Vegetables

Jacob Springs Farm grows vegetables mainly for their own use aside from a few key crops per year. Additional stuff is grown in the greenhouse Whereas a vegetable CSA requires a great variety of veggies - Jacob Springs chooses instead to focus on a small number (less than half a dozen) of key crops per year – for 2016 that is garlic, salad greens, and herbs.

2017

planted as of March 1

• North side blocks
• (4 beds width)
• East end: winter wheat
• Next Block west: winter barley
• Next Block west: spring wheat (not planted yet)
• Next 2 row bed South: garlic
• Next bed south: sunflowers
• Next bed south: zinnias

food plot

• 3 beds pinto beans
• 1 bed potato
• 1 bed onions
• 1 bed brassicas (2/3 cabbage and 1/3 broccoli, cauliflower etc...)
• +2 beds

2017 Planning brainstorm

• tomatillo

• Greens
  • arugula
  • mustard greens
  • spinach
  • kale

• cukes
• dill

(market in jars as pickles)

(root cellar)

• beets
• carrots

Recipe for sauce
2 tomatoes

Planting guide 2016:

Standard Beds are 2 rows, beds otherwise planted are noted Bed "1" is farthest south

• Bed 1 Garlic South Row: Aglio Rosso (East) - Chamisal Wild (West)
• Bed 1 Garlic North Row: Incelium Red (East) -Noootka Rose (West)
• Bed 2 Garlic South Row: Rose Du Lautrec - Silver White - Killarney Red
• Bed 2 Garlic North Row: Farm Variety Hardneck
• Bed 3 Garlic: Farm Variety Softneck in 3 rows
• Bed 4 Several varieties potatoes planted april 18-21
• Bed 5 South row: onions planted around may 1 , yellow, red, purple (order?)
• Bed 5 North row:
  • East: Rutabagas planted May 13 using Jang Clean Seeder (JP-3) with wheel and 5" spacing (9 tooth gear, 14 tooth gear)
  • West: double row South: various beets, North: various carrots planted May 13 using Jang Clean Seeder (JP-3) with wheel and 2" spacing (14 tooth gear, 9 tooth gear)

2016 goal:

For our needs:

1. Trellis - 1/2 row peas followed by beans (direct seeded) - and cukes - 10 cuke starts
2. Near Row - 75 Tomato 50 plants - 2/3 Roma, 75 peppers 2/3 pickling - 50 plants, eggplant start 25, tomatillos start 25
3. 1 Row Cucuberts - winter squash - direct seeded 1 row. acorn, spaghetti, butternut, delicata
4. 1/2. row Summer squash - yellow crook or straightneck - 8 plants, Melons - uzbeck and cantaloupe 15, watermelons 15
5. 1/2 row - broccoli 20 - cauliflower starts 10 - kale - greens and beets
6. 1 row Cabbage - 300' 250 starts
7. Pinto beans - 2 rows
8. Potatoes - 4 rows
9. Onions - 1 row

Starts:

1. 10 cukes
2. 35 roma tomato
3. 15 other tomato
4. 20 pepperoncini
5. 10 Serano/ancho
6. 10 bell peppers
7. 5 jalapeno
8. 5 thai hot
9. 25 eggplants
10. 25 tomatillios
11. 250 cabbage
12. 20 broccoli
13. 10 cauliflower