Its almost Spring!
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Time goes by fast in the high tunnel, listening to some old classic country like Johnny Cash, sipping a glass of red while I loose my gloves, just to find them under a pepper plant that is coming up on reaching my shoulders in height. The peppers at the bottom of the plant are the most colorful, bright cherry red, then midway up the plant they turn to a glowing fiery orange, and then fade vertically to a rich deep forest green. Its getting dark earlier now that we are at the end of August...
Its almost spring!
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With the hours of daylight getting longer, we started moving the seedling, plant starts from the basement, grow room and into the high tunnel. Our grow room was over flowing with organic, heirloom herbs and vegetables. Most herbs are slow growing and take a long time to germinate. So, we started some of the in January this year, followed by certain varieties of flowers. Our high tunnel is 72 feet long and 32 feet wide and is oriented in an east to west because of the high winds of the Bitterroot- Selway mountain range. it...