Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK Perennial weeds come in all shapes and sizes. Some are more controllable than others. In sub-segment size areas under 500 sq. ft. you can take try the Terminator approach to eradicate them completely to keep the plot in production. Larger...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK The advantage to backyard farming is that you can ramp it up or down, depending on your financial needs at any given time. If you don’t use it to provide your full-time income, you can use it to fund a...
Courtesy of Wally Satzewich, Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK I’ve used a multi-locational land base for over 25 years, and that has led me to appreciate low maintenance crops. They are ones I grow on plots that are not near my backyard home base. Most of the work goes...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK You might have been hearing that marketing is becoming much more experiential. At the farmer’s market this means participating in onsite cooking demos. Farmers showcase their offerings by preparing them and giving out free samples. My intern Bryon Hall roasted...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK SPIN farmers are always looking ahead, so now that spring is coming, I’m thinking of winter squash plantings. I’ll use transplants, start them in mid – May, and put them into the ground in early June. Our short season here...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK I have to deal with weed pressure with some of my crops, but I find simplest is best. With squash, I find weekly hoeings or tillings between squash plants, once they are showing, keeps the weeds at bay until plants...
Courtesy of Brenda S., Thompson Street Farm, Glastonbury CT I’ve only been growing commercially for a few years (but have been hobby gardening for 16 yrs) and live in central CT. I still have so much to learn. Last year we built a 14 x 24 green house. We built...
