Marketbound!

It's official! Homegrown Girl LLC (fancy huh?) is officially selling produce tomorrow at the Peachtree City Farmers Market. It's located behind the Bank of America on Hwy 54 near Partner's Pizza and is going on from 9AM till 1PM. Come by and check it out. I'll be set up at the Minter's Farm tent since I only have a couple of things ready now. Mom and I cut all the spinach that was ready (over 2 bushels) and one heavy bushel of wild arugula. I'm pumped to be heading to the market for the first time with my own stuff!

Now about the farm... Things have been a little crazy at the farm these last few weeks. We've been planting for both farms and getting a deer fence up (the hubby is extremely upset about that one). I now have, in addition to all the other things, over 100 tomatoes planted, 6 rows of okra, 2 rows of beans, about 40 cucumber plants, 15 squash plants and 30 zucchini plants (15 green and 15 yellow). Everything but the tomatoes are what I started in the greenhouse last month. I had a little bit of problems with the tomatoes but they're on the mend and there are several more started again.

Thank you to all of you who have supported me and given me moral support along the way. It's a little scary and a ton of fun at the same time. I hope to succeed and make Homegrown Girl be something truly amazing.

Long time... No see

It has been forever... but I'm back in full force! Things have been a little crazy here at the farm. We've been busy plowing, planting, putting up fences and more.

Since I've been gone, the potatoes (the ones I thought were goners and plowed them up) have come up as did some of the others planted. Then I planted a couple of other varieties: red and French organic fingerling. So far, so good. I also had to replant the sweet peas so they didn't come up well. About 30 or so of the original 375 came up... very frustrating, but it was a gamble with the weather like it was.

The spinach and wild arugula are looking great and I'm excited to see them looking so pretty. Mama ended up planting those for me when I was off on vacation for my birthday. She's new to the push planter and it was getting dark, so a couple of the rows kinda cross... but that's ok!

A few new items have been planted recently as well. There are a few rows of Ruby Chard, Silverado Chard, Bull's Blood Beets, and Shanghai Green Pac Choy. My first experience with the greenhouse has been somewhat successful (so far... and I'm crossing my fingers that it will last). I have some beautiful zucchini coming up as well as squash, muskmelons and even watermelons. I think I only have one tomato out of about 60 that have come up, but that's better than none! Everything is organic special thanks to Walmart now carrying small packets of OMRI Listed organic seed. It seems crazy to think that Wally World now carries organic seeds and starting soils too.

Yesterday, I plowed some more in the field we call Arrowhead Field. It will be totally organic and something Daddy and I will do together. It is starting off as a cleared field, so it will be easy to get certified. It was wonderful smelling the honeysuckles out in the treeline, but they had to go.

We have a big weekend coming up in my household... My wonderful mother's birthday is this Friday (don't ask how old she'll be... she'll just say old) and Abigail's 2nd birthday is Sunday. We're celebrating both Taylor and Abigail's birthdays this weekend in addition to celebrating Easter with our families! Busy, busy, busy...

Well, I'm off to help Daddy do some weeding in the berries and then, once it dries out, plowing in one of my fields and laying off some plastic rows to plant some more. I definitely need to get my early beans in the ground soon!