Croftstone Acres Farm

We are a very small operation in Greenville, SC experiencing our first year. This year is all about learning. Plans are to eat or share the majority of what is produced and to sell any potential excesses. I hope to eventually be a multi-plot urban farm that provides extra income for my family and fresh, nutritious food for the families in Community with us. I also hope to create relationships, further knowledge, increase beauty, and glorify God through our farm and its radius of influence.

March 20, 2009

Here is quite possibly the only tip I know:

Carrots are pretty frail when they first start growing and if your soil tends to get crusty it can actually inhibit the seedling from breaking through to the air. A good way to prevent this is to form your raised bed and then put a small trench in it and fill the trench with an inch or so of potting soil. By planting the seeds in the potting soil you give them great nutrients and good moisture retention to start on and you prevent the top of the soil from becoming crusty.

3 years ago

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