The farm is currently cloaked in a blanket of snow, but since the winter solstice the days have been slowly lengthening and the change in light is palpable. You might notice more birds flitting about and the garlic or potatoes you saved from last year's harvest starting to sprout. While summer gardens full of juicy vegetables are still a distant concept, all living things are slowly making preparations for the approaching season of growth.
Like all living things, Flint has begun preparing for spring at the farm! He has seeded plants that are very slow to start. Ordered a mountain of potting soil, grafted greenhouse tomato plants, and has been busy pouring over seed catalogs to make sure we will have all of our staple vegetable, herb and flower starts as well as any new trial varieties for this year's Plant Sales.
This is a wonderful time of year to start planning your home garden. Cozy up with a cup of tea and peruse a seed catalog to get the ideas flowing, check out the varieties we will be sure to have here and think back to last year's garden…did you plant enough zucchini?
In case you haven’t heard, we’re excited to welcome Flint as he leads the farm, continuing to grow the highest quality plants and produce for our community, and congratulate Richard and Sally on their retirement!
Warmly,
Flint and the Team at Cate Farm
