Happy 4th of July!
Several people have asked for a tour of my greenhouse, so here is a more detailed walk through during my Friday morning harvest. This video is posted on YouTube here:
Normally, we harvest the whole plant when it reaches maturity, but I’ve been experimenting with cutting Kale leaves off the plant rather than removing the entire plant. We had a baby Kale salad at a restaurant and it got me to thinking about harvesting Kale while the leaves were small. The young leaves are tender…
Tree Of Life Ministries Food Pantry is ready to grow 72 plants per week, year round in this new Aquaponics Greenhouse designed and built by Grace Aquaponics.
The fish had not been eating as much and the plants were not growing well. A crop of Butterhead lettuce seedlings all died within two weeks of being rafted. Something was wrong. Background I’ve been operating my backyard 48 square foot deep water culture Aquaponics system for about 4 years now and have never seen…
Our friends John and Tracey Pieters sent us this visual summary of what they did near the end of February to get the kids to participate in planting. The activity included a parable taught by Tracey on the 4 soils, a craft, games and a time of water play in a small pool. It was…
For the last several months we have been harvesting lettuce on Fridays and taking it out to Tree of Life Ministries in Purcellville , VA. Today I made a brief YouTube video of the Harvest. Today we harvested about 7 pounds of Romaine and Butterhead lettuce. Let me know what else you’d like to see…
The new neighborhood Kids Club “Siembra y Cosecha” (Sowing and Harvesting), for ages 5 to 15 had its kick-off event on February 26th, 2022. The event offered the children Games (Juegos), Bible Lessons (Curso), Crafts (Manualidades) and Refreshments (Refrigerio). Fourteen children from the neighborhood came to help plant seeds in the new Square Foot Garden…
