Spring has sprung!

The AHS TGC demonstration garden is up and running! Almost all 75 boxes are planted. Some of the activities that we will be conducting will be comparing organic fertilizer (milorganite) vs. inorganic fertilizer (chemical 10-10-10) on 'Diva' cucumbers, determining if the white side of the cap vs. the black side of the cap affects the rate of growth in the Virginia zone 7 area on Red Dynasty cabbage, comparing growing mediums using coconut fiber, perlite, and soiless mixture, and comparing yields and characteristics of a variety of tomato cultivars, including green grape, sungold, supersweet 100, and big beef, and eggplants. We started planting our cool crops in March. It may have been a little early because of the weather that came about. We had a freeze a few of the nights after the seedlings sprouted. That burned them a bit. We also had terential down pours and hurricane winds, which flooded the boxes and blew the fertilizer into the seedlings. Needless to say, the seeds I started didn't do so well. But, we are moving on to the warm crops and are looking forward to a successful year. You should come and check it out!