Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK Go with your gut” is sometimes good advice. But if you want to turn your garden into a business, you also have to use your head. Over the years I have developed strategies for each of my crops. Having a...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK When people ask me what my favorite crop is, my answer is always the same. It’s whatever is selling best at market that week. Carrots are always among my best sellers, so I aim to have early carrots by the...
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 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 Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK I upgraded my refrigerated storage capacity, so now I can offer great looking/in good condition storage carrots for sale at early spring markets. They were harvested late Sept./early Oct. and were not washed. They were stored in the commercial cooler, with...
