My Condo Garden: Local Farmers Market Right Now! A Strawberry Plant Lesson Learned.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Local Farmers Market Right Now! A Strawberry Plant Lesson Learned.

This morning I hopped out of bed happy to see that it wasn't pouring rain as predicted and went to my local farmer's market. It's in Deerfield at the corner of Deerfield and Waukegan Roads in the train station east parking lot. If you have time this moring, give the local Girl Scouts some business.

Local Girl Scouts Out Bright and Early
with a Bake Sale

This early in the season, and will all the bad weather that we've had, it's a wonder they had much to sell at all. I saw mostly strawberries, asparagus, rhubarb, onions and fresh herbs in planters for you to start your own garden.

I learned something from the nice guy from one of the garden centers in Lake Zurich**. I have a couple of strawberry runners. I want to replant them and wasn't so sure how to do that. He called his partner and gave me his phone. I found out that you should put another container with soil under the runner. It will root itself into the new container and when it takes and the stem from the original plant starts to wilt and die, you cut it off.

**and now I'm kicking myself because I don't remember which one exactly, but I think it's the Atrium Garden Center on Rand Road.

Our Farmers Market always has some entertainment. Today, they have a sr. citizen band playing old time tunes like You Are My Sunshine.

Seniors Getting the Kids Singing
the Old Favorites

I'll leave you today with a few more pictures from the Farmers Market:

The Farmers Market Always
Goes to the Dogs

Lots of Plants and Flowers for Sale

Plants and Herbs for Sale

1 comment:

PubliaJune 19, 2011 at 10:19 AM
I wonder if you could do the native American corn-beans-squash bit in a pot? (one of lots of links http://www.reneesgarden.com/articles/3sisters.html). Also, potatoes are supposed to work well in containers; you use a big plastic bag to remove them easily.
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I'm a busy attorney and political writer, a single gal who lives in a condominium in a suburb of Chicago. Sick of food recalls, mystery produce and tomatoes that taste like wet rags, I became interested in locally grown food. I hit the farmers' market every summer, but that was inconvenient and expensive. So, I decided to try growing a few things on my condominium balcony and in my unit. Last year, I tried tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini and an assortment of herbs. Apart from the herbs, everything died. I'm trying again this year armed with more Internet research and larger containers, but me being me, I'm still doing most everything on the fly and hoping for the best. So far, my garden has been even more inconvenient and expensive than the farmers market, but it's more fun too, and I'm learning a lot. Let's see what happens. If you have suggestions, please put them in the comments.