Farm Notes

It was a pretty quiet (and delightfully sunshine-drenched) weekend here at the farm. It feels good that at least one of our tunnels is fully planted with spring veggies (radishes, turnips, and lettuces), and tomorrow I’m picking up a bunch of seedlings (kale and swiss chard) that we’re planting inside our other tunnel on Thursday. After several months of not having any plants to keep alive, it’s exciting to finally feel needed again out in the garden.

I’m also happy to report that several of the seeds I started last weekend have germinated, and later this week I’m going to share how I “pot up” seeds that have germinated and have grown to be too big/tall for their seed trays.

Today was also the first of our monthly Farmbelly Club Zoom Q&A calls! We had a great group of folks from all over the world (!) join, and it was so awesome getting to know one another a bit better and dig into specific questions around cooking and growing. To help set the date/time for our March Zoom call, please take a moment to fill out this super quick survey.

Kitchen Notes

I’ll be honest that it’s a little harder for me to get super inspired to cook in late February… I mean, I love me some hearty winter root veggies, but I’m so ready for some spring veggies to start coming in!

Alas. Sundays are for soups, and tonight I couldn’t resist whipping up another pot of chickpea stew with coconut and turmeric from Alison Roman. I jazzed up the recipe by adding some extra chopped carrots, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower that I had on hand, and it was so dang good, as always!

Today’s Stats

Low temp: 30F
High temp: 45F
Sunrise: 6:57am
Sunset: 6:05pm
Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous
Additional notes: Early morning frost, but sunny and clear all day.