Monthly Archives: February 2009

24Feb

Market Locations Announced!

As we really begin our season with the first day of firing up the greenhouse and planting scallions, onions and leeks we can now announce that we will be at the KINGSFIELD FARMERS MARKET and the NORTHEAST FARMERS MARKET. You can get more info on our page under FIND US....

17Feb

Fresh Greens Now?

This "warm" weather has got us thinking more and more about the bounty of fresh food that will soon be in season, but as the canned and frozen foods dwindle we are craving local greens now. Sprouts are our answer! Sprouting seeds easy to do and take just a few days with little work. Besides being the most local greens you can get this time of year there have been many studies done on the health benefits of sprouts. Sprouts actually increase in vitamin content after you take them out of you cabinet and put them in the refrigerator. This occurs because the sprouted plants continue to grow even in cool temperatures. It has even been found that broccoli sprouts contain a significant amount more...

11Feb

The Next Step

Everything we have planted has come up and is looking strong, so the other day we made the transition from germination mix to soil. We use a mix called Cowsmo Compost made right here in Wisconsin! We first saw the wonders of this mix from Joe Pruski who is running his own CSA farm up the road in St. Croix Falls. Since the weather has been cloudy we also set up a light system with eight full spectrum bulbs in the "dungeon" of the house. It is working beautifully and we thought we would share a couple of pictures. [caption id="attachment_91" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="plants loving the new light system"]

4Feb

Spring is one step closer

The unthinkable has happened. We have had a January thaw and the weather is continuing to be decent. Finally a few outside projects have been tackled like cleaning our green house, moving our baby goat out of our basement and down with the heard and taking an afternoon stroll. Some of the seeds that we have started indoors have popped up and are looking healthy. Yesterday we also met with with these folks to brainstorm on ideas how to bring local healthy food to our hospitals and schools. [caption id="attachment_80" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="lavender "]

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