Joseph's Farm-Garden

Welome To Joseph's Farm-Garden

I grow and sell the freshest possible fruits and vegetables. My fields are located in Paradise, Hyrum, and Mendon Utah. I am anchoring the Paradise Farmer's Market which is held from 6 PM to sunset at the town hall. My philosophy towards growing is to never apply poisons to my fields regardless of how much labor it would save.

Please see my blog for details.

Paradise Farmer's Market, September 27th

How To Get My Produce

My produce is available at the Paradise Farmer's Market on Wednesday evenings, and at my Paradise field on Fridays from 6 PM to sunset.

You may also stop by my fields in Paradise or Mendon whenever you see my truck there and I will pick it while you wait. (My Hyrum fields are only for plant breeding.)

If you put together a group that will buy a pickup load at a time, I'll drive up to 150 miles to deliver produce to your drop point. Are you starting a farmer's market in your town and need an anchor? I may be willing to help.

Crops for this year include all the normally grown fruits and vegetables, and some unusual crops from the tropics. I don't always bring highly perishable items to market every time (like greens and herbs), but I will if you ask in advance.

To provide the safest food possible I do not knowingly add any of the following to my garden: herbicides, fungicides, synthetic pesticides, bone meal or other animal remains, genetically engineered plants, sewage sludge, or treated lumber.

Insects are managed with a combination of, floating row covers, biological controls, traps, lures, hunting, introduction of predators, companion planting, diatomacious earth, plant extracts, vegetable oil, and soapy water. But mostly I just don't grow plants that are prone to insect damage. I am breeding plant lines that are immune to our local pests.

I am not pursuing certifications from `USDA certified Organic` or `Certified Naturally Grown`. I do not make a heroic effort to obtain certified organic or CNG seeds and plants, nor to determine the 3 year history of mulches and manures. If certified items or equivalents are readily available at reasonable cost I use them preferentially over uncertified items.

The garden is watered by sprinkling with untreated irrigation water and the produce is not washed at the garden, except for root crops. I highly recommend cooking, or washing before use since there is no telling what the irrigation water brings with it. Irrigation is not started if the water is unusually turbid. To further minimize the risk of bacterial contamination, manure, if used, is only applied in the fall after crops are harvested.

I am breeding genetically diverse adaptivar landraces of my favorite crops. My big breeding project for 2010 to 2012 is breeding a sugary enhanced multicolored sweetcorn that is higher in phytonutrients and antioxidants than commercial varieties. I am looking for a few small garden plots in which to conduct plant breeding isolated from my main fields. I would like to trade produce.

Astronomy Domine Sweet Corn

If you'd like me to notify you when produce becomes available please write me or call.

Warm Regards,
Joseph