What's new at Waterberry...

With Spring just days away, I wanted to show what's been going on around here for the past few months. One of our green houses got a new cover. The cover was ripped off in a storm last year. Replacing it is quite a process! Lots of hands an NO wind are required.

The new cover ready to go!

A ball tied in the plastic with a rope. The ball is tossed over the top to someone on the other side. That's how we get the cover over the top!

Everyone grabs a ropes and pulls until the cover is in place.

 We picked a sunny day in early February to get the job done. It felt like a calm day but as we started putting the new cover on a light wind made the job quite a bit more difficult, but in the end we got the job done!

Ready for a new growing season!

Hints of spring

I know Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and promptly dove back into his hole for another six weeks of winter. Here in the South however, we've got his less famous cousin Beau (short for Beauregard) Lee. Beau disagreed with his Northern counterpart and didn't see his shadow, meaning an early spring this year. Based on the weather we've had since the lesser famous rodent hopped out of his hole, I'd have to say Beau was right! The dog agrees...Spring fever?!?

Anyway there are signs of spring everywhere around the farm.



Pear tree's first bloom

We've been busy around here lately. The strawberries arrived right before Christmas and all 6000 had to be planted. They are planted under a high tower greenhouse in a hydroponic stacker system. We use a planting medium made up of rice hulls and pine bark. It's the first year using this particular medium so it should be interesting to see the differences in our crop.

From this...

To this...we should be getting our first ripe berry any time now!

Now that should really give you spring fever.