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

They're Playing Our Song!!

Rich discovered this song on one of his older CD's the other day. Just had to share it with our friends and neighbors. It's now one of our favorites. Click here to listen!

Introducing our 2010 VEGETABLE lineup!

Peacefield Farm will be adding some new vegetables this year. Here's a partial list:

We are introducing four new beans this year: fava, purple, yellow and Jacob's Cattle beans. Also, we are adding celery, ruby swiss chard, Indian corn and pop corn, two new types of eggplant, leeks, parsnips. We are adding several new varieties of HOT PEPPERS!  Finally, we are adding several new varieties of potatoes, including fingerlings. Plus, we are planting pumpkins and gourds this year as well. And, of course, Rich is looking forward to trying out several varieties of HEIRLOOM TOMATOES.

Besides all of those we'll grow the ole' standbys that we've grown every year: green beans, beets, broccoli, cabbages (several types), carrots, swiss chard, sweet corn, cucumbers, eggplant, kale, kohlrabi, melons, onions, peas, sweet peppers, hot peppers, potatoes, radishes, lettuces, greens, rutabaga, spinach, both summer and winter squash, and (finally) tomatoes.

Of course, we'll also grow several varieties of herbs, as well as 2 dozen kinds of flowers.

All in all, we will be growing over 80 different kinds of vegetables, herbs and flowers.

2010 - a New Year - and a new Farmer's Market CSA

To begin 2010, Peacefield Farm Announces a new way to buy your vegetables this season: FARMER'S MARKET CSA. Follow this link to our web page to find out how you can become a CSA member of Peacefield Farm. You'll find all the details, including an explaination of how a Farmer's Market CSA differs from a typical CSA, the three different annual subscription rates, the benefits of becoming a member, some Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQ's and how you can join.

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Hoophouses at the White House

Go to this link to see the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture construct hoophouses on the White House garden!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07vtMJgp0no

It is part of a pilot project to install hoophouses in several states under a funding initiative from the USDA. 
Know your farmer!

Winter in the North Country!

During the week of Dec. 8 our area received 15 inches of snow. We got hammered! The first 12 inches was wet, sloppy & heavy; could hardly move it! Later in the week the other 3 inches came in with a COLD wind; BRRRRR....... The temperature dropped to the mid-teens! And the wind blow around the snow into big drifts. Schools closed everywhere.

Our new HOOPHOUSE with stood the onsalught. See the picture above!

We are making plans for next year. Getting ready to order seed. Checking our bank balance account. Fixing tools. Making decisions.

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