Spring Planting

We started planting in the hoop house yesterday, the 27th of February! 

Actually, we had been seeding in our home germination room for the entire month of February. Yesterday was  transplant day. We planted out some Joi Choi, Mei Quing Choi and several types of leaf lettuces. 

Also Rich started up the greenhouse heater yesterday. It'll take a couple of days to melt the ice in the water barrels (used to dampen out the extreme temperature swings and for storage of the SOLAR heat gain). We'll move flats of vegetables out to the greenhouse later this week!

So, spring has started at Peacefield Farm.

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ALFALFA GMO seeds

Friends of Peacefield Farm –

We are writing this to make you aware of the recent USDA push to allow MONSANTO treated ALFALFA GMO seeds come on the market. If they do, the GMO alfalfa seeds/plants will contaminate ALL alfalfa crops, conventional AND organic.
You can read more about it at this link http://www.moffa.org/articles/article/7208544/137014.htm

We urge you to read the contents of the link and WRITE TO THE USDA.
Think it’s not important to you??
Do you drink milk? Cows make milk from alfalfa hay.
Do you love horses? Horses eat alfalfa hay.
Do you eat meat? Cattle eat alfalfa hay.
Do you eat sprouts? Alfalfa sprouts will be contaminated with GMO’s, too.

We at Peacefield Farm do not knowingly allow GMO’s on our crop land; we work diligently to irradicate GMO’s.

Please support this initiative, write a letter.
There is a public comment period which expires Feb. 16, 2010…..that is only 14 days from now.
The HOW TO COMMENT instructions are at the bottom of the page at the link above.

Thanks & Peace, Rich & Lorrie