Farm Happenings

Weather: Mostly mild over the last two weeks. Although I love winter, it has been a bit of a relief to have it get a little easier. Snow on Monday night provided a welcome cover up to a landscape that had become a little bit dingy.

What We Did: Planning moved ahead. Chris finished up a project about post harvest handling for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, including visits to the packing sheds at Featherstone Farm and Driftless Organics. Ben put together plans for new benches and an automatic watering system in our transplant production greenhouse. Sarah made way for shifting the rosemary pots out of the transplant greenhouse and into one of the other greenhouses, where we just installed a heater. Decorah Electric came out and repaired the peak vent on the transplant greenhouse and an electrical fault in one of the mobile greenhouses. Bryan cleaned cabbage and packed herbs.

Comings and Goings: Chris traveled to the Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference to present workshops on food safety and business planning last weekend. Ben took a well-deserved vacation.