Spring Skiing

The green house was up to 103 degrees today and the soil was at 55 degrees. The plants are looking great. I actually have a couple of onions that are sprouting from bulbs left in the greenhouse beds over the winter. Outside we have beautiful crust snow, which means you can ski or mush anywhere you want during the morning hours. The following is an iMovie put together from some clips of the day taken behind the house. Enjoy.

Mid April and the Greenhouse

It is mid April at 1300 feet and 59 degrees north latitude. We still have snow on the ground, even though we have not received a lot of snow this winter. Our morning temperatures have been in the 20's and the afternoons are in the low 40's.

Earlier this week we received our missing March snow. This maybe a good thing as the added snow depth and spring crust sets up for harvesting more wood for the winter fires.

Inside the greenhouse, many young greens are sprouting, along with some starts from Tari at Mooserun. Tari gave me some claytonia, miner's lettuce, greens, and bok choi, which I planted the second day of spring, March 23rd. They are covered with reemay cloth and are doing fine with no heat in the greenhouse. During the same time I planted spinach, arugula, and more frost hardy greens. Last week I planted some carrots. The soil is 60 degrees during the day, so this should work. By the way, last year I started on Easter weekend, so this year I am almost a month ahead of last year.


The greenhouse temperature today at 7:30 pm was 60 degrees. Not bad. The highs have been in the 90's with a few 100 degree days.














Outside it still looks like winter. I brushed off a low tunnel and the cold frame soon they will come into production. Next I will be putting the film on the hoop house. I am in search of some local way of getting some 6 mil UV film, instead of visqueen. The visqueen lasted two years, but I would like something to hold up in the winds that we get in the spring and fall.