April 4, 2019
How will your garden grow?
By Edna Sailor
Is it spring yet? Many ask the question even as snow drifts live out their final days in runoff to lower levels of the landscape. Gardeners have no such questions. They know with that first indication of thawed earth that planting season is just around the corner.
Those who grow produce for the farmers market are already on it. Kenton Onstad doesn’t do seedlings as some gardeners do, but he orders his seed. Onions and Potatoes are already ordered. That is standard procedure for him. What is not so standard is his new project.
“We have an 80 year old apple tree and we are at a time when we hope it does not fall down on us. I saved some seeds from the apples and we are trying to get them to grow,” he said.
Time will tell about that for Onstad, but he also is planning his garden in his head just now as soil temperatures don’t yet lend themselves to spring planting.
Those who grow produce for the farmers market are already on it. Kenton Onstad doesn’t do seedlings as some gardeners do, but he orders his seed. Onions and Potatoes are already ordered. That is standard procedure for him. What is not so standard is his new project.
“We have an 80 year old apple tree and we are at a time when we hope it does not fall down on us. I saved some seeds from the apples and we are trying to get them to grow,” he said.
Time will tell about that for Onstad, but he also is planning his garden in his head just now as soil temperatures don’t yet lend themselves to spring planting.
