The beauty of our local food economy is that it is spread across various micro-climates surrounding Charlotte but we need more local growers.There is a misconception that us farmers, because we are farmers, are able to grow anything in the seed catalogs. That is certainly not true in our case, although I think [...]
We started sowing seeds for transplants this week for lettuce, cabbage, and broccoli. A couple of weeks later than normal.We looked at the weather pattern we have been having since November and decided 2010 would not be a year to try and get stuff transplanted early.
Decided, such a strong word…like we scientifically analyzed [...]
Something that interests me but I am not sold on it. My grandma did stuff by the phases of the moon and always had an excellent garden. But she was an excellent gardener to begin with.
I suspect that doing stuff by the signs, if nothing else, helps those that use the practice structure the long [...]
First off, they are pure evil… Showcasing the best of the best and luring you in with visions of bountiful harvests in the dead of winter.
I get a lot of seed catalogs and throw at least half of them in the trash as soon as I receive them to remove temptation. Over the years, I [...]
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