Tag Archives: hoop house
Getting Sauced
Every year, our tomato crops are by far our most successful of everything we grow. After planting our first garlic in the fall of 2011, the first structure we put up was our hoop house. We filled it with five … Continue reading
Chicken Bathhouse
The chickens needed someplace new to hang out in the cold. The past few days have been filled with snow and bitter cold temperatures and the chickens are wimpy and dumb. In this weather, they wake up late, hit the … Continue reading
Winter Gardening
This was my lunch today. It’s a hummus sandwich with cucumber and arugula. The arugula came from one of the raised beds in our hoop house and it was delicious. There is, without question, no greater culinary joy for me … Continue reading
After the Frost
Many of our crops needed to be pulled before last week’s frost. They just can’t take the cold and are essentially killed in their first exposure to the freezing temperatures. Our pepper bed, for example, took a hard hit. We … Continue reading
Autumn Seedlings
The weather is changing and it’s time to start thinking about winter farming. While there is significantly less to do in the winter months in the Hudson River Valley, there are ways to continue to grow food that defy snow … Continue reading
Little Shop of Horrors (hoop house edition)
I love tomatoes. I won’t buy them in the store anymore. Store-bought tomatoes don’t taste like tomatoes; they don’t really taste like anything at all. A real tomato tastes like summer–sweet and juicy and incredibly delicious–to say nothing of how … Continue reading
Farm Menu On Its Way to applewood Brooklyn!
The first stage in the realization of our ultimate farming dream is starting. Despite the excessive rain, followed by the no-rain-at-all, our crops are starting to take off and hope exists that the garden will flourish this summer after all. … Continue reading
Shifting Into Spring – The Skinny on the Minis
Back at the beginning of the winter, we posted about our mini hoop houses (the ones we’d built inside the larger hoop house), and reported that the seedlings were starting to take off. We were hopeful that this system would … Continue reading
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