Saving the Tomato Transplants

Sister Wilde was busy in the greenhouse today saving the tomatoes. Apparently a few of them didn't do so well so she came to the rescue and is transplanting them again for a second round. 

Here are the leftover tomato plants that were the weakest in the group. We only take the cream of the crop for planting. We're going to see if we can revive the ones that weren't doing so well by putting them in their own pots to grow.

Sister Garvoille was busy sifting soil to help the tomato plants.

Snack Time with Brother Wilde

Brother Wilde enjoys sharing his homemade grape juice and Jerusalem artichokes with the team. He's brought them in several times for us all to enjoy. We finally got a picture of him with his wonderful treats. 

We LOVE this pure all-natural grape juice with no added sugars. It goes down so easy and tastes amazing.

Here we have a cooler full of Jerusalem artichokes. 

If you haven't had a Jerusalem artichoke before, it tastes like a raw potato. It is known for having a wonderfully low glycemic index that barely affects blood sugar levels.

The Planting Extravaganza Continues

Sister Garvoille and Sister Leitner plant broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers and lettuce.

New Managing Directors at the Farm

Elder and Sister  Bolton were just called as the managing farm directors. Stay tuned for more details.

Greenhouse Seeding

Tonight was a cold night at the farm. Most of the sisters worked in the greenhouse planting seeds, while the men and a few other tough sisters worked outside pruning the grapevines. We had two new sister missionaries join the team--they are both named Sister Leitner. They really are sisters and live together in West Jordan. We're happy to have them on board.

Here they are working in the greenhouse planting celery and tomato seeds.

Here's Sister Leitner working on planting her seeds. The seed packet contained over 500 seeds and barely covered the very bottom of the packet. It looked like it was almost empty.



These teeny, tiny celery seeds were placed inside a plastic cup. A seed spoon was then used to carefully pull one seed out at a time.



One samba celery seed was placed in each hole of the celery crate. You had to really keep track of where you were in the process because the seed was so tiny that you couldn't see it next to the soil mixture.