Market Farming

["Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT Hart.k12.ky.us>]

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> From:         Elizabeth Pike[SMTP:pike AT always-online.com]
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> Speaking of basil, have any of you ever grown Spicy Globe?  It makes a
> nice round "head" about 10" wide, 10" tall.  I've grown it every year,
> but last year,  as a fluke on one very hot harvest day,  I cut the
> whole plant.   I took it to market, placing it in a vase, intending to
> just have it perfume the air around my booth.  
> 
We grow a particular cultivar called "minette" in 4" pots for sales to
customers.  Without any pinching, it makes a beautiful "ball" and sells like
crazy.  We sell our 4" pots of herbs for $1.50 (I know, cheap, but you'd
have to know our market), and always sell out of this one because of its
beauty.

> them as we will be having our trees "harvested".   My flower growing
> friend also grows basil for her flower bouquets.  Customers come by
> our booths (they're side by side) and can't help but want to cook!
> 
        We grow 'Sweet Dani' and 'Thai Queen' as fillers for our cut flower
bouquets.  They add both color and fragrance!

Paul and Alison Wiediger
Au Naturel Farm
Smiths Grove, KY





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