On the 11th of June, 34 club members descended on "Montague Heritage Farms" in Elk, for our June garden tour. Ed and Lisa Montague and their family are in the process of changing their large family garden into a retirement income farm, complete with hoop houses, salad mix sales, heritage chickens (red eggs, green eggs, pink eggs), a huge walk-in cooler, and lots of green things growing in long rows.
Lisa (Ed was away at gainful employment during our noisy visit - smart man!) pointed out their use of "Wobblers" to water their long rows of healthy plants - Wobblers are sprayers on PVC pipe uprights, that make efficient use of limited water.
Wobblers are available from Amazon.com (of course), Dripdepot.com, and from Farmtek.com.
Also of interest was the family's use of a human-powered rotary cultivator inside the raised beds, that caught the eye of more than one envious gardener: the green and yellow (NOT a "John Deere" product!) cultivator is available from "Lehman's" and "Cottage Craft Works."
Please note that members must be present during meetings and tours in order to receive any goodies from drawings or give aways - your buddy may only take home his or her loot.
We'll be touring in both July and August, so stay tuned.
Jim
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