Whats Happen at Country Taste Farm
Wow WE have Igloos Lots of Snow, we have the snow off the
tops so the load shouldn’t break the structure.
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| Our High Tunnels |
But we are starting plants in the
basement spring will come.
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| New Asparagus variety |
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| Millennium Asparagus |
We have started a new variety of
asparagus, Millennium the name scares me. Asparagus
is a plant with a pace all its own. On a hot day the stalks can grow six
inches, yet it can take up to twelve years to develop a new variety at the
University of Guelph’s Simcoe Research Station Ontario, Canada. Why such a long
wait? Dave Wolyn, a professor in OAC’s Department of Plant Agriculture,
explains that asparagus takes about three years to establish itself before its
yields can be harvested. Years four, five and six of the trial’s life are used
to study and measure before the research starts again to compare the best of
the preliminary trials at multiple locations, taking another six years. All
that waiting is worth it, though. The time and effort Wolyn and his team have
put into developing better asparagus has already paid off with the Guelph
Millennium variety. Guelph Millennium was named Seed of the Year in 2005,
recognition for the sustained high yields and quality of the variety, and
now comprises more than three-quarters of the Ontario market. Better yet, this
cool climate variety from the University Guelph has become popular with
producers as far away as Michigan, Washington state, and the UK.
Tomatoes: we hope to have tomatoes to enjoy with our early
season lettuce. We started Saskrua Early,
delicious, attractive cherry tomatoes. Real sweet tomato flavor and firmness without being hard.
Among the first to ripen, Sakura keeps going all season long because of its
disease resistance. Very tidy, compact plant fits well in tight spaces.
Prolific yielder of bright red, shiny, medium-large cherry tomatoes that
average 20–22 gm. High resistance to fusarium wilt, leaf mold, and tobacco
mosaic virus; and intermediate resistance to nematodes. Indeterminate.
Organically grown.
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| Saskura Plants 6 days old |
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| Saskura In June |
Organic practices help reduce Chemicals residue,
We are doing Much more for food Safety:
“Know Your Farmer Know Your Food”
