Last week, when we had 60 degree temperatures, we moved about 150 flats of cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, onions, chives, lettuce and assorted flowers out into the greenhouses. Of course, two days later the weather dropped by 20 degrees and our nights were down to 26. Boy, was I freaking out, worrying that all of the crops that I have beeen growing since October would perish in the cold.
I am now happy to report that everything has made it through!! What a relief! I can breath again. This opened up quite a bit of shelf space in the upstairs greenhouses, so I am now able to start more vegetables and flowers.
Today I started 9 trays of valencia and walla walla onions and potted up 6 trays of Johnny Jump Up's. This is the first time that I have grown vegetables for retail sale. I have been very worried that I would not be able to produce enough, or the crops that I was growing would not be big enough to sell. At this point, things seem to be moving along smoothly and I am feeling like I can relax a little bit. Keep your fingers crossed!
We also had a visit today from my professor at Boise State University, John Dodson. It was great to see him and get his advice on our operation. I really respect his opinion and feel very fortunate that he is willing to help me.
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