Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK
Farmers spend so much time and effort on their crop plans that they sometimes fail to capitalize on the unexpected. For instance, I had a sub-segment of garden space slated for green garlic. Problem is I have some volunteer greens coming up.
Do I weed it all out just to stick with my plan? Well, those are pretty valuable weeds. It’s orach, a highly versatile crop. It produces in both cool and hot weather, and is a  great substitute for spinach. It actually has more body and flavor, and it is an easy sell at market.  So I figure I might as well make some money from this area now. I’ll just water the plot and harvest for market. I’ll terminate the crop later and put the garlic in then.
Orach in the hand is worth more than garlic in the plan.
