April 20-25 (Day to Day)

Monday: Transplanted tomato seedlings into four packs, for sale and for future field plantings. Lecture series, with Janet, on biodynamics in the afternoon.

Tuesday: Finished transplanting tomato seedlings and worked on weeding the greenhouse floor. Went to Ela Orchard in the afternoon and planted newly grafted Honeycrisp apples into pots.

Wednesday: Worked on the hoop house in the morning, which should be finished next week! Transplanted raspberries, mulched currant bushes, and pruned/propagated rose bushes in the afternoon. 

Thursday: This morning we began shaping beds in the main garden, and transplanted one bed of New York Early onions. In the afternoon, we began transplanting eggplants(Rosa Bianca, Nadia and Oriental Express) and hot peppers(jalapeno, anaheim, poblano, bulgarian, habanero and serrano) into four packs. The chickens also just arrived and we have 23 laying hens and 1 rooster. And to make things even better the first egg was laid at about 8 PM tonight.

Friday: Today we went to the class tractor safety II (part of the Whole Farm Workshops) and practiced driving the John Deere 5320 and 6420. In the afternoon, bed shaping continued and Red Wing, Copra and Cortland onions were planted. I also was able to drive the JD 5320 from the North Farm down to Stella Gardens(on County Road ES) and used the rotary tiller to begin bed shaping in the hoop house!!!

Saturday: On Saturday morning we split into groups and tried to get as much work done as possible before the rain. I continued to work with the 5320(tractor and rotary tiller) and prepared beds in Field A, B and the Old Intern Gardens. These beds will be used for peas, which were planted today, spinach and salad mix. Other students weeded the bed planted with chard, and planted peas in Field A. Then the rain came, and we spent the rest of the morning in the greenhouse transplanting sweet peppers, thinning brussles sprouts and lettuce and much more. In the afternoon all the students got a break from work, however the rain continued and several escaped chickens needed to be caught.