Howdy! Well let me tell you that the warm and hot weather have arrived this week. At the farm this was the first time I actually wore a short sleeve shirt the whole week. The Daffodils are out as you can see in the picture to the left so you know it's ready for a good time. This week on the farm we had pretty much caught up with all the "to-do's" as Michael told me so that just led us to making sure all the beds were well weeded. So, I got to continue my favorite activity of weeding along with many of the volunteers that came out to experience the warm weather. I also made sure to keep on eye on my tomato babies to make sure they had everything they needed to prosper. I kept them well watered and I ended up having a GREAT overall germination of both varieties that I planted. It was around a 95% germination rate between the 35 seeds that I ended up planting. Now I am just waiting for them to get a little bigger so that I can transplant them into their bucket homes, so that they can live happily ever after. Or at at least that is the plan, but I believe they will do really well. Then of course, I had to add another picture of the massive amounts of Blue Bonnets that we have blooming right now because they are just beautiful! Had a great, warm week at the farm and I hope it continues. Thank you for everyone that came out to help at the farm this week!
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HOWDY! If this is was not a great week then I don't know what would be. This week the seeds finally came in and I got to start my tomatoes for my hydroponics project. As you can see in the picture to the right these are the Frederick and Geronimo tomatoes planted in the fiberglass cubes. I spent the most of my time this week making sure my system is ready to go for when the tomatoes have finished germinating. The Blue Bonnets are out, as you can see below, and looking as good as ever. My tomatoes are germinated really well so I am as happy as a plant parent could be. I cant wait to transplant the tomatoes and watch them take off growing in our Hydroponics system. Overall, just a good week at the farm with everyone coming out to experience the warm weather. Looking forward to the forecast of hot weather next week. Howdy! So this week overall had some great weather. Not too hot and not too cold with some breeze here and there. This week we ended up cleaning up the farm pretty well. As you can see in the picture at the very bottom there were some beds around the sustainability building that were weed heavy. We also took to sweeping the walkways and sitting areas around the Holistic Garden. Gab and I along with many volunteers got to work around the building and eventually got it looking pretty neat and clean, well as clean as a farm can look. The picture to the right was another bed around the building that we got weeded. The picture above is actually a plant that I have never previously worked with called a Sunchoke. This vegetable is in the Artichoke family, if you didn't already guess, so you eat the underground portion of the plant. To give this pair of plants a good area to grow we weeded the bed and then loosened up the soil. The picture above is the final look at the bed when we got them planted. I cannot wait to see them grow because it is a completely new thing to me. Overall, with a peek at nice weather this week at the farm, it was fun as always. Thank you for everyone who comes out to volunteer! Howdy! Well, I keep hoping for better weather in College Station but it doesn't seem to want to cooperate. Monday and Wednesday it was still pretty sloppy and muddy due to all the rain. However, Friday was a great day with some much needed sunshine on the farm. We decided that while the ground was sopping wet it would be a good idea to get some much needed weeding done. I got to slip and slide a bit in the field plots but that just makes it more fun! I also got to work on weeding the Asparagus beds and getting them ready to be able to grow to their maximum potential! I have never grown Asparagus personally so it was interesting to see how they come back from previous years growth and get so big and bushy. The baby Asparagus are just now starting to poke their heads out from the soil so it shouldn't be anytime before they are something to feast your eyes upon. I did get some mud on me this week but in the end I got to have some fun and learn about some new vegetables and that is what it is really about out at the Howdy Farm! Learn, Learn and you guessed it, Learn even more!
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AuthorHowdy! My name is Joshua Johnson and I am a senior Horticulture Major. I love everything that has to do with plants and one day aspire to be a Plant Breeder. If you ever want to talk about plants, come visit me at the Howdy Farm! Archives
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