The Earthway Seeder is a very useful tool for the for a home gardener with a large garden and it is an indispensable tool for a market gardener. The Earthway is very reasonably priced considering all the time it will save the average gardener. The seeder does a remarkable job on large seeded crops such as beans, peas, and corn,…
Category: The garden
New plantings
Here are a few pictures of the new crops seeded and transplanted over the past few weeks: Cucumbers Green Beans Green Onions Yellow Squash and Zucchini French Breakfast Radish Lettuce Mix Broccoli and Turnip transplants growing away It is so refreshing to see the garden dry, freshly tilled, and dark green foliage on the veggies!…
The rain goes ever on and on…
The garden is still taking on water, but the extended forecast shows a respite from the rain! For July the 13th Farmers’ Market, we will have green beans, jalapeno peppers, yellow squash, lettuce mix, green onions, and a few cucumbers. -Bruce
Flooded
It is hard to manage a market garden when the soil is under standing water. The continuous rain over the past two weeks has prevented any direct seeding and soil working in the garden. Crops that should have been ready for market are either dead, or severely set back. In 8 years of gardening on…
Rain, Rain, Go Away…
Our garden is flooded… …with another week of storms forecasted in our area. The garden survived a late frost in May just to be covered in 7 inches of rain in June! -Melinda
What’s growing?
Here’s the list of whats currently in the ground as of May 31, 2013: Snap Pea: Sugar Ann Leeks: King Richard Onions: Copra, Redwing, Evergreen Hardy White Broccoli : Arcadia, Tendergreen Cabbage: Gonzales Lettuce: Two Star, Green Forest Lettuce Mix: Fedco Blend Spinach: Space Carrot: Scarlet Nantes, Nelson Strawberries: Jewel (June bearing), Seascape (Everbearing) Radish:…
Late Frost
It’s nice to have the warmer weather back. Ohio spring weather is always crazy. The average last frost is May 15th, so we were not expecting to have 30 degree weather again on May 24th and 25th. Here’s a picture of the garden under wraps for the night: The tomato leaves are a little discolored, but…
Spinach
The kids wanted to help with spinach the other week. Although the youngest was enjoying supervising her older brothers… -Melinda
Saltzgiver Family Farm
Here are a couple current pictures from the main garden for the 2013 season: We started growing most of the plants in late winter/early spring from seed. Once the plants are bigger (and ready for the crazy Ohio spring weather) we transplant them in May. We also directly seed a variety of veggies throughout April and May, so now most of the garden…
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