{"id":1080,"date":"2012-03-02T17:31:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T21:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2012-03-04T11:39:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T15:39:44","slug":"new-greenhouse-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=1080","title":{"rendered":"New Greenhouse Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michelle and Mosquito<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ken Installing New Fan and Wood Stove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s time to start planting our early transplants for the CSA garden in the new greenhouse! Michelle Jory was down for a visit earlier this week and helped get the seed trays ready in between playing with Caesar and the cats, Mosquito and Courgette. \u00a0Wednesday morning our daughter, Ellen, was here visiting from Oregon and she and I popped in the first seeds of the season. \u00a0That meant we had to get busy and install the wood stove and the new fan to blow the hot air down into our rock storage on sunny days. Ken will be spending a lot of time monitoring the temperature of the rocks! We’ll keep you posted on how much less wood we use this year over last season when the new greenhouse was under construction and we had to use one of our hoop houses to start the plants…<\/p>\n

Ken is itching to get back to felling the remaining trees on his list and skidding them out with his Suffolk Punch horses. \u00a0He is eagerly awaiting the arrival of his new saw mill. It is sad to cut down so many walnut trees, but the lumber will be very beautiful.<\/p>\n

Ken is the President of Elgin National Farmers Union for this year. The NFU is hosting a screening of a new farm film, To Make a Farm<\/strong> in Aylmer, Monday, March 12 at 7:30 at the Old Town Hall (above the library), 38 John Street South. It is about some young farmers in Grey County, Ontario with urban backgrounds, who have bought farms and started farming. Some of them have come through the CRAFT apprentice network that we are part of. Scroll down to see previews:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/tomakeafarm.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I also include an animated video about genetically modified alfalfa:<\/p>\n