-Planting Season Arrives

Finally it’s planting season. Our local farmers are starting the spring planting, and homeowners are starting to plant flowers and vegetables. This spring we have seen unusual temperatures and have had some freeze damage to our local fruit crops. It could really benefit us to plant some vegetables and fruits. As Don Sekora says, ” this is the best time of year to live here!” The fruit and vegetables from our area is plentiful and delicious. You can grow lots of vegetables in small areas and there isn’t much better than having a meal grown on your own property.

Our average last frost is May 10th. After the average last frost date it is time to plant our tomatoes, peppers, and sweet corn. There are many varieties of vegetables available to plant. You don’t need to plant 50 plants to produce a nice crop of vegetables. All tomatoes have that great tomato flavor when grown locally but I think the heirloom varieties have the best flavor. The heirloom varieties have not been genetically altered and will have the true tomato flavor. There are many vegetables that fit in the heirloom variety. I sell heirloom tomatoes and romaine lettuce. The flavor is amazing and they grow just as easy as any vegetable. Try some heirloom vegetables in your garden.

Home gardens have become very popular over the last several years and for many reasons. The price of food at the store, transportation cost, and the most important reason, food safety. Too many times we hear about food recalls and we just don’t know about all the chemicals used to produce the food we are buying. You have total control of what is applied to the food you grow and that should be very important to all of us. Safer and better food. That is two great reasons to grown your own garden this summer. Start planting!!