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 August 31, 2011 Come to see me The produce is great. Got all the fixings, Can you hardly wait? Hello, The Banquet Table awaits you Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Have a taste of my fabulous produce.
I Grow Organic For Your Healthy Eating . . . Ground Cherries Green Beans Yellow Beans Fingerling Potatoes (see photo) Red Potatoes (see photo) Pickling Cucumbers Slicing Cucumbers Crooked Neck Summer Squash Cipolinni Onions White Onions Yellow Onions Red Onions Shallots Slicing Tomatoes Roma Tomatoes Cherry Tomatoes 4th of July Tomatoes Heirloom Tomatoes (see photo) Cabbage Carrots Beets Sweet Peppers Green Peppers Red Peppers Jimmy Nordello Peppers Ivory Peppers Purple Peppers Carmen Peppers Yellow Peppers Orange Peppers Banana Peppers Hot Peppers Jalepeno Peppers Krimson Lee Peppers Mariachi Peppers Serrano Peppers Poblano Peppers Green Zucchini Megda Zucchini Garlic Herbs - Parsley, Basil, Sage, Rosemary, Cilantro
Fill That Willow Basket . . . Minnesota Local Grown Sweet Corn Red Potatoes Muskmelon Seedless Black Skin Watermelon Fresh Garlic - Just Harvested! Michigan Peaches Colorado Peaches California Nectarines California Plums California Green Grapes California Red Grapes California Garlic from Gilroy, California Fresh Ginger
When you care enough to Eat the very best, ask Donna!
New! New! New! Local Grown Garden Flower Bouquets - Also Gladiolus Excellent Quality - Come to See! See you soon, Donna
Garden Tips - It's Harvest Time! Have you dug your onions yet? It's time! If you leave them in the field and we get a lot of fall rain they will start to regrow. Then they will not store well. Put onions on a table in your garage to dry. (see photo) When dry, cut off the stem to store. Store dry onions in a cardboard box or paper bag.
Potatoes - If the greens are dry you should dig. Dry in your garage, then put in cardboard box or paper bag to keep. Don't wash, they store better with a bit of soil on them. Just rub them as clean as you can. You can store potatoes and onions in your garage until it gets too cold. Then bring into basement or another cool place. Carrots and beets can be left in the ground until you need them or when you till your garden for winter. To know when your winter squash is ready to harvest put your thumbnail into the shell by the stem. If it dents or sinks into the shell it's too green, don't pick. Thsi season will be a challenge for harvest to store. If your product doesn't keep I believe it's the season. Next year will be better! Be sure to clean all old garden plants out of the garden in the fall. Put in compost or mulch pits. Then rent a tiller and turn the soil for over winter. The ground will be better in spring for gardening. When you care enough to Grow the very best, ask Donna!