2009 Crop Schedule
CSA - Community Supported Agriculture Program in Vancouver, BC.
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My veggies are grown on a series of private urban gardens through Vancouver. Currently I am managing 14+ gardens or about 1/3 of an acre.
2009 Planting : What I am planting for 2009
Note : Final crop will vary with seed availability and a successful harvest.
Beans - I love fresh beans, and pole beans are the most productive.
Fortex Filet Pole Bean - My favorite. Long, slender, rich and tasty. I dream of pan fried pole beans with fresh garlic and a dab of butter.
Fagiolo Rampicante - Italian Pole Bean, deep purple and stringless.
Popular European variety.
Goldmarie Romano - magnificent yellow Romano pole bean. Produces huge, flat, tender yellow beans that are surprisingly sweet.
Broad/Fava Beans
Windsor Broad Beans - Large, flat, green shelling beans. A European favorite. These enormous beans are a great appetizer when cooked with a little fresh garlic and olive oil.
Garlic
I am growing several varieties this year, including Persian Star, Leningrad, Northern Quebec, Yugoslavian Porcelian, German Red, and a mixture of cloves from last years crop. As of January 09 it is looking good. It survived the Xmas snows and has good root development.
Beets
Early Wonder Tall Top - a nice red beet that is great for baby beet greens.
Touchstone Gold - crisp green tops. Roots are a vibrant orange. Very sweet and beautiful.
Carrots
Bolero - extra sweet and crunchy. A good keeper.
Purple Haze - This stunning new variety was a 2006 AAS winner! Deep purple on the outside and bright orange on this inside. Sweet. Stirfry to retain the purple colour.
Summer Squash
Winter Squash
Swiss Chard
Potatoes
Corn
Sugar Snap Peas
Lettuce
Basil
Flowers
Spinach
Mustards
Radish
Turnips
Broccolli
Celery
Tomatoes
This year I am taking a new approach. I plan to grow root stock with an incredibly disease resistant tomatoe and graft some tasty tomatoes onto it. More work, but if the results are as good as I hear, it may be worth the effort.
Cucumbers
Peppers
Rhubard
Variety of Herbs
and a variety of small test crops.
Harvesting
I harvest the majority of the food the day of pickup to ensure maximum freshness.
Members are responsible to bring their own bags, totes or bins.
No pesticides are applied.
Organic methods are used, but we do not currently have organic certification.
The vegetables travel less than 5 km's to market.
The Ultimate in Freshness!
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