La Tierra Verde Comeback,

It’s been a while since the last entry. But ist is never too late to update again. In the few months a lot of things have changed and there are a few improvements as well. I will not bore you with all the details. It is sufficient to say that La Tierra Verde changed its entity from SLu to autonoma. As from the beginning of 2014 La Tierra Verde is the name of the finca and not the name of the enterprise.

 The vegetable garden has increased considerable. In October 2013 the area under vegetables was approx. 800m². This has increased to approx. 1700m² at this moment, more than twice as big. Additionally I have places a tunnel greenhouse of a size 4x15m. This tunnel should be producing the whole year through, in summertime providing shade to crops like tomato, melons and peppers, in wintertime protecting the crops from the low temperatures. At this moment I am still experimenting by planting and sowing different crops and see how there produce in the greenhouse.

The vegetable garden will this year be irrigated by a drip irrigation system, which has been improved by placing a number of structures with water tanks on top. The water pressure is hereby increased, giving a better and evenly distributed irrigation throughout the whole garden.

Due to the early warm weather this year, the spring crops have been doing great. The peas and mange tout are about ready to harvest and the broad beans are heavy with pods. Also crops like lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard and other leafy crops are growing very well in this warm weather. Due to the occasional rains, there is still enough water in the soil, although with the rising temperatures at the moment, the start of the irrigation season is not far off.