Spring is upon us

Spring has sprung over here at Joes Farm. There is so much activity on the farm I don't quite know where to begin. The new crop has been started. The winter crop is being harvested as needed. I just decided that I am going to cover the new crop in this post. I am going to discuss the latest harvests in a future post.

90% of the crop was started on January 26th and January 27th. A couple of tomato plants were started earlier. The list is pretty long. I went with a few different types of cucumbers. One is for eating and one is designed for pickling. The tomatoes, I hope, are going to be the crowning jewel of the farm this year. I have several different varieties this year. I have several heirloom varieties and several hybrid type tommies. I also, just hours ago, received a shipment from the good people over at totallytomatoes.com.

The seed shipment from totallytomatoes.com included some lilac hybrid peppers, strawberries, Christmas grape tomatoes and Bulgarian triumph tomatoes. The Bulgarian tomatoes came highly recommend from an actual Bulgarian. The are alleged by this Bulgarian to be the best tasting tomatoes in the world. Only time will tell. The good people at totallytomatoes.com also included two packages of free trial offer seeds. They contained the red alert tomato and the numex sunrise hot chili type pepper.

The crops that are already started include bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, Kentucky style green beans on the pole, Carolina cross watermelons that could weigh up to 200lbs, poblano peppers, cantaloupe, and broccoli.

This is some of the new crop on the window sill of the green house.

More of the crops in the green house on the table.

This is a birds eye view of the tomatoes that were started first.

This experiment right here is a sweet potato that started growing on the counter and I chopped and put in the water. we will just have to wait and see what happens with this science project.