Potato & peas

Still no rain, so now out to the garden to proceed with spring despite the lack of a winter this year.  The fruit trees are very confused, which is usually bad for crops. Fortunately our trees are only two years old and thus our goals are focused on root growth, architecture and truck girth so with enough water and nutrient they will do well in any case.

This week we will prune trees, transplant artichokes, prepare the hoop house for new salad greens and get going on a new hot bed for starting a variety of seedlings including our new root parsley to be set out in refurbished raised bed.  In addition snow peas will be grown in last year's tomato patch and rather than let the gophers have 'em I decided to put new potatoes in a protected raised bed.  Everyone is invited to come by for a visit or to lead a hand.


Of course there is lots of irrigation repair as happens every spring.  The automatics are online and just a few leaks to mend.  We had some freeze damage over the winter and will have to build insulated boxes for the irrigation control risers before next winter.  (We hope to be in the new house by then.)

The honor system

We place a new self-serve egg box at the road today and following are instruction:

Oasis Community Farm
Egg Box Instructions

We place new eggs in the box daily and collect money from drop box on the post (adjoining box)
Self-serve and self-monitored.  Put in $5/dz for eggs.
If you don't have exact change, feel free to leave a $20 and pick up eggs 2 or 3x.  First come first served,
but we'll try and keep the flow smooth. Accounting is up to you.

Please Do Keep in Touch and Keep on Clucking!