The weather and product availability have conspired to cause us to change our plans a bit for the fall garden. We were not able to get any seed potatoes and couldn’t get seed for short season corn. With that in mind, we are planting beets, zucchini, squash, green beans, cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, collards, snow [...]
Posts Tagged ‘farmers’ market’
Fall Garden: Calling an Audible and Offering a Bargain (I think)
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged CSA Shares, farmers' market, vegetable gardening on August 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Planning the Fall Garden
Posted in Uncategorized, vegetable gardening, tagged CSA Shares, farmers' market on July 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It’s July, so it’s time to wind down the summer garden and begin work of the fall version. We are now planning on beets, potatoes, squash, zucchini, corn, green beans, cabbage, cauliflower, radishes, lettuce and maybe a few late season tomatoes. Most of this will be for farmers market/vegetable stand. Who wants in on some [...]
Price Increases and Referral Program
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged farmers' market, meat, pastured eggs on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
First, the bad news. As we feared, we are going to have to raise prices on eggs, chickens and rabbits. Since meat prices on goats and beef have not been set yet, there is nothing to announce in that regard. Beginning May 1, eggs will be $3.50 a dozen. Chickens and rabbits will be $15 [...]
Yet Another Reason to Eat Local, Eat Grassfed
Posted in Livestock, vegetable gardening, tagged Big Agra, farmers' market, livestock, meat, omnivore's dilemma on May 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What would you get if Big Government, Big Agra, Big Business and Big Pharmaceuticals had a baby? The American Food System! No, it’s not funny. It wasn’t intended to be. Americans go to the supermarket, fill our carts, go home and eat what we assume is safe and healthy, if somewhat overloaded with calories. We [...]
Farmers’ Market – We’re Taking The Plunge
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged farmers' market, farming, vegetables on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It seems like only yesterday that B and I created our three year plan to become self sufficient in Veg and Fruit. Yet this is the third year. Not only are we ahead of schedule, but we anticipate growing a surplus this year and setting up a stall at the Marietta Square Farmers’ Market in [...]
