Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK The emails and mailers are starting to come in outlining all the challenges and rewards of organic/eco/sustainable/regenerative farming, so that means workshop season will soon be upon us. A main theme of SPIN-Farming workshops is to understand and use your...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK Food safety regulations in the US have divided Big Ag and Small Ag into opposing camps, but there is one thing we can all be united on – Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). “Grow Responsibly” should be everyone’s mantra, regardless of...
Courtesy of Kevin G. Quarter Branch Farm, Lovettsville, VA I started my 2 acre farm in the fall of 2009. I have grown most of the crops recommended in the SPIN guides. They have all been very popular at my farmers markets in the DC suburbs. The salads were not...
Courtesy of John Y. John’s Backyard Garden, Missoula MT Wally’s garlic experiment sounds like our carrot experiment. When I looked at last year’s overall sales I saw the best opportunity appeared to be more carrot sales earlier in the season. So I planted seeds in 128-cell trays a few weeks...
Courtesy of Bingo B. Boise, ID Depending upon what kind of grass you have, grass can regrow itself from the live roots. Some grass varieties are more invasive than others. So just rototilling it under can actually create more grass plants in your lawn than before. Converting an existing lawn is...
Courtesy of Roxanne C., Philadelphia PA This is the story of Wally Satzewich. He did not come from a farm family. Thirty years ago he began growing in his backyard in Saskatoon, SK, a city of about 220,000. He began selling at the Saskatoon Farmers Market, and that sealed his...
