Comments on: Crops among the weeds http://tinyfarmblog.com/crops-among-the-weeds/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:31:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: siri http://tinyfarmblog.com/crops-among-the-weeds/#comment-27088 siri Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:46:45 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1256#comment-27088 Hi guys it may seem obnoxious but is there any way i can get some of the pigweed and lambsquarters i want to grow them in a container . i have tried everywhere but of to no avail . i have one plant growing in my yard but i am not sure whther it is pigweed or not. Thanks Hi guys
it may seem obnoxious but is there any way i can get some of the pigweed and lambsquarters i want to grow them in a container . i have tried everywhere but of to no avail . i have one plant growing in my yard but i am not sure whther it is pigweed or not.
Thanks

]]> By: kathy http://tinyfarmblog.com/crops-among-the-weeds/#comment-27057 kathy Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:17:01 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1256#comment-27057 Me too! Tons of weeds right now. I got a book to identify them all. I pull all mine by hand. A whole field looks pretty impossible. But your crops look great! Me too! Tons of weeds right now. I got a book to identify them all. I pull all mine by hand. A whole field looks pretty impossible. But your crops look great!

]]> By: Laura http://tinyfarmblog.com/crops-among-the-weeds/#comment-27049 Laura Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:50:30 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1256#comment-27049 Thank you for all the info you put in your blog; the company I work for has been growing sweet corn for the last 6 or 7 years. We started branching out into other vegetables a few years ago and are learning more and more with every crop. Thank you for all the info you put in your blog; the company I work for has been growing sweet corn for the last 6 or 7 years. We started branching out into other vegetables a few years ago and are learning more and more with every crop.

]]> By: Amy http://tinyfarmblog.com/crops-among-the-weeds/#comment-27042 Amy Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:40:15 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1256#comment-27042 That's a lot of weeds, but wow, the onions look wonderful! That’s a lot of weeds, but wow, the onions look wonderful!

]]> By: willing hands organic farm http://tinyfarmblog.com/crops-among-the-weeds/#comment-27040 willing hands organic farm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:39:43 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1256#comment-27040 I sooooo relate!!  My garlic has thistles that have shot up several feet and now have flower heads, very very bad!  The in row weeding must be done EARLY and several times, then I can relax a bit. Onions and carrots are the worst. Be very careful of using hay. Growing For Market had a front page story about an organic grower who bought hay that killed his crops.  The guy always bought hay from the same place, but a particular load had come from a farmer who used an herbicide deadly to any kind of cultivated crop. The offending farmer did not read the label before using the stuff. As a result, the organic grower applied the hay as a mulch, just like in previous years, only to have his crops start keeling over. It took several days/weeks to figure out what exactly had happened. They had to mad scramble volunteer crews to remove very heavy, rain sodden, stinky hay by hand and cart it away. It was in a 2007 issue, can't remember what month. Julie I sooooo relate!!  My garlic has thistles that have shot up several feet and now have flower heads, very very bad!  The in row weeding must be done EARLY and several times, then I can relax a bit. Onions and carrots are the worst.

Be very careful of using hay. Growing For Market had a front page story about an organic grower who bought hay that killed his crops.  The guy always bought hay from the same place, but a particular load had come from a farmer who used an herbicide deadly to any kind of cultivated crop. The offending farmer did not read the label before using the stuff. As a result, the organic grower applied the hay as a mulch, just like in previous years, only to have his crops start keeling over. It took several days/weeks to figure out what exactly had happened. They had to mad scramble volunteer crews to remove very heavy, rain sodden, stinky hay by hand and cart it away. It was in a 2007 issue, can’t remember what month.
Julie

]]> By: FarmCat http://tinyfarmblog.com/crops-among-the-weeds/#comment-27039 FarmCat Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:30:55 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1256#comment-27039 Did you know that lambs quarter is edible, and actually pretty nutritious? I know a farmer down in the state of Illinois that makes good money selling it to up-scale restaurants by the pound. Link to nutritional info: http://www.herbalremediesinfo.com/lambsquarter.html I knew the above info, but didn't actually know what the plant looked like until I read your post and decided to Google it.  Darn--I just finished pulling it all OUT of my lettuce bed. Wonder if it would sell at my farmers market? Did you know that lambs quarter is edible, and actually pretty nutritious? I know a farmer down in the state of Illinois that makes good money selling it to up-scale restaurants by the pound.

Link to nutritional info: http://www.herbalremediesinfo.com/lambsquarter.html

I knew the above info, but didn’t actually know what the plant looked like until I read your post and decided to Google it.  Darn–I just finished pulling it all OUT of my lettuce bed.

Wonder if it would sell at my farmers market?

]]> By: David http://tinyfarmblog.com/crops-among-the-weeds/#comment-27035 David Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:38:43 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1256#comment-27035 Yes mulching is the answer. Loads of spoiled straw from neighbours? Cheers, David Yes mulching is the answer. Loads of spoiled straw from neighbours?

Cheers, David

]]> By: Katie http://tinyfarmblog.com/crops-among-the-weeds/#comment-27029 Katie Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:37:34 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1256#comment-27029 Wow.  That's a lot of weeds and looks time consuming.  Best wishes. Wow.  That’s a lot of weeds and looks time consuming.  Best wishes.

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