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We hope you enjoy the stories, news and pictures that we will be sharing through out our growing season. Fertile Crescent Farm, located in Green Bay, Virginia is free of all chemical fertilizers, fungicides and herbicides. It is our mission to grow the highest quality vegetables using a sustainable and ecological approach. This provides our CSA members and farmer's market customers with delicious and safe food, as well as providing a safe environment for the pollinators and pedatory insects that are so essential to our ecological community.



Monday, April 18, 2011

spring has arrived

I have just been frettin' myself thinking about how long it's been since I last posted a blog entry. We've been working a lot and I have to admit I'm always a little too tuckered out by the end of the day to turn on this pollen encrusted computer and share a little bit about what we've been doing 'round here. This beautiful weather has been an inspiration to get outside and get our hands in the dirt. After (what always feels like) a long winter Adam and I are always chompin' at the bit to get this farm back into operation. As with this one you may find the season's posts to be short of words but abundant in pictures!

The Strawberries look great this year. I'm seeing countless little green strawberries right now. Can't Wait!!!!!



This picture of some spring greens was taken a couple of weeks ago.



here they are today



here they are little closer



and closer



Adam moving plants out of the greenhouse a few weeks ago to harden them off



A little of what was being moved out. These are now out in the field.







Compost tea brewer hard at work. Adam, the mad scientist, has concocted a new recipe for the compost tea increasing it's microbial activity which is making it really foamy.







Once the greenhouse was cleared of plants that needed to be hardened off we planted tomatoes. Here they are last Thursday.



Here they are today



Tomatoes on their way out to be planted





I couldn't have planned this any better. Lucy just stepped into the shot!



Our first planting of tomatoes this season



4 comments:

Sheila said...

I was so happy to see you guys at South of the James.
The strawberries are unbelievable, so bright and tasty! We're having a big salad for dinner tonight. The salad mix and greens are going to be great! Matt and I want to thank you for all your HARD work throughout the year.
We are so lucky to have farmers that work so hard to bring us such wonderful, chemical free foods. We'll see you Saturday.

Tim Vidra said...

The kale was a total hit! Thanks so much!

http://timvidra.blogspot.com/2011/05/while-shopping-yesterday-at-sotj-market.html

E.A.T.

Mary Andrews said...

Yes - Tim and I loved the kale we got at the market yesterday. Salad was a hit!

Allison said...

loving it:)