All I can say is thanks to all that came to the Open House. As an event for our business, it went very well. I have to thank all of my help for pulling off this event. I couldn't have done it without all the help. I made the food, but have to thank friends and neighbors for providing homemade bars for this event. Thanks to them. We served Sloppy joes, and pulled pork sandwiches, potato salad, baked beans, pasta salad with fresh vegetables, and a friend made coleslaw. I had my homemade salsa there with chips, and homemade pickles. Again thanks that all helped, and all that came. But no worry....
Racks are still full because we can bring out of the greenhouse. So if you didn't make it to open house NO worry plenty of plants are here. Have planting to do yet, but that is good because now I have room to have more planted.
Couple of gardening hints. When you plant carrots, mix radish seed with them. The radishes will be up and gone in 27 days, so that will help thin out the carrots and let you know where the carrots are planted.
One more tip: As the onion matures, pull the soil away from most of the bulb, so that only the roots and the lowest part of the bulb are in contact with the dirt. It will look as if the onion is sitting on top of the soil, as it should. This will aid in the drying process by keeping moist soil away from the papery skins. Also will make the onion bigger. Give it a try or even don't plant the onion very deep leave some of the bulb out of the ground. To ensure healthy bulbs, rotate the crop yearly. Till next time, this is Becky Litterer from Becky's Greenhouse, Dougherty, Iowa
Racks are still full because we can bring out of the greenhouse. So if you didn't make it to open house NO worry plenty of plants are here. Have planting to do yet, but that is good because now I have room to have more planted.
Couple of gardening hints. When you plant carrots, mix radish seed with them. The radishes will be up and gone in 27 days, so that will help thin out the carrots and let you know where the carrots are planted.
One more tip: As the onion matures, pull the soil away from most of the bulb, so that only the roots and the lowest part of the bulb are in contact with the dirt. It will look as if the onion is sitting on top of the soil, as it should. This will aid in the drying process by keeping moist soil away from the papery skins. Also will make the onion bigger. Give it a try or even don't plant the onion very deep leave some of the bulb out of the ground. To ensure healthy bulbs, rotate the crop yearly. Till next time, this is Becky Litterer from Becky's Greenhouse, Dougherty, Iowa
