February 2012: Warm enough to shed outer layers of clothes
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Things with Wings
One rather chilly morning 10 days or so ago, Logan and I were thinning lettuce and weeding inside the greenhouse, waiting for it to warm up enough to work outside. Peter was wheeling loads of compost from Logan’s backyard to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluebird, brassica, Brassicaceae, cabbage white butterfly, Caterpillar, hoop house, Hudson Valley, kale, Nest box, New York, Tree Swallow
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Preparing for winter bounty by fighting the caterpillars
It’s been a little over a year since the Winter Bounty Project got underway. We’re now back to where it all began: watching things that we planted in the last month begin to sprout and grow, and helping them to … Continue reading
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Tagged Caterpillar, food, garden, greenhouse, high house, hoop house, Hudson Valley, kale, locavore, New York, pest control, winter harvest
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Critters!
After a workday at the greenhouse today, I was reminded why I like winter gardening. For one, it’s not hot! Today it was 81 degrees outside, probably 95 degrees under the greenhouse, and as humid as possible without actual rainfall. … Continue reading
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Tagged Caterpillar, garden, greenhouse, high house, hoop house, Hudson Valley, locavore, New York, Parasitoid wasp, Tomato, Winter garden
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Trouble in paradise (just a little)
In the category of counting our blessings, we are grateful that we didn’t experience the high winds and heavy snows that the Midwest suffered last week; unlike the Metrodome, our greenhouse is still intact! But we’ve had an unusual cold … Continue reading
