Steel work complete

March has been a month to remember. It started with a visit to Canticle Farm for a look at their winter greens high tunnel. It was 26 degrees and 70 inside the hoops. Then we had 2 weeks of summer weather. It is a scary omen of climate change, but it was darn helpful in getting our greenhouse project going. Of course, our ski season ended abruptly, but Holiday valley gave us a 97 day season, which ended for me on the 17th. I would have never believed we could plow and disk in the second week of march. Now it's March 31, it snowed last night and there's bulbs to plant and more seeds to start. The season is on.

Hoops in place

As they used to sing, "you get by with a little help from your friends". Thanks to Tom for his help, the hoops are in place and looking good.

Garlic

Ya gotta respect the hearty indestructibility of garlic. Nothing eats it but humans.

Panorama

Hoops

My very first hoop bend. Not bad. I hope the rest come out like this.

Spring Project

After the creepiest winter of my life, Spring has come very early. Hope those climate change deniers will finally open their eyes. Anyway, I'm finally building the greenhouse. I dug out about a dozen stumps, plowed and disked the area. To my surprise, the soil isn't bad. I was afraid I'd hit Marcellus shale, which comes to within 2 feet of the surface near the barn.