Browsing Archive: March, 2015

Starting seeds, part 2; and what's starting to grow!

Posted by Talena Kraus on Monday, March 23, 2015,
I had been writing this to talk about how to start several of the seed types, but with the weather lately it's also a good demonstration of why it gets done! Lovely day yesterday with sun, rain, snow and wind...
Anyway, on to the indoor planting stuff, which is somewhat more intensive and forethought-requiring, but is very much worth the effort. 

There are many plants that need a relatively long growing season to produce the parts we can eat. These are the ones that need to be started inside i...


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Almost spring, and starting seeds part 1

Posted by Talena Kraus on Monday, March 16, 2015,

I had meant to post this several days ago, but I’d offered to help in someone’s office for about a week, then had to catch up on all the stuff I hadn’t done while I was doing that, then realized I couldn’t find my plant markers from last year… and now it’s March Break! 

We do have large sections of driveway visible, and there are a few spots where we can see actual grass (not green). However, the snow out back is still up to or past my knees, which I know because the kids and I we...


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Seeds and plans!

Posted by Talena Kraus on Tuesday, March 3, 2015,
Here are some of my seed packets, as I now have my orders in from all but one of the seed companies. I thought it might be interesting for you to see the variety. 

As you can see, there’s some variation in how much money is spent on the packaging. The smallest company is the one that uses the plain yellow envelopes, then there’s another Ontario one that uses just a couple of different envelope images (vegetables, herbs, flowers) and has the pretty box for their pollinator-friendly package;...


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About Me


I am essentially a country girl - I grew up on this farm, I rode horses (still do but not as much as I'd like), ran, rode my mountain bike through the woods, and had a whole lot of pets growing up. So, it follows that I went to school and became an ecologist, working with animals and plants and their interactions. I'm married and we have three children, all of whom seem to be growing much faster than seems possible. With that background, taking over the farm and turning it from hobby to business seemed like a logical next step - it's amazing how well my childhood, ecology work, parenting, and just general outlook have so many ties to each other and to working on the land where I live.

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