Mucking out Stanley's stall, milking Aster, and feeding Charlotte and the chickens, the chores are done. After breakfast, we weed more lettuce and Josh shows me how to seed lettuce and 
mustard greens. He uses a 6 row seeder and does 12 rows to a 30" bed. New lettuce is planted every week in the summer with the possibility of doing it more frequently. In the winter, the lettuce grows much slower. We are almost all caught up with the weeding! Yippee. In the afternoon, we harvest carrots and spinach. The carrots are long and a bright orange........... and very sweet. Spinach is harvested one leaf at a time. It will spend the winter in the unheated greenhouse with remay row covers to help keep the cold at bay. Before you know it, the light is waning and it is time for chores. I take care of the chickens and wash the eggs.
mustard greens. He uses a 6 row seeder and does 12 rows to a 30" bed. New lettuce is planted every week in the summer with the possibility of doing it more frequently. In the winter, the lettuce grows much slower. We are almost all caught up with the weeding! Yippee. In the afternoon, we harvest carrots and spinach. The carrots are long and a bright orange........... and very sweet. Spinach is harvested one leaf at a time. It will spend the winter in the unheated greenhouse with remay row covers to help keep the cold at bay. Before you know it, the light is waning and it is time for chores. I take care of the chickens and wash the eggs. In each of the heated greenhouses, tucked to the side, are some perennial plants. My favorite is the rosemary "shrub" that is currently in full bloom. It smells delicious when you accidental brush up against it.
