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Free Canning demo June 16

Posted on June 12, 2023 by IFM

June 16th features a free beginning introduction to water bath canning at 10:30am at the Managers tent.  It’s a great method for canning pickles, jams and jellies and fruit. This[…]

Posted in County Fair, Events, Food, How to, Market Day, Uncategorized Tagged canning, county fair, demonstration, free

It’s back! Gro More Veg workshop January 21

Posted on January 3, 2023January 4, 2023 by Cynthia Taylor

Learn to pack a 21/2 X 5 foot raised bed with a huge amount of vegetables! It’s easy to multiply by 5 so this works for larger gardens too. This[…]

Posted in Crops, Events, Food, How to, Workshop Tagged gardens, planting. gardening, vegetables

Pests, Diseases, Fertility and more on February 4

Posted on December 26, 2022February 15, 2023 by IFM

The Independence Farmers Market invites the public to an interactive vegetable growing workshop for all skill levels at the Grayson LandCare office, Saturday February 4th from 9 am to noon.[…]

Posted in Crops, Events, How to, Uncategorized, Workshop Tagged bugs, demonstrations, disease, fertilizer, irrigation, pest

Shopping Online is easy!

Posted on October 12, 2022 by IFM

The outdoor season ends after the Market on Friday, but you can still find lots of great products Online! In case it’s been a while since you placed an order,[…]

Posted in Food, How to, On-line Market, Uncategorized Tagged easy, eggs, food, fun, local, online, pasture raised, shop, vegetables

Soil test results and using the fertilizer calculator

Posted on May 9, 2021May 11, 2021 by independencefarmersmarket

  It’s planting time!   Here’s a refresher on using the fertilizer calculator. My test results for the high tunnel told me I needed to add all of the major nutrients-N,[…]

Posted in Crops, How to Tagged calculator, fertilizer, gardening, planting 1 Comment

It’s time for garlic

Posted on October 21, 2020October 22, 2020 by IFM

I’ve been going through the garlic I harvested in July.  Damaged or diseased bulbs are salvaged for immediate use in salsa, sauted with lots of butter and frozen in small[…]

Posted in Crops, Food, How to Tagged fall chores, gardening, garlic, planting

It’s time to plant for fall

Posted on July 19, 2020July 20, 2020 by IFM

As of July 20, there are still about 87 frost free days left.  I was surprised when I saw the LONG list of crops you can still plant now and[…]

Posted in Crops, How to Tagged gardening, how-to, seeds, starting seeds

Seed starting 101

Posted on March 23, 2020 by IFM

There is increased interest in gardening right now, so here is seed starting 101 LIGHT is the key ingredient. Whether it’s a shop light, a rope of leds, or a[…]

Posted in Crops, How to Tagged lights, seeds, sowing, starting

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