Mudbugs, Boudin, Red Beans and Rice...

That is what the planning committee is eating tomorrow during the continued planning of Carnaval Vert... Besides attending this year's gala, what are you doing in preparation!?

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Happy seedlings

The seeds we started during MSA are fairing well. Most are starting to get their first real set of leaves. The marigold have not had a great germination rate and the basil have been slow to come up. But the tomato, corn, beets, carrots, and zinnia are all doing well.

Sulfur Butterfly

I was watering in the grow room and a butterfly flew by. It was a sulfur, mostly white with bright yellow on the wings, toward the body.

I was able to catch it and took it to the office to let it fly around for a while. I caught it again and released it outside.

So far the only indoor start failure has been beans. We started the beans, or tried, in those expandable peat pots. Each and every one molded over. Hmm.

All the others are doing well. Zinnia, tomato, carrots, beets, corn, basil, marigold...

A great week of Farming

What a great run of WARM weather. We've had a terrific week of Farming at GSB. We turned in some of the cover crops, planted more peas, planted onion sets, transplanted lettuce that over-wintered and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. We have also started seeds indoors: tomatoes, zinnias, basil, marigolds, beets, and beans to name a few.

How exciting!

Bats, Bees, Venus, Jupiter, Bolting spinach and 80 degrees

So which is cooler? Because all of this was experienced today, the 13th day of March, 2012. I can't make this stuff up!

We had to harvest over-wintered spinach at the GSB farm because it was bolting. I got home and opened all the windows because it was 80 degrees. We went outside to enjoy the evening and watched mason bees work. We sat in the back yard and watched bats munch on insects (so glad not mosquitoes)! Then we were like, what are those two uber bright stars and it turns out that the "stars"were Jupiter and Venus.

Go figure. How cool! The 13th of March, 2012.

MSA, warm weather, and farming

So, this upcoming week is MSA testing for our students. We look for ways to break the stress and tedium of testing for our kids. So, quality time outside playing, exploring and creating are all on the agenda.

The great thing is there is a nice warm spell forecasted with just the right amount of rain at just the right times (like overnight). This will allow for some wonderful prepping and seed planting in the outdoor raised beds. We will also be able to set-up our seed starts outside (makes it so much easier to clean up outside).

Hope you changed your clocks forward Sunday!

Snow? In the winter!?

Did you see it snow today? Just a bit, just for a minute, just to see how we would feel... it is still winter after all!

Onion Sets

Just purchased a whole bunch of onion sets on Friday. Some onions that we overwintered are still growing in the canoe garden. It will be interesting to see how onion sets planted in the spring do in comparison.

The Enemy

Today, among some staff, we got to talking about GMO's and those who wish GMO's upon us. I just happen to be reading a book, fiction as it is, called "The Enemy". In the story suddenly everyone in modern day London over 16 dies and/or turns into zombies and kids are left to fend for them selves while battling the "grown-ups" aka zombies... I know weird and corny and far fetched, but entertaining.

Any who, the kids start to speculate how that happens, i.e. over 16 perishing, and one of the possibilities speculated are GMO's...

Mmmm?

I know, weird and corny and far fetched.

USDA and GMO's

If you care about where your food comes from now and into the future, this is an important article to read...

www.rodale.com/research-feed/usda-wants-fast-track-approvals-gmos?cm_mmc=OGGazette-_-831052-_-03012012-_-usda_wants_to_fast_track_approvals_of_gmos

Ya Ka Mein

Find a recipe for this online, stop and admire a daffodil on the way to the store to purchase your ingredients, then make it and enjoy. Yum, really, really yum! Can work vegetarian too!