seedlings to lose their colour and vitality. That has been my first lesson in paying more attention to weather conditions. I thought that I had lost the seedlings, but fortunately, after potting up and protection in a warmer corner, the seedlings have grown into very healthy looking plants, still carrying their sad looking earlier leaves. What beautiful frost photos! Having lived in Australia for a long time, where seasonal changed are very subtle, I am learning again about the very real markers for seasons of growing and change. At the end of April this year I was given some tomato seedlings for my birthday. Obeying the Australian imperative to get plants outside as quickly as possible, I parked them outside overnight. Although it was not frosty, the temperatures dropped and the effect of the cold was amplified by quite a strong wind – enough to cause my seedlings to lose their colour and vitality. That has been my first lesson in paying more attention to weather conditions. I thought that I had lost the seedlings, but fortunately, after potting up and protection in a warmer corner, the seedlings have grown into very healthy looking plants, still carrying their sad looking earlier leaves.

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