SEASON EXTENSION
There are several tools and techniques that can lengthen the growing season, making it possible to begin earlier in the spring and end later in the fall. Three easy ways to increase the productivity of your plot are cold frames, cloches, and greenhouses. All of these structures collect solar radiation that warms the plants and soil and trap it in a contained air space. This heat promotes growth in plants that cannot survive in the cooler temperatures of the fall, winter, and spring. Utilizing these structures can extend your growing season anywhere from six weeks to three months.
Learn more about season extension from Farmer D!
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Plant of the Week:
Blackberries
All blackberry plants are perennial, with roots living for many years. The stems are biennial; they grow one year and produce fruit the following year. The fruiting stems die after they have produced blackberries. New stems are produced each year from roots or the base of old stems. The fruiting stems need to be removed each year after harvest, and new growth that did not produce must be pruned and trained to produce the following season. Blackberries are not only delicious they are easy to grow as they grow native throughout the United States. Blackberries can be used in baking, salads, and sides!
Try these delicious Blackberry Recipes! |
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Chalkboard Talk:
School Garden tips from Farmer Ashley
Exciting harvests are now taking place across school gardens in Atlanta! If you have harvested a crop and are currently looking to fill some empty beds or bare soil, try planting spinach seeds, garlic bulbs, and or cover crops to give your soil a boost and a break for the upcoming Spring planting season.
Get Started planning a Farmer D School Garden Today |
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Compost
Corner
(Keeping
It Hot! Farmer D's Compost Tips)
TOO HOT TO HANDLE
Having chickens is great not only for meat and eggs, but for the amazing fertilizer they produce as waste. Chicken feathers and droppings are great additions to any composting system. While the benefits of this feathered friends' waste are larger plants, healthier leaves, and more fruiting bodies, the manure itself contains the richest NPK ratio of all livestock with a Nitrogen content that will burn plants if put directly into the soil. Chicken manure must be aged, which is best done by adding the waste to your existing composting system. Like a fine wine, this fertilizer is best when given time to mature and the results of this composted gold will surely be worth the wait!
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Farmer D Organics Garden Center - Now with 2 Locations!
2154 Briarcliff Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329
4050 Holcomb Bridge Rd. Norcross, GA 30092
Opening Hours:
M-Sat: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Sat: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sun: 11am - 4:30pm |
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(404) 325-0128
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