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| | | Hutten Family Farm Newsletter for Sunday Apr 12, 2026 |
Just a quick update on how spring work is going. We just finished planting the first field vegetable crops over the last few days. We have planted different radishes, hakurei turnips, pac choi, arugula, mustard greens, sno peas, snap peas, baby carrots, and some Korean yeolmu. We also put out the first transplanted Swiss chard plants. Tomorrow should see some beets and green onions out as well as kale, kohlrabi, early cabbage, and lettuce transplants. Everything that we are planting is covered with row covers for added heat as well as insect protection. The greenhouses are all full of various overwintered greens with some of these greens coming out and being replaced with other transplants like romaine, cilantro, and green onions. The sungold cherry tomato plants are about five inches high in the heated greenhouse. We will begin transplanting these into the cold frames in just over two weeks. If the weather stays reasonable we should have another five acres of vegetables planted by sometime in early May.
The soil moisture on the sandy land is a bit alarming for the time of year. The lakes and irrigation ponds seem to be at a good level but I do not remember the soil being this dry in the past at this time of year. There is some rain in the forecast which I think is good. Hoping to not have a repeat of last years drought.
The offerings from the farm are a bit limited but they will only go up from now on. Enjoy the greens this time of year.
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