March 31 2015
625 Walla Walla sweet onions were planted today. We use a no-till process where the beds are worked with a Broad Fork and raked flat. We are planting 4 rows of onions across a 30 inch bed. We heard that onion starts might be scarce this year so we are purchasing and planting early. We will water by hand for a few days and then use our drip system.
March 28, 2015
Soil Blocking
· 50 Faro Cabbage
· 50 Napa Cabbage
· 100 Broccoli
Garden work
· Laid out beds. On the Rusk side of Garden the beds are roughly 25-30 inch with 12-18 inch walking paths. Beds are NOT raised. We laid down spent Hops from Jim Fields to mark the pathways. The hops are intended to suppress weeds and add additional organic material
· Laid out beds. On the Higher Ground side we are using 30 inch raised beds with 18 inch walk ways as described by J-M Fortier.
· Peas were direct seeded into the short beds 22 and 23 west of the south greenhouse.
· Herbs were planted in rows 5a and b
· Creating a storage area on east end of south greenhouse
