Getting a Little "Leggy"

John tells me that "leggy" is a technical term referring to plants that grow taller looking for light.  The tomato plats we started were doing just that..."gettin' leggy"!  We had been doing our best to rotate them under the grow lights that we already had; but everything was growing so quickly it was hard to keep up.  You can see in the picture on the right how the plants are getting really tall but not leafing out. 
The simple fix is get the plants more light, so we did.  John built some lights boxes that we could set right on top of the tables. 

Full Steam Ahead

Just four short weeks ago we planted the hoop house. I still can't believe how much has grown, I just don't get sick of watching stuff come up...

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

The very first tulip of the year...How exciting that we will have some for Easter this year.
The Forsythia is also blooming and that is six weeks earlier than it did last year.

I spent the other day weeding the second hoop house; yesterday, John tilled it and laid the drip tape. It will be another week or two before we start putting the tomatoes in the house but I did plant some carrots.  This year we are going to grow Cosmic Purple, Scarlet Nantes, Astro Red, and Lunar White carrots; this will give us an excellent and delicious variety...and our CSA members can look forward to snacking on all these pretty colors.