When y’all get back from your summer vacations, it’ll be time to start sowing seeds for your fall garden. Here are a few tips that may help things germinate more easily: 1. To help seeds germinate fast, soak them in water overnight, which will coax them out of dormancy. 2. If you can’t plant your plumped-up seeds right after a drenching rain, thoroughly water the bed or row the day before putting them in the ground. 3. To further insulate seeds from the drying effects of strong sun, it helps to plant the seeds slightly deeper than you would if […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
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Take a break from the Olympics coverage and check out the info on Black Widow Spiders… ‘cuz at least three Farmers have reported seeing them at the Farm this week. You can read about them on our web page here. Two were up in Section H…and two more were down in the flower bed next to Section A. Unfortunately, at least one of these spiders was pregnant! And another one’s web had three egg sacs attached! So beware…these spiders can be helpful BUT only when you aren’t bothering them! (7/29/12)
Skidaway Farms is now partnering with Second Harvest to help feed those in need in Chatham County. Farmer, Denise Cunningham has been hard at work to develop the Farms’ food collection initiative which will kick-off this Saturday, June 30th at the Farmers Gathering at 9:00 am. Here’s how it will work: Coolers will be placed next to the Farm’s Bulletin Board every Saturday at 10 a.m. and remain there until 4 p.m. on Sunday. Any donations from your plot that you wish to make should be placed inside the coolers during that time frame. On vacation and don’t want your […]
…when your plot is not the sight for sore eyes it was back in April… when the humidity and the gnats seem to put a damper on every move you make… when your begging for rain continues to fall on deaf ears. As bright as the sun may shine, these remain the dark days of farming in hot ole Savannah. As far as the summer goes on Skidaway, it really is easiest to plant a good cover crop…and leave your plot to the whims of the Mother Nature. Buckwheat has become the cover crop of choice for many more Farmers […]
Many familiar faces….and some new ones… gathered at the Farm this weekend to talk about their plots, plants and plans for the next season. Led by the Farm’s indefatigable maitresse d’education, the Committee’s own Donna Shea, the discussion started on bugs…went to tomatoes… then donations to our Second Harvest food initiative…and finally ended with a list of projected projects for the Farm. You can read the entire list of topics… suggestions … books, pesticides and organic solutions under the Education page here. A round of applause went out for the success of the Farm’s “anti-raccoon” electric fence ….so far – […]
(For the TLA July journal) Since the beginning, it’s been a goal of the Skidaway Farms’ Governance Committee to have a central pavilion inside the Farm that could be used for Farmer meetings, picnics, or just to get out of the hot Savannah sun. This major project had to be put on the back burner while the Farm got established, the electric fence got installed, and the construction bills got paid. But now, the plans to construct our pavilion are back on the drawing board! Chair, Blake Caldwell will be spear-heading a major fundraising effort to finance this project. And […]