She recommends visiting Hawk Mountain in central-eastern PA and Little Lehigh River along the Bridle Trail in Allentown.

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Seed packets

Let the seeding begin!

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Working on getting some bee hives back on the farm. Have a promising local lead. More to come soon! 🐝 🐝
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Cut flower garden

Working outside today has me thinking spring!
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The Paperwhites decided today is their day. Backlit by a sunny and snow covered day.
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Greenhouse in snow

Still too cold to start heating the greenhouse today. Maybe tomorrow!
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Looked up from my desk and the deer were in the garden for lunch!
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Seed packets

Seed sorting and sowing prep. Everything is organized by sowing date from plant out/last frost date and germination temperature.
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Pink hyacinth bulbs blooming

And here's the update on the forced #hyacinthbulbs...

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Forcing Bulbs for Christmas or Spring Like many gardeners by mid November the rush of fall chores has slowed as everyone slides into the holidays and winter sets in, at least in the Northern regions, but we are already starting to think a...

How I force bulbs during the winter... New blog post out now:

walnutspringsproduce.com/blog/f/forci...

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Applying a fresh layer of mushroom compost over the beds!

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