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Farm Happenings at Common Ground Farm

Farm Happenings for April 2, 2021

Posted on March 29th, 2021
The greenhouse just keeps getting greener and greener! Everything is growing beautifully and we can hardly keep up with our cucumbers. We're making room in there for some pepper plants, which means we'll have lots of gorgeous chard available this week. We're still working away on hoophouse prep and1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 26, 2021

Posted on March 22nd, 2021
Happy Spring! This is when work at the farm really starts to pick up! With all the extra sunlight, everything starts growing faster- including weeds! We're working hard to keep weed pressure low in the hoophouses and we're beginning to prep our fields for our first outside plantings. Today, we seed1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 19, 2021

Posted on March 14th, 2021
In the next few weeks, we will be busy with hoophouse relocating, turnover, seeding and transplanting. We have just seeded our first cabbages and kale for the new year as well! We're already having to trellis the greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers; soon it will be a jungle all over again! Our greenh1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 12, 2021

Posted on March 7th, 2021
The farm work never ends! This past week, we planted our first greenhouse tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and cucumbers. This requires a lot of prior planning, testing and bed preparation. The plants have already grown so tall that they will soon need to be trellised! Last week, we also managed to see1 read more »