Weather: Our world finally dried out enough to get in the field on Saturday. Rain again Saturday night kicked us back out, but we made it in again on Monday after a morning frost, and under a threat of Tuesday rain that failed to materialize. Wednesday dawned cool, clear, and beautiful.
Farm Activities: We transplanted beets, fennel, chard, parsley, scallions, and mini onions. We finally finished transplanting our large shallot crop on Wednesday afternoon. Chris worked late Monday and Tuesday to field cultivate the quack grass out of some land that we rented three miles to the south of us. We had hoped to plant that ground this year to cash crops, but last August’s rains really hampered our ability to eliminate the perennial weeds, and we are taking things on a wait-and-see basis. Kim and Lucas conspired to make time for Chris to cultivate some barely-germinated weeds in the first onions we planted out about ten days ago. We mowed and tilled under several crops of winter rye and hairy vetch, which we grow as a cover crop. Chris got very excited about the pink nodules on the hairy vetch roots, which provide a home for the nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Comings and Goings: Chef Justin Sardina, from Decorah’s La Rana bistro, joined our crew on our part-time basis.
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