Farmer A's Farm

Hi Ladies!

I am so excited this year and going pretty crazy. Interesting in seed sharing Farmer T. I have tons of seeds to share and would love to check out what you have for when Laborer Pete builds my last big planter bed soon and I can get more stuff in the ground. Thanks!

Here's what I have going and I too will post pics soon.

Winter garden:

red swiss chard

celery

carrots

romaine lettuce

fava beans

red and yellow onions

Here's what's new for spring!

cucumber

zucchini

eggplant

radish

beets

tomatoes (yellow pear, cherry, roma)

peas

green beans

tomatillos

cantaloupe

strawberries

watermelon

red/yellow onions

green onions

jalapenos

bell peppers

I was a dork and didn't label anything, remember where some are, but others will be surprises as them come up. Most of my plants are sprouted and growing, a few I bought as plants. Lots of herbs too...sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary, parsley, cilantro, basil.

I also have lots of berries (3 blueberry, lots of black and raspberry), 4 different grapes, and added some new trees to my yard this year. May be a while until I have fruit, but I am patient and can't wait! Added a fuji apple, bing cherry, plum, elberta peach, white peach, pomegranate, satsuma, and clementine. Wow, when I write it all down it seems like a lot. These are all tiny, cheap trees so I know it will be a while. The great find I discovered for fruit trees/bushes/berries is Whole Foods. Really nice quality, Duarte Farms plants from Fresno...tons of different trees ($10 each), tons of berries ($6 each), and citrus trees/bushes ($13 each). Costco also had last I went very large blueberry bushes (3 gallon pots) with tons of blueberries on them already growing for $20. Pretty good deal for how huge the plants already are. Anyhow I'll stop blabbering on for now. Hope to have lots of stuff to share with you all this summer. I'm optimistic!! :)

Seed Sharing?

By the way, I have so many seeds. If you're interested in a seed exchange, let me know.

Farmer T

Cats?????

So a fellow Farmer gave me a great tip on keeping cats out of your garden beds...it might sound gross but it WORKS!

Human urine. Yes, I know that seems odd but just have your son (if you have one) go out and pee around the beds (not in them). The scent of the human urine keeps the cats away. Since Taro has been doing this, no cats. It's amazing.

Thank you Farmer M

What's growing at the Bergan Farm?

Hello Farmers,

So I don't have pictures yet but here's what I've planted at my farm:
Carrots (sprouted)
Lettuce (mix; sprouted)
Cilantro (sprouted)
Tomato
Cucumber (Japanese variety)
Arugula (sprouted)
Radish (sprouted)
Eggplant

I will post pictures when I have more.

Farmer T

Getting Growin'

I finally feel happy with what is growing in our garden! We have some Romaine (sprouted and just planted), beets, carrots, broccoli (not big at all but oh-so-tasty!), peas. I planted these a while back and they are doing well. This weekend planted Tomatoes (yellow pear, a big orange type, and lots of plum). Hoping they do well, as last year the tomotoes all got some fungus thing... I've also planted my green beans, two rounds, but the first round hasn't sprouted yet, and I thought they should have by now. I set out some more seeds yesterday, so if they are not up in the next two weeks, I'm buying some plants from the nursery.
-Farmer K

The raised beds and two containers for Tomatoes. I planted two plants in each container, as an experiment on space-saving.


Some strawberries waiting for their containers! Two types, hopefully we will get a continuous harvest. I will put one of each type in a 1 gallon pot.