Fullers Farm

The 2011 “Season of Building a High Tunnel” is bearing the fruits of our labors !!!  We appreciated the patience of our customers as we juggled the demands of growing a crop with the trials and tribulations of getting the high tunnel up this past year.  It couldn’t have happened without all of the help of family, friends, college students and fellow growers – the spirit of “community” is very much alive here in the North Country.

The high tunnel is actually allowing us to grow winter hardy greens despite subzero temperatures !!!

So……. the 2012 Growing Season is off to a much earlier start !!!  We have test plots of swiss chard, spinach, winter varieties of lettuce, green onions, parsley and carrots that are actually growing. On a partly cloudy day with an outside temperature of -5 F, the air temp inside the high tunnel was 40 !!!  The ground was still a little frozen, but the raised beds and slightly raised seedbeds were not frozen under 2 layers of agribon row covers!  When the sun gets a few more degrees higher and the temperature stays above freezing during the day we just might begin some serious growing – maybe late February / early March !

It’s been a successful experiment so far…. and we are very optimistic !

The seed catalogs are enticing and we’re planning the 2012 Growing Season as we’re all warm and cozy by the woodstove!  It’s the official season of unlimited possibilities!!

Be sure to look over the 2012 CSA page and contact us if you think you might be interested!!

Spring 2010 !!

Officially it’s spring -  temps down to 15 degrees the last couple nights…. but up in the 60′s the week before ! The mud is beginning to dry up, the garlic is up in the garden……. and hopefully the temperatures will warm up for good soon.  It sure gets warm enough in the greenhouse – easily hits the 90′s if we forget to open up the door !!! Still below freezing in there at night though.

Peppers and eggplant are up and enjoying the sun in the window….. tomatoes will be planted in the next couple of days.  The experimental kale and swiss chard overwintered in our unheated greenhouse- maybe next year we’ll have more.  Spinach is coming along in the greenhouse too, but slowly.  We’ve started some more kale and a few lettuces inside – with the hopes of transplanting soon out in the greenhouse or cold frames.  Just might make this a 6 month growing season.

Onions, leeks, potatoes have all been ordered.  Checking a few more catalogs to fill in what we still need.  We are going to grow several new varieties of patty pan squash and round zuchini, some Italian zuchini , some different kinds of cucumbers and some different winter squash and pumpkins too!!  We’re also going to try to get brussel sprouts this year, both red and the regular green.  We’ll be getting all of the cole crops going for the early spring crops later in April.

We have been going to meetings – and more meetings – for the markets , for the “business” , for CSAs , for North Country Grown Cooperative and for using fresh veggies in the schools.  Organizational meetings are scheduled for the early spring  before growers get busy in the fields…. so we’ve been pretty busy. Lots of “stuff” to think about and lots of planning going on.

The fields have been getting dry, so we’ll be out on sunny days getting things started – peas will go in first and maybe some greens in the raised beds a little later. 

Our CSA sales are picking up – we still have some space for new members so if you’re interested let us know! We are sending out quite a few brochures and applications each week.  We’re excited about the CSAs and are looking forward to a great 2010 growing season!!

Enjoy the spring weather !  It’s been a long winter !!