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I think the danger in watering frequently is that your plants never have to develop a deep root system. Then, you need to water frequently the entire season. If you let them dry out more, they have to go down deep. When I water, I stick a rain gauge in the garden. When it hits an inch, I stop...

So positively true! There is NO better way! :D

Hi :) Actually, your cukes don't have to grow on a trellis. I've only done that once in all my life. It is nice for not having to bend over, but they grow just fine on the ground. Regarding corn or anything, for that matter, about 1" of water per week is my rule of thumb. I would get that corn...

Oh, I know what you mean about picking the choice spots for those needy weedy crops. I thought I had that this year, but a long cool spring has allowed very little germination of my root veggies but was apparently just perfect for about 5,000,000 lamb's quarters!!! Yes, I know the LQs are...

A couple more thoughts. My first customer was my physician. Docs might be a place to start. Yes, we all know they don't all practice what they preach, but I have had my doctor refer SO MANY people to me who needed to get a serious pile of organic, fresh fruits and veggies in their diets...

I would discourage advertising, actually. Just talk to the folks who are already buying your eggs. Are you already educating them on how your eggs are higher quality, being pastured and fresh? If so, they have at least one foot into the world of better food and one tiny niggling sense that not...

Hey Bee--This is my business--doing CSA. In fact, my spring share is the month of May (coming up soon--yikes!), the 20-week share starts in June, the fall share is from mid-Oct to mid-Nov and then I will have for the first time this year a fall/winter storage share. I'm on the inexpensive end...

Mostly permanent beds and paths, 5-foot-wide beds. The beds are slightly mounded from lack of compression and addition of organic matter. I might plant rye this year for living paths, if I get around to it :) Also thinking about interplanting squash with corn for weed control and space saving.

Here's my issue--What about those veggies that NEED to get weeded while they're still trying to come up--like beets, carrots and lettuce? I plant my stuff in 5-foot-wide beds, so until the veggies come up, the weeds have a heyday!

Amish paste--Large, meaty and juicy, very tasty! Green Zebra--beautiful and yummy

Last year, when I had my huge tub full of all those colored tomatoes, it was truly a work of art!

My goodness, I am so jealous! I would be rolling in that plant like a dog, I love the stuff so much! Why can't I grow it? My favorite is roasted with olive oil, asparagus and new potatoes. Yum :)

:weee HAPPY EARTH DAY, EVERYBODY!!!! I will be growing the horned melons, the yellow/orange watermelon, a rainbow of carrots and tomatoes, romanesco cauliflower, purple kale, rainbow chard, popcorn, black radishes, purple asparagus, etc. We have white mulberries growing wild. I LOVE finding...

Don't forget black and brown! Plus green-and-yellow stripes, orange flesh with purple smudges, etc. It's amazing how many varieties fruits and veggies come in when you consider the 1 or 2 varieties we get from the store. The Cherokee purple and Brandywine are great. Haven't tried the others.

With potatoes, you actually want those dark green or purple eyes, not the pale, leggy ones you get from potatoes sprouting in the dark. We laid ours out on plastic lids in a sunny, cool basement bedroom and got wonderful dense sprouts. Good luck!

Some "organic schmanic" folks would say that exposure to pests (animal kingdom or germ) would be a great bolster to the plant's immune system ;)

What everyone else has said, plus pak choy and broccoli raab--very fast growing!

Apparently there are mulitple ways to effectively harden off plants--so it shouldn't bee too intimidating :) I stick mine in shade a few hours the first day, then longer the next day or 2, then in filtered or morning sunlight a day or 2, then full sun and wind another day or 2, then plant...

They're called scapes :) And they are delicious! Last year, I had about 500 garlic bulbs planted for basically my first time growing garlic. Then, they started sprouting out these long curved things at just the same time I read a Mother Earth News article on scapes! My CSA customers got thick...

I heard about some greenhouse CSA gardeners using rain gutter. It IS deep enough for greens :)