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state of the garden

Chefs Garden February Rhubarb

Here it is, the first hardy plant declaring it is time to start growing. This is the rhubarb waking up from winter. Before we know it, we will harvest full-sized stalks for whatever rhubarb goodness the kitchen creates.

Rudolph Broccoli

Chefs Garden February Rudolph Broccoli Sprouts
The Rudolph broccoli, the earliest overwintering varieties we grow, sends up small side shoots to offset the main head that froze. We will have some to harvest in the next couple of weeks. All the overwintered broccoli is sprouting broccoli, and all varieties are purple.

The "Did Not Survive The Freeze" List

The “did not survive the freeze” list has settled down to celeriac, dragons tongue mustard, and parsley.

Sowing Parsley & Celeriac Seeds

This week, we sowed seeds of parsley and celeriac for planting outside this May. Both of them are excruciatingly slow to germinate, so they are the first of the seeds we start.

Winter Squash

Chefs Garden February Winter Squash
This is the winter squash left before we transferred a full red tub of butternut and delicata to the kitchen dry storage. We have about two dozen left. There is a light at the end of the squash tunnel!

Micro-greens

Chefs Garden February Micro Greens

Micro-green production is holding steady.

Lettuce

Most of the stock tanks in the greenhouse are planted with lettuce in various stages. After we harvest it twice, we have replacement transplants waiting in the wings, ready to be planted. We are seeding more lettuce about every ten days.

Seed Orders

Seed orders started pouring in this week, just in time for us to begin our season with parsley and celeriac seeding. We are now watching the weather for a favorable window to plant the peas. Yes! The first crop planted outside. We are ready.

In the meantime, come to the garden to see what else we have growing.

-Anna

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