Comments on: Farmers’ Market Tips http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/04/17/farmers-market-tips/ Organic Grocery Market, Shop Local, Small Farms, Family Farms Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dewayne Arave http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/04/17/farmers-market-tips/#comment-5868 Dewayne Arave Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:04:37 +0000 http://organictobe.org/index.php/2008/04/04/farmers-market-tips/#comment-5868 This is a good starting point for those who are new to the markets. I would add that uniformity of product can sometimes be a good indicator of reselling. Also, try planting umbelliferous plants next to the cabbage. The ferny leaves distract the cabbage moths and the 2nd year flowers of many umbelliferous plants attract predatory insects by the droves. It is quite satisfying when you see a wasp land on those little green caterpillars and munch away. This is a good starting point for those who are new to the markets. I would add that uniformity of product can sometimes be a good indicator of reselling. Also, try planting umbelliferous plants next to the cabbage. The ferny leaves distract the cabbage moths and the 2nd year flowers of many umbelliferous plants attract predatory insects by the droves. It is quite satisfying when you see a wasp land on those little green caterpillars and munch away.

]]> By: Susan http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/04/17/farmers-market-tips/#comment-5066 Susan Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:10:36 +0000 http://organictobe.org/index.php/2008/04/04/farmers-market-tips/#comment-5066 I don't use Bt on anything, I hand pick whatever bugs I see off my plants. I do use Neem occasionally when the squash bugs get totally out of control. I have no idea what the pH of my soil is, I garden in raised beds because I literally have gravel as a back yard soil. DH would like me to use a soil testing kit, but I really don't feel the need to mess with it that much. So I am not sure your comments are completely on base, because I do sell my stuff locally and I wouldn't know the answers to some of those questions regarding my own produce. However...I can tell you the varieties of produce I grow, and what doesn't work in my garden. I don’t use Bt on anything, I hand pick whatever bugs I see off my plants. I do use Neem occasionally when the squash bugs get totally out of control.

I have no idea what the pH of my soil is, I garden in raised beds because I literally have gravel as a back yard soil. DH would like me to use a soil testing kit, but I really don’t feel the need to mess with it that much.

So I am not sure your comments are completely on base, because I do sell my stuff locally and I wouldn’t know the answers to some of those questions regarding my own produce. However…I can tell you the varieties of produce I grow, and what doesn’t work in my garden.

]]> By: Sarah Taber http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/04/17/farmers-market-tips/#comment-5044 Sarah Taber Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:53:20 +0000 http://organictobe.org/index.php/2008/04/04/farmers-market-tips/#comment-5044 Gotta disagree with Bt being the only organic way to control cabbage worms. Floating row covers work nicely. Setting up a bat house is helpful for cutting down on caterpillars from night-flying moths as well. (You can read about it at www.sare.org, projects FS07-212 and FS99-086.) I say this because Bt is a poison just like any number of the non-organic pesticides. It's subject to the same problems with overuse causing resistance as any other insecticide, so I get alarmed whenever I see it treated The Cure and suitable for spraying all the time just because it's safe for humans. Gotta disagree with Bt being the only organic way to control cabbage worms. Floating row covers work nicely. Setting up a bat house is helpful for cutting down on caterpillars from night-flying moths as well. (You can read about it at http://www.sare.org, projects FS07-212 and FS99-086.)

I say this because Bt is a poison just like any number of the non-organic pesticides. It’s subject to the same problems with overuse causing resistance as any other insecticide, so I get alarmed whenever I see it treated The Cure and suitable for spraying all the time just because it’s safe for humans.

]]> By: Brenda http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/04/17/farmers-market-tips/#comment-3367 Brenda Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:22:18 +0000 http://organictobe.org/index.php/2008/04/04/farmers-market-tips/#comment-3367 Wonderful article, great advise and beautiful pictures on all articles. Thank you very much for all the information and recipes you provide. Much love from Texas! Wonderful article, great advise and beautiful pictures on all articles. Thank you very much for all the information and recipes you provide. Much love from Texas!

]]> By: De in D.C. http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/04/17/farmers-market-tips/#comment-1641 De in D.C. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:16:39 +0000 http://organictobe.org/index.php/2008/04/04/farmers-market-tips/#comment-1641 I am lucky that in my county, the farmer's markets are regulated to prevent resellers and are limited to farms within a 125 mile radius. However, many of the farms hire people to work the market stands, so many of the questions you outlined couldn't be answered by the seller. There have been times when I've asked questions that couldn't be answered, but the seller always says to contact the owner/farmer and usually points me in the direction of the appropriate contact information (either a pamphlet or the farm's website). I am lucky that in my county, the farmer’s markets are regulated to prevent resellers and are limited to farms within a 125 mile radius. However, many of the farms hire people to work the market stands, so many of the questions you outlined couldn’t be answered by the seller. There have been times when I’ve asked questions that couldn’t be answered, but the seller always says to contact the owner/farmer and usually points me in the direction of the appropriate contact information (either a pamphlet or the farm’s website).

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