Herbs & Hydroponics

LFLF promised this "next day post" 3 days ago, so what happened?  Some PC troubles ..... isn't it always something?  Anyway, during our visit to the market at Yarnick's Farm, we checked out  the small attached greenhouse at the back of the market.   Here they grow fresh herbs in a  vertical "clip your own" type of arrangement.  This is a neat way to provide herbs outside of the traditional growing season.  There are specific varieties & quite a bit of science behind what grows well under these conditions!   A customer just ahead of us was clipping her own bunch of parsley.  Have any of the blog readers seen this type of set up at that big theme park in Orlando, FL?
On the other side of the greenhouse were rows of hydroponic lettuce.  We're not sure of what the cutting or picking rules were for the lettuce, but they looked like they'd be ready soon.   Here's a local grower who's made a season extending high value use of their greenhouses with hydroponic vegetables.



Yarnick's Hydroponic Lettuce

Check out this article from 2007 in the American Vegetable Grower magazine & plan to stop in if you're in the area! 
Check out this Penn State horticulture web-site for info & vegetable crop growing tips & news.