Spring Seeding has Begun

The seedlings are up! This hopeful little guy is a brussels sprout.

We planted several trays of spring crops last week in our new greenhouse. We've planted mostly Brassicas so far because they are the most cold-hardy of plants. Brassicas are cabbage-family crops, like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, kale, etc. They just started peeking their heads up a couple days ago. So far, so good. The greenhouse is sheltering them from our weird weather. At night it keeps the frost off of them (temps in the low 20's....brrrr!), and during the day we open the doors to keep them from roasting.

Gal made these awesome new tables for our greenhouse this weekend.

This bizarre looking plant is Romanesco, related to broccoli and cauliflower. It's been growing since July, and this is the first one that's ready to harvest! (The white bits are frost.)

A busy and happy New Year

We actually left the farm for a day!

We had a wonderful past week filled with visits from dear old friends, delicious food, and a walk on the beach. Once again we are reflecting on how fortunate we have been in the past year to have continued moving toward our life goals while living in this beautiful place. Thank you all for being a part of it!
The CSA is back this week with regular deliveries on January 4th.

Kristoffer and Christian enjoyed getting to know the chickens.

Farm volunteer, Natalie, was a huge help in finishing the floor of the new greenhouse.

We visited Shumei Farm in Santa Cruz for a farm tour and to learn about the "Natural Agriculture" method.