Despite a soft drizzle, Woodstock Elementary School kindergarten students had a blast on their tour of Sprucedale Gardens Nursery on Monday, May 2. Five classes were taken on a tour of the businesses’ greenhouses and over-wintering houses, learning how Sprucedale and other nurseries grow their plants and store them during the winter. Children often enjoy the [...]
Onions: Place these in a mesh bag, a bushel basket, or a cardboard box with holes punched in it. Paul and Joyce use plastic crates with plenty of holes in them. Store at 35-40 degrees F in a dark place that won’t freeze. The Larsons grew garlic, red onions and yellow onions. Red onions don’t store [...]
In 2014, Paul built this hoop greenhouse to grow vegetables in early spring or late fall. Amazingly, with only natural heat this hoop greenhouse can produce vegetables until late November or early December! Paul is using the hoop greenhouse this year for broccoli, green beans, carrots, Swiss chard, kale and tomatoes.
We have a LOT of tomato plants that need a home! In celebration of the popularity of the tomato - often called "America's favorite edible plant" - here are some fun facts about the vegetable from Garden Center magazine. The word "tomato" was first seen in English in 1604, appearing in "The Naturall and Morall Historie [...]