Made a new bubbler today for cleaning greens!
They don’t make things to work anymore!
Well Sh$t! First day using my brand new tractor and it’s leaking hydronic fluid! Haven’t even taken the plastic floor mats off yet.
Today is one of harvesting days! Decided to take a few minutes to record you a behind the scene take on me harvesting hydroponic lettuce! Enjoy. #hydroponicfarming
Ewwwww Stink Bugs! I hate them! It’s that time of the year, you will see an infestation trying to find your home a place to hibernate through winter. A good pesticide to use is a simple dawn soap and water spray. These buggers breathe through tiny holes on the sides of there exoskeleton. The soap clogs them up and they suffocate. Usually dying within 10-20 seconds. Did you know, stinks bugs are not a naturally part ohios ecosystem. They escaped a lab in Pennsylvania in the 90’s and the first sittings of them in Ohio was in 2007. They are very destructive on vegetables and they have no natural predators here in Ohio. I’m predicting these buggers are going to have a big impact on our food production. For me, Im seeing it nearly impossible to grow tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, beans, and any other fruiting vegetables without the use of pesticides. I’ve increasing having to change my harvesting and outdoor/greenhouse growing to overcome these destructive insects. Did I say I hate stink bugs!
New Garden at my new house Day 1. Starting off with 100x100 feet (1/4 acre) which is about twice the size of all my urban gardens combined. 🤪
Sneak peek video of the home garden
I know it’s kinda late but I just updated my product availability on the Chillicothe Farmers Market Online Store. You have tonight to pre-order. I just added radishes, lettuce mix, arugula, spinach, and baby beets leaves to options.