Spring has not yet officially begun (even though it will be 75 degrees today), but in my mind it is already spring. Several spring crops are either already in the ground or will be by this weekend and the summer crops are in seed trays basking in the glow from florescent grow lights.This past Saturday, I made a trip down to Atlanta to pick up some grass-fed beef and pastured pork from Riverview Farms at the Morningside Farmers Market. While I was there I picked up two pounds of beautiful kale and one pound of Swiss chard from Crystal Organic Farm. My next stop was the Farmer D Organics store (more info at Sustainable Dunwoody) for a cubic yard of their raised bed mix. The raised bed mix is made from peat humus (locally harvested and rich in humic acid), composted bark fines and Farmer D’s biodynamic compost.
About a third of that raised bed mix went to my friend Emily, who has expressed an interest in gardening but just needed a little extra push. So, I made a raised bed and installed it for her. All I asked is that she takes care of the plants I will be bringing her in a few weeks and to join Georgia Organics (Facebook, Twitter) with the money she wanted to pay me back with.
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Love the raised bed, Mike! And so glad you made it to Farmer D's! I need to get down to the Morningside Market soon.
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