our adventures in backyard farming and gaining a little self sufficiency....

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Spring Preparations!

Winter has been crazy this year, but here we are, March 1st, and we are already preparing for Spring in our backyard!  We have started seedlings in the greenhouse, and they are growing away! 

Here are some of our newly transplanted tomato starts.  We have Brandywine, Roma, Cherokee Purple, Dixie Golden, Mortgage Lifter, and Blue Berries cherry tomato varieties.


Herbs have been started too, like these little Wild Zaatar Oregano seedlings above.

                                      

I am trying out some flowers, and we should have some for sale this spring and summer.  Marigold pictured above.  I also started some Apple Blossom Snapdragons and Balsam (camillia flowered mix)

 
 
And we will have loads of Strawberry plants for sale!
 
                                     


I love the colorfulness of Rainbow Chard.  We are growing this for its good looks and for the chickens to nibble on!
                                       


 

 
As you can see, the greenhouse is filling up nicely!  We have been working outside the greenhouse too, building beds for our garden and preparing for Olski's Heirloom Nursery to be ready for business!  I will be posting in the coming week with all the details about getting your plant starts from us.  I am finalizing which farmers markets we will be selling at, and providing a list of everything we will be selling.  please follow us here, and at www.olskisheirloomnursery.com
  for all the details.  We are on Facebook and Twitter too!

Happy Almost Spring!

Meredith