At the Farm is located on Highway 5 in Carver County, Minnesota - 2.5 m. East of Waconia - 4.5 m. West of Victoria - 10 m. West of Chanhassen
Donna Frantz, Proprietor - 8880 East Highway 5, Waconia MN 55387 - imthefarmer@earthlink.net - 952-442-4816

At the Farm Newsletter

Sent April 14, 2010 The Easter Bunny has hopped away Crocus and tulips are sprouting Watch the birds building their nests Spring has announced its arrival! Hello, Hail! Hail! my book is here! Its been whole a year of love and inspiration to write it and share my knowledge of gardening with you! Gardening According to Donna is a great gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or just because! Buy it for beginning gardeners or for yourself just because you would like to have a copy. You can order it now. $16.95 plus $5.00 shipping. Send a check to Donna Frantz 8880 Hwy 5 Waconia, MN 55387 I also have it for sale At the Farm and at Jim Gilbert's Wild Bird Store in downtown Waconia.

Its great to see the new season! Pussy willows have been cut. I have them for sale. I have all the cold crops planted for the first planting. They get planted again and again so I have product to sell over a long stretch of time. I have bulk vegetable garden seed, onion plants, onion sets, and, of course, seed potatoes for sale now! White Skin Potatoes-Dakota Pearl, Kennebec, Superior Red Skin Potatoes-Viking, Pontiac, Red Norland Yellow Skin (and flesh) Potatoes-Yukon Gold Brown Skin Potatoes-Burbank Russet

Thanks to all who shop here.  And for your input and interest in what I do!

Remember to Save the Date! May 15 Plant Swap and Sale! This is also the 6th Annual Sister Saturday Event in Waconia Click for more information on the Plant Swap and Sale Please come! Featuring FREE Demonstrations - Classes · 10 am and 1 pm - Vegetable Gardening · 10:30 am - Potted Gardens and Baskets · 11:00 am - Growing Patio Vegetables · 11:30 am - Using Herbs in Cooking with guest chef, Joe Marzano                     (Salads, Main Dishes, Desserts) · 12:30 pm - Planting Raised Beds with Herbs - Make a Snipping Garden Pride and Glory Garden Project is alive and well! Free vegetable seeds, vegetable plants and gardening advice to unemployed people who come to my farm. Pass the word to those in need! When you care enough to Eat the Very Best, ask Donna! See you soon! Donna

Spring! Spring! Spring! Its okay to start your cold crops in your garden - potatoes, onions, lettuce, radishes, kohlrabi, carrots, peas, beets, spinach. Do not start these in the house and transplant them into the garden, just plant them right in the garden. Pansies can be planted now. It will bring spring color to your front door. I have pansies for sale At the Farm. Also its time to divide or move your perennials. And you can fertilize your perennials now with 10-10-10 or bone meal. Bone meal is great for perennial flowers in the spring. Put a half cup around each plant and then scratch it in or just leave it on top of the ground. The rain will wash it in. Bone meal is for strong roots. Rhubarb can be divided. Remember, do not pick from new transplants this season. You will ruin your root systems by picking it the first year after planting. Have Fun Planting!