Pictures of the 2021 Full and Short Season Shares
Pictures of Full Season Shares June to September 2021 Pictures of Short Season Shares July to September 2021
West India Burr Gherkins (Maxixe)
So you got these in your share tonight and you are thinking what do I do with them? They are a cucumber so you can eat them raw. They are prickly so that might not be the best idea unless you peel them. And how do you say Maxixe anyway (Mashishi) Here are a couple […]
July Update
A quick update in July
Spring Foods and Garden Pics
The first strawberries of the year. Kathy got to eat the ripe one. We planted about 80 more this year. The goose berries are set on and so are the choke cherries. We have been eating mushrooms from the Winecap bed. We have had several salads and will have lettuce and radishes for the first […]
Just Had to Share
Kathy took this tonight as a storm blew through. Just thought I should share here. You can check out the GI Acres weather at: https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KNEGRAND69
Past Frost Free, But Not Without Some Losses
May 17 was the official frost free date for our area. We are past it. On May 8 we planted our first Tomatoes (30) and on May 10 we lost more than 1/2 of them. There is a reason to wait. We aren’t expecting any more frost until at least September. If you want to […]
And Then There Were None
March 12, 2021 I received an email from out Google Form CSA Sign-Up. We just sold our last CSA share for the season. At this point we have sold 10 full season and 6 short season shares. That is all we can handle. Thank you everyone that has shared our social media posts and told […]
Well it Happened. GI Acres is has 15.25 more acres.
We closed on the property around us today. It is official. We now own all of the N1/2 of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of 14-11N-10W of the 6th P.M. less and except the ROW for 13th Street. This year it looks like we will have alfalfa on most of it with some […]
Seeds are Arriving
This is a fun time of year even if it is miserably cold right now. Current temperature is -5F and tomorrow when I go to work it is supposed to be -22F. It is fun, though, because seeds are arriving in the mail. Last weekend Kathy and I ordered seeds from five different companies and […]