{"id":1732,"date":"2014-09-10T06:01:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csafarmdurhamkawartha.com\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2014-09-10T06:01:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:01:55","slug":"planning-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csafarmdurhamkawartha.com\/?p=1732","title":{"rendered":"Planning Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Fall starts to creep in, we start to plan ahead to the 2016 season, although in truth we have been doing that for a while!\u00a0 For instance, there is a section of the garden that was planted to rye last fall, which is a way of making that land more fertile, since it has been in production for 3 or more years.\u00a0 The rye came up before the winter of 2013, and continued to grow over the course of spring and summer, until it was quite tall.<\/p>\n

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The dogs went from running across it, to bounding through it, till they eventually stayed away altogether, since it was so tall.<\/p>\n

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Then it was cut for grain and straw.<\/p>\n

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Now the roots and leftover stalks will be returned to the soil to increase the organic matter and the overall health and fertility of the soil.\u00a0 This is called green manure \u2013 using the plants to fix the nitrogen and carbon, and then allowing them to break down in to fertilizer.\u00a0 Now the land will be ready for a new crop next year!<\/p>\n

For the time being we are starting to prepare our high tunnel and hoop houses for the winter greens \u2013 hopefully we will have a milder winter than the last \u2013 fingers crossed.\u00a0 All the tomatoes and cucumbers are being torn out to make room for spinach, kale and winter lettuces.\u00a0 It never ceases to amaze me that 2 layers of plastic can keep spinach safe and sound in sub zero temperatures.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve not tasted winter spinach, it is something very special \u2013 the cold weather coaxes the plants into concentrating the sugars in the leaves, making the spinach sweet.\u00a0 Yummmmm.<\/p>\n

The sign-up form for\u00a0<\/span>2015 Summer CSA<\/a>\u00a0is up on the website, as is the\u00a0<\/span>2014\/15 Winter CSA<\/a>\u00a0sign-up form.\u00a0 Hope you\u2019ll join us!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Fall starts to creep in, we start to plan ahead to the 2016 season, although in truth we have been doing that for a while!\u00a0 For instance, there is a section of the garden that was planted to rye last fall, which is a way of making that land more fertile, since it has… Read More about “Planning Ahead”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[3,1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information","category-misc","category-registration","information","misc","registration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t