Good Morning! Well things continue to be very hectic and busy. Off to meet with the health inspector today and get my permit/license renewed. Have been looking into GAPs certification for the farm and to be honest am not too thrilled with the prospect of that. Good sanitation practice is not really the issue it's all the damn paperwork and record keeping. It's really just too much in my opinion. Especially when you start to look at it being a one size fits all program. It is not scale specific.

Busy trying to hire a crew in for the upcoming season. Very solid candidates so far and things look good. Guess I need to get seeds started soon. New seedling greenhouse has been bought, now to get erected and into use. Should be fun jackhammering through the frost line.

Greenhouses appear to have survived the frost just fine. Greens look a bit wilted but I think a bit of sunshine will take care of things in there. I am to present at the NOFA winter conference on passive solar greenhouse production. Could be fun, surely intimidating.

Soup is up and running at Hunger Mtn Coop. Look for the smiling red tomato in the fresh case. I am making fresh soup twice a week and switching things out on Tues. and Fridays. This week it is a Carrot Ginger with Coconut and a nice spicy Cabbage and Potato. Thinking French Onion and Cream of Tomato for this Friday. Give them a try. I think pricing is very fair and they come in a quart container. Ready to freeze if you don't get to them. Trudging up to the office for a bit to start wading through mounds of paperwork.

Good Morning, Off to make soup this morning. I will have soups available for sale at Hunger Mtn Coop in Montpelier starting tomorrow. They will be fresh made twice a week and in the fresh case by the check out area. Look for the screamin tomato on the label.

The farm is still sleeping this time of year. Things are grwoing int he greenhouses but at thier low point. That all changes in about 3 weeks. There will be plenty of salad and spinach this spring. Trying to get some help hired for the season. Seeds have been mostly bought and a great deal of planning is going on. Bought a new seed starting greenhouse and am reorganizing the farm business plan quite a bit. I will be stopping the CSA this year and shifting that effort and product to the farmer's market. Plenty of local wholesale accounts.

Here is a question but WTF! happenned with the Black Door? I feel for the employees and owner on that one. Gotta go find an apron.

Happy New Year! Currently 42 degrees, sun is trying to come out, going to go water one greenhouse. Harvesting starts tomorrow for my last large delivery of the winter season. Farmer's market on the 8th of Jan. Then conferance season really gets going.