Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK Looking forward to another backyard harvest of arugula, cilantro and dill this week. Dill on left, two beds of cilantro in middle, and arugula on right. After this cut, arugula beds will be tilled in and replanted to another crop....
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK This is my segment-size (1,000 sq.ft.) peri-urban plot last week. After helping me harvest bunching onions, my second year intern, Samantha Benesh, planted beets and golden beets. The Earthway did a good job, and she has had no trouble mastering...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK My early potatoes are later than usual, but better late than never. This is a double segment size peri-urban site, (2,000 sq. ft.). that I will harvest this week. This crop should increase my market sales by 30%. I’ll sell them...
When SPIN develops a seed line, dill is sure to be in the “Just Great” offering. It checks all the boxes: easy to sell easy to process trouble-free  multi-cut potential relay potential This backyard 2 ft. x 25 ft.  bed is supplying me with dill now, and I have two...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK This back yard plot will provide my first carrot harvest. Due to the late spring, I’m a bit behind. These should be ready in a week or two. I will relay these 4 beds, which are 50 feet long, to...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK I am finding that I can barely keep up with my quick greens production i.e. pea/sunflower/micro greens. Right now I have outdoor production on about 400 sq.ft. at my home plot, as well as a few dozen trayed indoor production...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK Parsley is a good minor crop to consider. I started mine from seed in plug trays and them transplanted to Earthboxes. Containers seems to work well for parsley, so it can be a crop to grow in areas that you can’t otherwise...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK Because of SPIN’s scale, organic practices are quite feasible, and that includes for insect pest management. The method of choice is hand picking. Even acre size areas can be controlled that way.Bugs are brushed off by hand into a pail. Bugs...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK You don’t have to have a bad experience with volunteers. They can be very productive if managed properly. The key is to use them in focused work sessions of around 3 hours. Many volunteers are willing to participate once a...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK You’ll find that the Earthway plates don’t always work as labeled. Here’s what I have found: 1) The radish plate works for radish, beans and peas 2) The carrot plate works for carrots. A single pass will give you larger...
