On my way to feed the goats this mourning I noticed the distictive sheen of frost at my feet. The min/max thermometer at the house said the low last night was 38. It reads the temperature about 10ft above the bridge on the opposit side of the house. I’ve never seen micro climates so evident [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Cold Frosty Bridge
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Working with the Weather
Posted in In the field, Tractors and Tools, Videos, tagged JD 2130, maschio B, tractor on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I woke up Monday morning and looked out the window blue sky shown through the trees for the first time in several days. The last week has been unusually dark and wet. Only .37” of rain is reported, but 4 days of clouds and sporadic rain is uncommon here. We took advantage of the [...]
Birthday Chicks
Posted in Pastured Poultry on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first round of broiler chicks arrived last Thursday, Juniper’s third birthday. 100 out of 100 survived the trip from Nebraska by US post and 100 out of 100 are still cheeping. We are planning three rounds of 100 birds each this year. Each round will stay in the brooder for about two weeks and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It has been a week and a half since I put the first seeds in the ground. We are 8 days earlier than last year on the calendar date, but it feels like 2 weeks or more considering the warmth of the land and speed of growth. Last year the peas waited over 2 weeks [...]
Garden carts and greenhouse dibbler
Posted in Greenhouse, Machines, Videos, tagged carts, dibbler, Greenhouse on May 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
My night job is on hold while the renovations to the new building are finished. It’s nice to have entire days to work on the long project list. Here are two recent completions.
We brought three broken down carts with us when we moved from the Front Range. I’m amazed we survived the last two seasons [...]
