More plantings and greenhouses growing!

The first group planting is done!  We planted beets, carrots (hence the name), spinach, lettuce, scallions, and cilantro. They're all under row cover because its still freezing at night. And the ditch hasn't turned on, so we're irrigating using a 125 gallon water tank which is filled in town.

The spinach and lettuce came up on Monday!! Super exciting!!

We're trying to teach Bodhi to hunt the pocket gophers that are infiltrating the potato fields.  No luck yet.

Finishing up the greenhouse. Hope to put the plastic on this weekend and put the tomatoes and peppers in on Tuesday May 10th when the ditch gets turned on. . Have had crazy non-stop wind up to 50 mph and snow and hail all last week, making it hard to work. But this week has been nice.

Greenhouse ribs

Bare greenhouse front

Greenhouses and potatoes!

Late April. Potatoes going in the ground - with a lot of help from Matt.

We had five varieties of potatoes, about 200 lbs of seed potatoes all together.

A quick approaching hail storm interupted potato planting...

Greenhouses, big and small, going up.

Willy and the girls

Willy is one of the coolest guard llamas around.  He keeps an eye on the Navajo-Churro sheep and is always down for some greens.

Bob, the head ram and patriach

Rhubarb, one of two miniature donkeys.

Indoor growing season for Colorado

Starters are still indoors, under lamps and sunny windows, in my barn/home.

These are peppers and tomatoes.

Farm dog!

Every farm needs a farm dog! Meet Bodhi.

Breaking Ground

April, 2011. Road G, Mancos, Colorado. Turning a barren field into the makings of an organic farm. The first step!

And so it begins...

The first starts are in the ground, or at least in their trays!  Hundreds of onions, peppers and tomatoes are in a sunny spot in the cabin, enjoying views of the snowy La Platas. 

The first sprouts up in the pepper tray are....squash volunteers!