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Tom Perry 3/13/23 Tom Perry 3/13/23

Ides of March

Ides of March- 7 days till spring

Seed sowing

at the kitchen sink

Snow Drops

organic compost

Filling up the greenhouse

Snap dragons

Ranunculus

Future home of High Tunnel

New blueberry plot for 2023

New flower garden plot for 2023

Future home for Dalhias

Newly planted peony bed

March 13 and 7 days till spring!

Prepping for the new season:

Sowing seeds and filling up the greenhouse.
Following Floret’s design(@floretflower). Bending conduit piping and gathering supplies to build two caterpillar tunnels for Ranunculus and Snapdragons. Hopefully they will be planted later this week. After Tuesday’s Nor'easter! Heavy wet snow predicted.
Arranging and confirming farmers’ makes for the season. So far- South Windsor, Borzah, and Old Saybrook. More information on additional markets coming down the line.
Starting to spread into the gardens 9 cu yards of organic compost that has just arrived.
Great news! Bouquets and Blueberry Gardens has been awarded a transition grant from CTAg and the USDA for a High Tunnel to be built during the upcoming season. (Acknowledgment of Funding “This project was funded in part by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture’s Farm Transition Grant established by the Community Investment Act )(C.G.S.Sec.22-26k).

That’s it for now, have to finish the caterpillar tunnels and get the wheelbarrow out and start spreading the compost.

Tom Perry 12/16/22 Tom Perry 12/16/22

2023’s Journey begins now.

Winter’s best observed from a distance.

Wrestling with seed orders, courses, structure building, budget plans, production plans and the fear of spending too much, while always lurking is the possibility I don’t know what I am doing. And, of course, there’s winter. Well, here we go! The start of 2023!