Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Market Garden, Pleasantdale SK In early spring when your cash flow is still not developed, Â your sales can get a boost from a source many growers overlook or toss out: volunteer plants from around your property. Typical plants that do well in pots are catmint,...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK Perennial weeds come in all shapes and sizes. Some are more controllable than others. In sub-segment size areas under 500 sq. ft. you can take try the Terminator approach to eradicate them completely to keep the plot in production. Larger...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon SK Just did a first weeding at my peri-urban onion plot. Weeding seems to be a big challenge for farmers, but on SPIN-scale farms it is easily managed. I use a Gardena draw hoe which allows you to weed standing up....
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK I have to deal with weed pressure with some of my crops, but I find simplest is best. With squash, I find weekly hoeings or tillings between squash plants, once they are showing, keeps the weeds at bay until plants...
Courtesy of Courtney T., Cornercopia Student Organic Farm, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN One of the systems I’ve set up on our farm is to have semi- permanent beds with white Dutch clover pathways between the beds. The beds are 2.5′ wide and the pathways are 2.5′ wide. The...
Courtesy of James W, Kelowna BC Flaming is an excellent weeding tool, particularly if one is using the stale bed method prior to seeding. We spent $60 on a tiger torch for a propane tank. Small, reasonable portable and very effective. It has worked very well for our farm.
