It’s been 65 weeks since we started this journey! We’ve been busy taking on projects and growing in preparation for the Gastonia Farmer’s Market next year. Here’s a run down of everything going on, In The High Tunnel: Winter Carrots and Beets germinated well, we tried to water daily or 2x daily and we saw […]
Time for another update form our Gaston County Farm and Homestead, In The High Tunnel: Winter Carrots and Beets have been seeded. Tomatoes are still in the ground producing very little, will come out when it is time to transplant winter/fall crops. Collards, Kale, lettuce, Swiss Chard have been started indoors and should be ready […]
The past few weeks has been focused on getting the market garden ready for fall, winter and next spring(Gastonia Farmer’s Market!). Cropping out multiple crops in the past weeks have allowed room to seed more fall crops. In the High Tunnel: Cucumbers, zucchinis and eggplants are out. Two more 25ft sections of carrots were seeded. […]
We’ve been pretty busy with getting the market garden going and trialing everything we think we want to grow for market next year. This is everything that we’ve been up to over the last month. Deer/Perimeter Fence We finally finished up the fence. We installed the top 4 wires along the whole fence to get […]
It’s about time for another update. We’ve had a lot going on and got a lot accomplished. This update covers everything in the past two months. Here’s what we have been working on… Deer/Perimeter Fence An 8 foot tall fence may seem like a really tall fence, but deer can jump really high if they […]