SELLMEYER FARM NEWSLETTER

It's been a while since I last posted, but we have been busy! Today we are receiving our first major snow, (We had a little dusting a couple of weeks ago) we have a couple of inches so far and it is a wet snow which means we will have to keep any eye on our hoop houses if we get much more. Since it was snowing this morning and the market was moved to a different location and was going to be a much smaller area and we would be limited to one table, we decided not to go to market this morning.

Yesterday Greg planted some onion, leek and shallot seeds in the greenhouse and I started some rosemary and oregano cuttings.  Last week we got the outside tomato field cleaned up and disced. That's always a job to get all the twine, stakes and cages pulled out and stacked and then we have to mow off the dead tomato vines and pull up the plastic and drip tape then haul that all away! Then we tackled the hoophouse which had tomatoes in it and got it all cleaned out, too. Also cleaned out the big green house and got it straightened up a bit. We got our new cooler completed and the sweet potatoes and winter squash moved into it. It took a while to get the temperature regulated in there, but I think we finally have it where we want it.

I've been putting soup mixes together, and finishing drying peppers. Now need to work on drying some potatoes. I'm just doing two kinds this year, Gumbo and vegetable, those  were our two most popular ones last year. We went to a greenhouse auction the Saturday after Thanksgiving and managed to get some supplies like potting soil, pots, fans, etc. Greg has been ordering parts to make over his small transplanter so that we can use it to plant onions next Spring. Hopefully it will work as it will make it much easier on the knees and back, not to mention much faster!:) While it has slowed down there are always things and projects to keep us busy, but I have been managing to do some Christmas baking and Christmas shopping (on line)! Hopefully everyone has a great Holiday Season and a great New Year!:)