The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-05-10, Page 16An idea which started market
gardening for a Shipka area
couple on a small scale four years
ago has bloomed into a full-time
basiness.
pin and Elva Rammeloo who
operate Farmer Bill's market
gardening are in the process of
completing a large new green
house, on Concession 14 in
Stephen township, just north of
the Crediton road.
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A SPACIOUS GREENHOUSE - Bill Rammeloo of the Shipka area has constructed a large greenhouse this
spring and now has more than 20,000 boxes of vegetable and flower plants under plastic. A view of a large
portion of the new structure is shown above, T-A photo.
Land use
discussed
A discussion on land-use
planning and farming brought a
wide number of suggestions at
the monthly meeting of the Huron
County Federation of Agriculture
held Thursday night in Clinton.
The members present broke
into four groups to discuss the
problem and each group came up
with different answers. One group
suggested agricultural people
should be able to retire on
agricultural land and recom-
mended the licencing of farmers.
Another group said Huron
County land should be used to
best advantage and claimed the
present Huron county plan
doesn't make provision for this.
The group thought that if a small
portion of a farm was separated
from the rest of the farm by a
natural boundary such as a river
so that it was difficult to work it practice for farmers which says a
as part of the farm, the farmer farm building cannot be built
should be allowed to sell it for use within 1000 feet of an urban area
for building lots. L should' apply in reverse so that
Another group said there urban-homes cannot be located
within-"1000 feet of a farm
operation.
Farmers were penalized by
zoning, one member said. They
could be in a position where they
couldn't make money on the farm
and yet couldn't sell the farm to
developers.
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PLANTS OF ALL KINDS - Flowers and vegetable plants of all kinds are
available at the greenhouse of Farmer Bill, near Shipka. Above, Bill
Rammeloo is shown with some transplanted geraniums. T-A photo.
Milk group back
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The Huron County Milk
Committee has decided to rejoin
the Huron County Federation of
Agriculture after an absence of
several years.
The decision of the committee,
announced at the regular
meeting of the HFA Thursday
night in Clinton by Martin Baan
of Walton brings to eight the
number of organizations who
have affiliated with the HFA for
1973.
The others are the Seaforth
Farmers' Co-Operative; the
Huron County Development
Committee; the 4H Club Leaders
Association; the Ontario Egg
Producers' Marketing Board; the
Huron County Beef Improvement
Association; the Huron County
Soil and Crop Improvement
Association and the Huron
Holstein Club.
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milk scene at present also noted
that although the increase in the
price of industrial milk has been
announced as a 60 cent hike, in
many cases it will not, because
the floor price exceeded the old
price. In most cases, he said, the
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The new building of double
strength plastic construction is
124 feet long and 27 feet wide and
the heighth is 11 feet. In addition
they have built a 90 by 21 foot
temporary shelter.
For the next few week's the
Rammeloo's will be featuring
boxed plants. They now have
plants to fill more than 20,000
boxes being transplanted and
ready for sale.
The gardening venture for
Rammeloo started in 1968 when
he planted a peach orchard. They
now have 600 peach trees and
visitors are allowed to pick their
own fruit in the fall. Added on a
fairly large scale are
strawberries, sweet corn and
tomatoes.
The Shipka area gardener
emphasizes that everything sold
from his farm is homegrown. He
added. "We sell only what we
grow, This way we control
quality."
Boxed plants now being
readied for sale include
tomatoes, cabbage, peppers,
broccoli, head lettuce,
cauliflower, petunias,
geraniums, alyssum, foliage,
impatiens and marigolds.
The green house is constructed
of double layers of polyethelene
with air being pumped between
the layers to create and in-
sulation barrier. Rammeloo
estimates a saving of up to 40
percent in heat by using
polyethelene as compared to
glass.
A fan unit keeps air moving
continously through an air tunnel
to prevent any accumulation of
stale air.
Temperatures are maintained
at 70 to 80 degrees for ger-
mination and dropped to below 60
for transplants.
All soil used in growing the
boxed plants is purchased and is
completely free of diseases and
weeds. Basic components of the
soil are peat moss, vermiculite
and dolomitic limestone.
The soil is sterilized only if it is
used a second time. Rammeloo
says this soil allows for an ex-
cellent root system of plants
because of the lack of opposition
of weeds.
The temporary shelter built
only this week will be used to
raise tomatoes and cucumbers
through the fall and winter
months. Farmer Bill expects to
have vine-ripened tomatoes and
cucumbers available up to at.
In a ion to fruits and
vegetables, the Rammeloo's
have eggs and dressed chickens
for sale at all times along with
geese and ducks in the fall.
Page 16 Times-Advocate, May 10, 1973
Shipka market gardener
expands with greenhouse
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