Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Market Garden, Pleasantdale SK A Backyard Riches member just joined the online support group looking to fast track some fresh herb sales. He wrote: “Hello All. I plan to combine the sale of herbs only at two or three of my local farmers markets along...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK Seed saving has been in vogue for some time now, and there are lots of good reasons to do it. Here’s one that surprised me. In crunching some numbers on garlic production, I figured out that from a $500 investment...
Courtesy of Bryon, Saskatoon SK I am now starting to appreciate the phrase repeated by so many experienced farmers about the need to get your hands in the dirt. It has been very exciting these past few days, as I’m being exposed to more aspects of the occupation. The one...
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 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...
