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Copyright © 2000-2011
Donna Frantz
At the Farm
Waconia
Minnesota |
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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 |
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Sent March 31, 2010Robins are singing,
Rhubarb is up.
Soon we'll be digging
In the good earth that I love! Hello, Hello, Hello, Isn't this great to have spring and nice weather? I have bulk vegetable garden seeds, seed
potatoes and onion sets for sale. I can help you decide how much you need for your size garden. Check out a new YouTube video called "At the Farm with Donna". Last summer it was made
by Rod Rassman to showcase my farm on highway 5 as a lovely Welcome to Waconia! Fun to see myself! Heavens, I talk a lot! Click the
link here or go to my homepage. Send the link to your friends if you'd like to. Update on my book, Gardening According to Donna. It should be ready for sale by mid April. This project has been so exciting! My mission is to help people
to be very successful gardeners. It's very basic, to guide you on your way. What a beginning gardener needs is an old gardener like me! |
I will have it for sale through my website.
Also for sale At the Farm! |
Save the date! Check out my May 15 Plant Swap and Sale
This is the same day as Sister Saturday in Waconia. 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 here again. Free vegetable seeds, vegetable plants and gardening advice to unemployed people who come to my farm. Pass the word to those in need!
Remember! I have farm fresh brown eggs available every day! Self serve from the ice box on my porch. When you care enough to Eat the Very Best, ask Donna! See you soon!
Donna |
Soil! Soil! Soil! How to know when its okay to be working in the garden? Take a handful of soil and squeeze it. If it stays in a mudball, keep out! It needs to dry out more. Soil
needs to crumble between your fingers. If you dig too soon the clumps will never crumble. You will pay the fiddler all season! Look at how nice and dry the soil is in the field when Dan and I were planting
potatoes a year or two back. When the soil is right you need to spade it over or till it. Add fertilizer if you wish, then spade it in too. Bone meal is great for perennial
flowers in the spring. You can put a half cup around each plant and scratch it in or just leave it on top of the ground. The rail will wash it in. Bone meal is for strong roots. |
Have Fun in the Soil!
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