Pete's Musings, vol. 1
Ready for spring! It's been a really nice winter, not too cold, lots of great powder, but this is the time of year it starts getting tough in the north country. March is often the snowiest month and some years we get buried just as we wish that it would all go away.
Greenhouses crops are starting to grow at a decent clip and we'll have more greenery diversity soon. We're re-filming a greenhouse tomorrow. No matter how many times you've done that it's always a nerve wracking job. Just a bit of wind at the wrong moment can send a huge sheet of plastic wafting up into the sky, or sliding down the greenhouse to the ground. I remember way back in the day at my folks' farm we were putting plastic on one of our first greenhouses. I was impatient, I wanted to get it done even though the forecast was wrong. Just when we got into the meat of the job with a big sheet of poly up one side of the house the wind really picked up. We had a feisty young lady working for us at the time and she hung on for all she was worth. She launched 8 ft in the air only to be brought down again gently as the wind let the plastic settle back down. I think we quit that project for the day.
Greenhouses crops are starting to grow at a decent clip and we'll have more greenery diversity soon. We're re-filming a greenhouse tomorrow. No matter how many times you've done that it's always a nerve wracking job. Just a bit of wind at the wrong moment can send a huge sheet of plastic wafting up into the sky, or sliding down the greenhouse to the ground. I remember way back in the day at my folks' farm we were putting plastic on one of our first greenhouses. I was impatient, I wanted to get it done even though the forecast was wrong. Just when we got into the meat of the job with a big sheet of poly up one side of the house the wind really picked up. We had a feisty young lady working for us at the time and she hung on for all she was worth. She launched 8 ft in the air only to be brought down again gently as the wind let the plastic settle back down. I think we quit that project for the day.
We're excited to be growing crops at the old Legare farm in E. Calais again this year. We've owned that land for 6 years and generally grow crops one year and cover crop it the next. The soils there are exceptional for root crops, no rocks, sandy, but with enough silt to hold moisture and fertility. It's a remarkable place to farm compared to the stony upland soils that we often deal with.
Enjoy the balmy week!
Pete
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