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As the farm grows it is important to us to improve our growing techniques and efficiencies.  We are excited to report that this year we have a brand new mulch layer! When most people think of mulch they think of wood chips.  Plastic mulch is a product used to suppress weeds and conserve water inContinue reading “Mulch Layer”

Onions usually get planted around our place in early April, but because of all the early moisture, this year’s onion crop didn’t go in until the first part of May. We like to use onion sets because they are fairly hardy and have a higher success rate that direct seeded or transplants.   Although youContinue reading “Onions on plastic”

Well, we didn’t quite make the April 1 deadline, but the weather didn’t really cooperate with us.  Thats ok though, because we love to see rain on the farm! We’ve had the frame completed for some time now.  But the weather conditions have to be just right to pull plastic over the tunnel. The windContinue reading “High Tunnel Progress”

Oh my goodness, there has been a lot of action on the farm lately.  Remember last year when it turned 80 degrees in March?  Well, this year its been very cold – not to mention rain and hail!  Luckily we have not had crops outside during April to deal with hail. Since May 3, we’veContinue reading “Lots of Action!”

We are so happy to have fresh greens again! Serves 4 Ingredients: ½ head of Romaine lettuce 2 eggs, hard boiled, quartered ¼ cup grated cheese, your choice 1 small cucumber, chopped Peppery dressing   Peppery Dressing: ¼ cup rice wine vinegar ¼ cup pepper jelly 1 Tablespoon fresh lime juice ½ teaspoon salt 2Continue reading “Spring Salad with Peppery Dressing”

Easy. Simple. Healthful. And tastes good! In short, a winner recipe. For a long time, I would only eat kohlrabi raw, almost like apples except peeled and sliced. Kohlrabi is full of flavor, moisture and most importantly for pre- and post-supper munchies, crunch. Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds fresh kohlrabi, ends trimmed, thick green skin slicedContinue reading “Roasted Kohlrabi”

It feels like we should be planting onions any day… and then it decides to snow again!  

Is it finally time to start planting? Our seed was all ordered during the first week of January and we’ve received our seed potatoes this week.  So what does that mean for us?  Cutting lots and lots of seed potatoes to get ready to plant!  Fortunately, there is a very nice machine and nice friendContinue reading “Cutting Potatoes”

Fertilizer typically contains three primary macronutrients: N-P-K or Nitrogen – Phosphorus – Potassium.       Starter is a condensed form of fertilizer applied to the soil before planting.  This allows for easier nutrient absorption by the plants. The Floater you see in the pictures is doing the application for Pekarek’s Produce.

Well, Ryan said his goal was to get the second high tunnel ready for plastic by April 1.  This was our progress on March 29: The frame is mostly up, but we need to put up the end walls.  Ryan is using the post hole digger to clean out the holes.  Jacob has a differentContinue reading “High Tunnel Progress”