March 2021 Newsletter
Whats Happening at Ploughshares
March Zoom Presentations
Ploughshares is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
How to Grow Awesome Tomatoes
March 10th 2PM
Whether you are an expert or a beginner you will come away with
something new from our annual presentation about tomato growing. Topics
include: history, heirlooms vs conventional, determinate vs
indeterminate, hybrid vs open pollinated, horticulture (sun, soil, water
requirements), fertilizer, nutrition, dry farming and pest and disease
control and prevention.
Jeff is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: How to Grow Awesome Tomatoes
Time: Mar 10, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88297288306?pwd=bkR2S0ZYTXdZeU5TZ0FDdktiZk93dz09
Meeting ID: 882 9728 8306
Passcode: wolfpeach
How to Grow Awesome Tomatoes
March 19th 7PM
Whether you are an expert or a beginner you will come away with
something new from our annual presentation about tomato growing. Topics
include: history, heirlooms vs conventional, determinate vs
indeterminate, hybrid vs open pollinated, horticulture (sun, soil, water
requirements), fertilizer, nutrition, dry farming and pest and disease
control and prevention.
Jeff is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: How to Grow Awesome Tomatoes
Time: Mar 19, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89995747645?pwd=YkpCaVdtTmwxMjYxYnBpdmRBL3I1dz09
Meeting ID: 899 9574 7645
Passcode: wolfpeach
Warm Season Vegetable Gardening
March 24th 2PM
Primer on the basics of growing warm season vegetables such as Eggplant,
Tomatoes, Peppers, Melons, Cucumbers, Basil and Squash. Topics
include: growing from seed, square foot planting, vegetable starts, row
planting, soil preparation, pollination and pest and disease control.
Jeff is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Warm Season Vegetable Gardening
Time: Mar 24, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83185647649?pwd=ZHBYbWxBOTdqTytmVlpwdzZxK3hqdz09
Meeting ID: 831 8564 7649
Passcode: caliente
Warm Season Vegetable Gardening
March 26th 7pm
Primer on the basics of growing warm season vegetables such as Eggplant,
Tomatoes, Peppers, Melons, Cucumbers, Basil and Squash. Topics
include: growing from seed, square foot planting, vegetable starts, row
planting, soil preparation, pollination and pest and disease control.
Jeff is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Warm Season Vegetable Gardening
Time: Mar 26, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82880203169?pwd=REgyR2dpUFpIbzVKM0k2K0pmTTd3Zz09
Meeting ID: 828 8020 3169
Passcode: caliente
Whats on the Tables Weekend of March 5th, 6th and 7th
| Artichoke: Green Globe Artichoke |
| Beans: Dwarf Fava Beans |
| Beans: Rattlesnake Pole Beans |
| Beets: Golden Detroit Beets |
| Beets: Ruby Queen Beets |
| Cabbage: Fast Vantage Cabbage F1 |
| Cabbage: Napa Cabbage |
| Cabbage: Ruby Ball Cabbage |
| Cardoon: Pleno Inema Cardoon (breaded and fried anyone?) |
| Carrots: Amsterdam Carrots |
| Carrots: Cosmic Purple Carrots COSMIC! |
| Carrots: Danvers Carrots |
| Carrots: Red Cored Chantenay |
| Celery: Golden Celery |
| Chard: Swiss Chard |
| Collards |
| Cucumber: Poona Kheera Cucumber (Heirloom Awesomeness!) |
| Herb: Asti Marjoram |
| Herb: Borage |
| Herb: Bronze Fennel |
| Herb: Calypso Cilantro |
| Herb: Chives |
| Herb: Culinary Select Italian Oregano |
| Herb: Faustinoi Thyme |
| Herb: French Sorrel |
| Herb: French Thyme |
| Herb: Gold Delicious Sage (dwarf pineapple sage SWEET!) |
| Herb: Green River Parsley (the garnish kind) |
| Herb: Italian Mounding Rosemary |
| Herb: Italian Parsley (the flat leaf kind) |
| Herb: Lemon Grass |
| Herb: Lemon Thyme |
| Herb: Peppermint |
| Herb: Spearmint |
| Herb: Tarragon |
| Herb: True English Thyme (accept no substitutions!) |
| Kale: Rainbow Lacinato Kale |
| Kale: Red Russian Kale |
| Lettuce: Buttercrunch Lettuce |
| Lettuce: Forellenschluss Lettuce |
| Lettuce: Green Butter Lettuce |
| Lettuce: New Red Fire Lettuce (fire without the heat? Its a conundrum!) |
| Lettuce: Pomegranate Crunch Lettuce |
| Melon: Moon and Stars Cherokee Water Melon |
| Onions: Early Red Onions |
| Onions: Tokyo Long Onions |
| Onions: Walla Walla Onions |
| Pak Choi |
| Peas: Golden Sweet Snow Peas |
| Peas: Oregon Sugar Pod Peas |
| Peas: Super Sweet Sugar Daddy Snap Peas |
| Raddish: Pink Lady Raddish |
| Spinach: Bloomsdale Spinach |
| Squash: Costata Romanesco HEIRLOOM ZUCCHINI THE BEST! |
| Squash: Golden Zucchini |
| Strawberries: Eversweet |
| Strawberries: Seascape |
| Tamarillo |
| Tomato: Early Girl Tomato |
| Tomato: Fireworks Tomato |
| Tomato: Mountain Magic F1 Tomato |
| Tomato: New Girl Tomato |
| Tomato: Petaluma Hill Purple Tomato |
| Tree Collards |
Papa Cat Recommends Planting Tarahumara Sunflowers!
Tarahumara Sunflowers
4″ pot $2.99
25 seeds $3.79
Whether you grow from organic seed or buy one of our home-grown starts,
Tarahumara Sunflower is the best largest Sunflower according to
helianthus expert Papa the Cat. He should know, he spends all day
basking in the sun.
80 days to maturity
8ft tall
10″ diameter blooms
best to support with stake