Went to Paul's gardens on Thursday to see about his progress and to go register for the Fenton Farmer's market. Took him a load of plants to use as cut flowers, last week I took him a load of veggies and flowers to cut for drying. This is the first year of the gardens and Paul wants to develop them into a viable market garden. Next week Thursday evening I'll be going - with him, hopefully, to the Fenton Farmer's Market to sell. They have a lovely and short evening market from 5-8 in downtown Fenton right in the parking lot next to the community center. Lots of interesting vendors there from maple syrup to beef, pasties, homemade items and soaps. Not a lot of produce yet and it looks like I'll be the only nursery there. Looks like a promising gig and the booth set-up fee is very reasonable.
This is the first week after planting. Paul used a tractor with a bottom plow to open up the sod and is hand turning it to remove the clumps.
The soil is a gravelly silty sand and plants dry down very fast, below is a shot of the tomato bed,.
Another shot of the young tomatoes
The little reddish plants are a 'Hopi Dye Amaranth' a very reddish selection, nice for dried flowers
That's the tour for Fertilizer Friday this week. Joining the party over at
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