It’s a busy time of year for our greenhouse crew. Like many gardeners, we’ve been preparing for summer, but for us, that means finishing off last season’s harvest. We have pulled up patches of carrots, kale and other greens that … Continue reading
We’ve had good luck with most things we’ve planted in the Winter Bounty greenhouse for winter consumption, mostly because we follow the advice set out in Eliot Coleman’s Winter Harvest Handbook. He spent years sorting out what varieties of greens … Continue reading
A little over a week ago, we shared a potluck at Logan’s to mark the end of the summer growing season. Before dinner, we poured glasses of wine and walked over the hill to visit the greenhouse. In anticipation of … Continue reading
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A few chilly nights earlier in the month seem to have knocked back the caterpillars, and now our winter bed is thriving, with five rows of lettuces, kale, chard, carrots, radishes, turnips, beets, rutabagas, leeks, fennel, spinach, and other assorted … Continue reading
“Hey, Logan,” I asked. “Have you ever tried to grow fennel?” “I have, but it always bolts,” she said. And that’s why I ran right out and bought fennel seeds after another workday at the greenhouse. Based on our experience … Continue reading
In previous posts, I’ve alluded to the fact that our greenhouse is on wheels. It’s time to explain how this works and why we did it. The greenhouse is a Rolling Thunder™ model from RIMOL Greenhouse Systems. It is 22 … Continue reading
Because greens excel in cold climates, that’s mostly what we grew in the greenhouse this winter: two kinds of kale, two kinds of chard, arugula, broccoli rabe, head lettuces, cabbage, mizuna, and so on. Our root vegetables included turnips, radishes, … Continue reading
Because of travel, I hadn’t visited the greenhouse in more than two weeks. But Friday I was able to spend some time working there. What a difference a few weeks made: If I squinted, the field surrounding the greenhouse looked … Continue reading
In January, some of the Winter Bounty group attended a talk by Cary Institute scientist Peter Groffman, entitled Snow is Good. Peter described experiments in which he removed snow pack from forest areas in the White Mountains of New Hampshire; … Continue reading
