What's Happening at Ramsey Farms

I love it when a brand new tiny seedling unfolds and pops forth from the soil! THAT is exciting! This is my baby broccoli seedling that popped up just four days after seeding it. The next picture is just three or four days later! We’re using our own potting soil mix of sandy soil, compost, manure, and mushroom compost to start some seeds indoors this year to get a head start on the garden.

Spring is in just 25 days and there is a lot of new growth to celebrate!

Beefsteak Tomato Seedlings Unfolding from the Soil

The ginger continues to grow and appears to be quite healthy. The photos below show it over a ten-day period. I hope to transplant this ginger to the new herb garden next to the Satchi tea plant.

The garlic and potatoes were planted in late December and late January respectively. (Click the links below to see my earlier posts on these!)

• http://ramseyfarms.blogspot.com/2016/01/59-days-until-spring.html
• http://ramseyfarms.blogspot.com/2016/01/garlic-first-glimpse-of-our-2016-garden.html
• http://ramseyfarms.blogspot.com/2016/02/whats-happening-at-ramsey-farms-37-days.html

The English garden peas have been planted along with their trellis system. Farmer Chris supplemented the field garden with dolomitic limestone in addition to the compost and manure to decrease the acidity of the soil in the upper field and boost magnesium.

We made a super bowl feast (even though we didn’t watch the big game)! Homemade crescent rolls made perfect pigs-n-a-blanket, artichoke cheese dip, and fried chicken topped that weekend’s menu of junk food!

Spring symbolizes birth, life, renewal and hope. All things have been scrubbed clean by the cold bareness of winter and now are reborn and fresh and happy. Forget about new year's resolutions! What are your Spring promises to yourself? How do you give yourself a Spring cleaning or a reboot? As we enter this time of renewal, consider your life. Are you living the life you dream of or stuck in somebody else's dream? 

Cheers,
Ramsey