Farmers Market season is upon us

Sara here!

we have two weeks of farmers markets under our belt for this season so far! The Poulsbo market has pretty much doubled since last year, and it’s a whole new market! I’m now a raw goat milk convert, and can’t wait to try some locally made pasta! So far we’ve only had our overwintered kale, duck and chicken eggs and plant starts to offer, but it’s getting me super excited for the new season! The arugula and bok choi is looking good, we have some lettuce and spinach that is almost ready, and are transplanting (cilantro, leeks, onions, lettuce, parsnips, beets, kale, and chard) and seeding like mad (squash, melon, beans, greens, and beets) to get everything in. We mixed our own soil (3-4 parts compost, 3-4 parts topsoil, 1 part pearlite, 1 part vermiculite, and 1 part peat~~ water!) this year instead of buying pre-bagged seed starting mix and I must say that I’m liking the way it turned out. I’m also stoked to get the tomatoes in the greenhouses. We’ve run our chickens through them and I’m hoping that the extra nitrogen will be a benefit.

Our season is pretty short, and Jared and I are looking forward to getting some low tunnels up soon with the slitted row cover to hopefully extend the season. we used it before in our small garden’s raised beds, and liked the way it worked for those.

I will make a concerted effort to get some pictures of the market this next week and will get them up soon!