Waiting. Waiting. Checking greenhouse heaters. Checking the extended forecast. Drinking tea. The sweet Yogi brand of tea has a positive message attached to each tea bag. This past week, a tea bag selection brings the message ‘Patience pays.’ We wait some more. Taking deep breaths. Planting too early does no one any good. Calling our… Continue reading The Spring Waiting Game…orders for 4.1.2015 (no fooling)

Likely no one in the Richmond area (or the mid-Atlantic…or the Northeast) needs to hear from us that it is a later spring than usual. But we will type it here just because it is such a significant force for us each day right now. But the plants remind us that the cycle continues on, regardless… Continue reading Planting for the Season…orders for 3.25.2015

With winter now safely (?) behind us, we are reminded why we love growing vegetables in Virginia: Mid-March and we are surrounded by baby plants, even if it is a bit later this year than usual. A whole lot of this……has led to a couple of greenhouses full of this:  We get glimpses from time… Continue reading Vegetables = Spring…for 3.18.2015

We know all of Chesterfield and the metro Richmond area was with us this weekend in welcoming the first taste of spring. Record-breaking low temps have a way of amping up excitement for spring, eh? Well, we are ready. Our interns for 2015 started last week, enthusiastic to learn as much as they can about… Continue reading Seeding our way toward Spring!…and Bread for 3.11.2015

Today feels like spring. Spring with a lot of melting snow and mud! Spring with seedlings in the greenhouse, happy for the sunshine and warmth.  Spring with greens in the high tunnel, ready to start growing again. While we wait for these greens to be big and abundant enough to pick, we have bread and… Continue reading Spring!?…and Bread for 3.4.2015