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07/21/2025

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07/15/2025

🌽It’s that time of year!! Our sweet corn is starting to come in! 🌽

We will be at the VFW Farmers Market in Fort Payne tomorrow (FRIDAY, June 27, 2025) with corn. It begins at 2 pm.

*We will ONLY be at the farmers market on Friday.*

Our FIRST DAY open at the farm will be SATURDAY, June 28, 2025. We will be open at 10 am.

$6 a dozen

We look forward to seeing yall!

256-659-4115

1694 county road 550
Grove Oak, Al 35975

07/13/2025

03/25/2024

Food shortages worry Venezuelans
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/13/world/americas/venezuela-food-shortages/index.html?hpt=wo_bn8
"People are doing panic buying. With these price caps, people are buying more than they need because they know many factories are not going to be able to produce their products.

03/23/2024

Soil preparation and fertilizers for zucchini are the same as for cucumbers. It can be grown by seedling and non-seedling methods. With the seedling method, commercial products are received 10-15 days earlier. For this, 20-30-day-old seedlings are used. When the soil warms up to 14-16°C and the threat of spring frosts passes (May 10-20), it is planted on the beds. Using small-sized film covers, plants can be planted 5-10 days earlier. The planting scheme is 70x70 or 90x90 cm, 1-2 plants are placed in the nest. The depth of planting plants is up to the cotyledons.

Seeds are sown on the beds when the soil temperature at a depth of 10-12 cm reaches 12-14°С. The method of sowing is square-nest (70x70 or 90x90 cm). 2-3 seeds are sown in the nest. If there is a wireworm in the soil, the sowing rate is increased (5-6 seeds in a nest). The depth of seed wrapping is 4-6 cm. Mulching the nests with humus has a positive effect on the friendliness of seed germination, because under mulch the soil warms up better, moisture is preserved and a crust does not form.

Caring for plants consists in systematically loosening the rows, hunting weeds in the nests and fighting diseases and pests (as in cucumber). In the phase of formation of the first true leaf, the plants break through (pluck). 1-2 best-developed plants are left in the nest. In the phase of cotyledons, plants can be transplanted with a lump of earth. It is more appropriate to loosen the soil after rain or irrigation. In the southern regions of Ukraine, zucchini is watered 8-10 times, in the forest-steppe - 3-4 times, in Polissia and in the western regions - 1-2 times, depending on weather conditions. The irrigation rate is 35-5 l/m².

Zucchini fruits are harvested regularly when they reach technical ripeness (length 14-16 cm, thickness 7-10 cm). During this period, they have a tender and somewhat sticky skin and underdeveloped seeds. Fruits with a hard skin are not suitable for use. The crop is harvested mostly 2 times a week. During harvesting, care is taken not to leave overripe fruits on the plants and not to damage the stems and leaves. If harvesting is delayed, the fruits overgrow and lose marketable quality, plant productivity decreases.

03/23/2024

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03/23/2024

Zucchini A type of hard-skinned pumpkin. The shape is different - from round to cylindrical. The color is white and light green. The surface is smooth and ribbed. Conditionally edible when fresh.

Spaghetti squash. A type of hard-skinned pumpkin. Oval shape up to 1.5 kg. Used in a ripe state. The color is yellow-orange. Beautiful boiled "pasta".

Zucchini zucchini. A type of hard-skinned pumpkin. The shape is varied — from round to cylindrical. The color is yellow, orange, multi-colored. It is used in the same way as zucchini.

Crookneck zucchini. A type of hard-skinned pumpkin. The shape is "swan-like" (crookneck means "crooked neck" in English). A very decorative form. The color is yellow and orange. The surface is ribbed and warty. It is used in the same way as zucchini.

03/22/2024

Calorie content is about 27 Kcal (per 100 g)[5]. Zucchini is rich in potassium - 240 mg%, iron - 0.4 mg%, contains organic acids - 0.1%, vitamins (mg%): C - 15, PP - 0.6, B1 and B2 - 0.03 each, B6 - 0.11, carotene - 0.03[5].

Young zucchini has the best taste and is easily digestible. Zucchini can be added to children's menus, to the diet of patients recovering, as well as people suffering from digestive problems.

Thanks to its easy digestibility and low calorie content, zucchini is one of the most popular vegetables in weight loss diets. It is very common in Mediterranean dishes, the most famous of which is ratatouille. Stuffed zucchini flowers are popular among residents of Provence.

03/21/2024

Zucchini (shortened from Ukrainian kabak, “pumpkin”, from Turkic languages) is a bush variety of pumpkin with oblong fruits, without vines. The fruits can be green, yellow, black or white. The pulp is tender and quick-cooking.
Zucchini comes from northern Mexico (Oaxaca Valley), where initially only its seeds were eaten.

Zucchini came to Europe in the 16th century along with other “curiosities” from the New World. At first, zucchini was grown in botanical gardens. In the 18th century, the Italians were the first to use unripe zucchini for food.

In 1998, John Handbury from Chesterfield (UK) grew a zucchini weighing 61.23 kg.