Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK SPIN farmers are always experimenting with niche crops to stay on top of trends, or sometimes create them. This is an advantage we have over larger scale growers – we don’t have to bet the farm to discover our next...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK I planted a half segment (500 sq. ft.) of broad beans today. It took less than an hour. Once these initial plantings are up, I will wait for development, and then put in more sub-segment plantings right through June. By...
Courtesy of Courtney T., Cornercopia Student Organic Farm, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN A new crop to try is fava beans, not for their beans but for their leaves. I harvest the leaves as the plants are flowering and they were still tender. We just planted them once with...
