A few people were asking, and it’s a stormy afternoon, so I thought I’d share how the capital contributions are working this year. A capital expense is something (usually over $500) that provides a new direction (even in a small way) for how the farm operates. A couple of years ago this was the building of our movable chicken wagon that allows the chickens to move through the garden’s rest areas during the growing season.
This year the capital contributions are going towards mini hoop greenhouses for peppers and eggplant in the garden. I used to grow them as greenhouse crops. But after two years of late blight affecting the outside tomato crops, I realized I needed to grow more of the tomatoes under cover. Since tomatoes need height it made sense to move them all into the existing greenhouse space and put the eggplant and peppers (shorter plants) outside in mini hoops. Below is Simon and I setting them up early June. I don’t have an updated shot, but the plants are liking the extra protection.