{"id":741,"date":"2011-04-16T19:56:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T23:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=741"},"modified":"2011-04-17T11:25:53","modified_gmt":"2011-04-17T15:25:53","slug":"741","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=741","title":{"rendered":"Spring Planting and April Draft Horse Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-729\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5518.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-729\" title=\"transplanting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5518-167x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5518-167x300.jpg 167w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5518.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transplanting head lettuce and Pac Choi into hoop house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-730\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5530.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-730\" title=\"Cultivating the garden ground\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5530-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5530-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5530.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cultivating the garden with four Suffolk Punches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Welcome to Ryan, our fourth apprentice, who arrived at the beginning of the week. \u00a0Monday morning we woke to the sound of flapping plastic and realized that our fourth hoop house, that we had just covered with plastic, had come loose in the wind and ripped off during the night! \u00a0What a disappointment. \u00a0 While Ken and Andy were busy getting ground worked up to plant the early seeds in the outside garden and the oat ground ready to plant, the other apprentices retro fitted the hoop house for plastic reassembly. They put a bottom board down and used U-Bolts to attach it to the hoops then moved one of the ends in by one hoop width. Now we can have enough plastic to re-attach it to the ends and use\u00a0battens\u00a0to wrap the side plastic and screw them to \u00a0the wooden bottom boards. \u00a0Our CSA members can think of \u00a0all this effort when they eat their first mesclun &#8211; grown in the hoop house.<\/p>\n<p>This week we also took one of our big pigs to be\u00a0butchered\u00a0and made into sausage to sell to CSA members. The hens are cranking out about 70 eggs a day so if anyone wants to make the pilgrimage to the farm they can stock up on eggs and sausage for Easter.<\/p>\n<p>We also managed to get the early garden planted and covered with row cover and three of our four oat fields worked up and planted. Now all we need is some warm weather!<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, we started our three day April Draft Horse Workshop. Participants from Ontario and Quebec as well as three of our new apprentices took the course together. To begin they do some line exercises driving &#8220;George the Trike&#8221;. Caesar takes on a supervisory job during the workshops and especially enjoys accompanying on the wagon rides. \u00a0So life continues to be full and busy here at Orchard Hill. As we gear up for the season ahead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-732\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5548.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-732\" title=\"George the trike\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5548-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5548-300x176.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5548.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Driving George the trike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-733\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5566.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-733\" title=\"Ryan Hanging up the trace\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5566-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5566-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5566.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Hanging up the Trace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-734\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5556.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-734\" title=\"Shannon Driving Gwen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5556-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5556-291x300.jpg 291w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5556.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Driving Gwen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-736\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5560.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-736\" title=\"Richard Driving Gina\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5560-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5560-300x193.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_5560.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Driving Gena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Ryan, our fourth apprentice, who arrived at the beginning of the week. \u00a0Monday morning we woke to the sound of flapping plastic and realized that our fourth hoop house, that we had just covered with plastic, had come loose in the wind and ripped off during the night! 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