Prosser Farm Update/ by Jackie Cross, Owner and Farmer-in-Chief
Here’s the quick and dirty (as it were) from farm land-
Spinach, radishes, peas, and lettuce are all popping out of the ground! It really is spring after all- despite outward appearances. Beets, arugula and parsnips are also planted, just haven’t seen the whites of their eyes yet.
Dev Patel (Serious Pie Virginia) and Annie Koski-Karell (Serious Pie Westlake) have unraveled and laid down seemingly miles of irrigation hoses with the help last week of Joe Lyons (Seatown). We have new sprouts on the strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries, and the herb beds seem to have weathered the winter intact (well, not the rosemary so much.) I transplanted about half of our tomatoes last week into bigger containers and will finish up the rest this week. The greenhouse is loaded to the gills with beautiful, healthy little seedlings.
The barn progresses. Sheetrock started yesterday- seems like we are on target for an end of May finish.
This week’s target is…. potatoes!! Planting loads of potatoes with second rows of spinach, lettuce, and radishes.
(Photo top: Dev and Annie and chicken manure extravaganza! Photo middle: Joe sorting miles of irrigation hoses.)
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