Today is a rainy day, so we're taking the opportunity to set up Sunwater Farm's online presence.
Yesterday marked our first official work day out at the farm. Clare and I spent the day clearing tomato debris off last year's trellises. This year we're going to plant peas and cucumbers here. It's important to rotate tomato (and all nightshade family) crops to different locations each year because many bacterial diseases and fungal blights are carried by last year's plant debris (1). By the end of the day we had about 200 feet of peas in the ground (Varieties: Sugar-Anne Snap and Snow).
We have been growing seedlings inside since mid-February and they are just about ready to make their way into the real world. Hopefully we'll get them in the ground outside during the next stint of warm, sunny weather. We start tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, onions, leeks, broccoli, cabbage, and brussels sprouts indoors.
The plan for this blog is to fill it with useful information (growing tips, recipes, food chemistry) and to give everyone an idea of what we do on a daily basis out at the land. Additionally, Clare takes outstanding photographs (if it's up, it's hers) and I'd also like to share those with you, too.
Thanks, Virginia
Sources:
(1) http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Tomato_List.htm
