Certified organic produce
We sure know how to celebrate the New Year! We just finished rebuilding our propagation house benches. Several weeks ago, voles ate nearly 2000 baby veg plants in our propagation green house.Never again! We rebuilt the heated benches with metal pipe legs that rodents can’t climb and little sheet metal barriers to prevent rodents from…
Maintaining organic certification requires keeping complete, extensive and detailed records about all aspects of farm work, and requires keeping copies of receipts for all purchases of seeds, fertilizers, etc. Even market gardeners that do not seek organic certification must maintain extensive records to be compliant with food safety laws as codified in the FSMA. As…
Our new walk-in cooler and wash/pack buildings are now nearly complete. They are fully functional and just need a little trim work.
Making progress. The site has been leveled and forms put into place to pour a concrete foundation. Our trusty farm truck has hauled big loads of construction materials. The base and 4 walls for the walk-in cooler have been constructed and await assembling on the concrete foundation when it is complete.
Maintaining organic certification requires keeping complete, extensive and detailed records about all aspects of farm work, and requires keeping copies of receipts for all purchases of seeds, fertilizers, etc. Even market gardeners that do not seek organic certification must maintain extensive records to be compliant with food safety laws as codified in the FSMA. As…
For the third consecutive year, I have compared commercial potting soils with our homemade potting soil for growth of tomato starts. Once again, our homemade potting soil is hugely better than midprice potting soils sold at Lowes and Home Depot and slightly better than premium expensive brands such as Miracle-Gro. Here are two sister tomato…