2-D Codes On Charley’s Vegetable Tags
Starting in spring 2011, we will be incorporating 2-D codes on our 4” Charley’s Vegetables and Herbs. This new technology will allow consumers to read the 2-D code with their smart phones (using either BeeTagg, ScanLife or comparable apps) and be directed to product specific pages on our existing Charley’s Veggies website www.CharleysVeggies.com.
Here are a couple of samples of our new tags with the 2-D code.
Once the code is scanned, users will be shown a product page like this one:
We will be adding more information and content to www.CharleysVeggies.com before next spring as well as updating the look and functionality of the website so that it will be optimized for mobile users. Charley’s Vegetables is our exclusive line of 4” vegetables available to IGC’s. The name comes from one of the owners, Charley Parks, who happened to be plowing in his garden when we were trying to come up with a brand name for our vegetables.
Here are some more links to download the apps needed to scan the 2-D codes:
http://www.scanlife.com/us/appdownload.html
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scanlife/id285324287?mt=8
http://www.beetagg.com/downloadreader/
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beetagg-reader/id286586449?mt=8
http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/5781
Other readers and 2-D code generators:
You can also go here http://www.todaysgardencenter.com/news/newsacrosschannels/?storyid=3797 by Today’s Garden Center to see a video on how to use a create 2-D codes on your own to use in your garden center.
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Fall Is Here
Summer is over and fall is finally here. It’s never too soon to start thinking about next years garden. Be sure to ask us any questions you have about planning next years garden.
Funny thing is that even though it’s fall now every time Charley goes to see his granddaughters, Clara always asks Pa-pa if he brought her a watermelon or a cantaloupe.
That girl loves her melons as much as her Pa-pa.
This Summer’s Garden
Like Lacey said in the previous post, it has been a very challenging year for gardeners. I had big plans of having a small garden that had some of everything we grow in it then recording short videos of every thing we did in the garden. Unfortunately, I broke my leg and that didn’t really happen. So like Lacey said, there is always next year.
Also I need to apologize to all of you who posted comments that went unanswered until now. There were a couple of settings wrong on the website that did not notify me of the comments. Please accept my sincere apology in the delay. I think we have it all fixed now.
Hope your garden was better than ours and here’s to next years effort!
Lacey’s Garden
Basically all I can say is my garden was a total flop this year. Between busy-ness and traveling and the dog, the only things to survive were the sunflowers and zinnias. The tomatoes did okay but certainly not a bumper crop. I will share some pictures from my very pitiful garden, and as a gardener is always the optimist, start planning for a better year next year.
Interview with the Tomato Guru
I finally managed to have a chat with my neighbor down the street whom I call the Tomato Guru. He is a fount of information and his tomatoes are always the best in this area! The video runs about 4 1/2 minutes long but it is worth watching. Yall have a good 4th!
It’s Sunflower Time
This is my absolute favorite time of year…when it is well and truly summer. Time for swimsuits and running through the sprinklers and for me, time for the sunflowers to bloom. I watch expectantly every June for the first sign of color on my sunflowers. For when they bloom, I know summer is really here and the squash and tomatoes will ripen very soon.
Today has been a rainy summery day. A nice summer rain is so purifying. It cleans everything, and even though, it is blah and gray today, I know that tomorrow everything will be shiny green and so crisp and clean looking after the washing the rain gives.
I have pictures of my first sunflowers and a few other things from my garden. Hope you enjoy seeing my garden as much as I enjoy sharing it with you. Happy gardening!
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Charley’s Garden Pictures
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Picking Squash In Charley’s Garden
A couple of quick videos of Charley’s garden and picking squash.
Garden in the Ground
I finally got everything planted and it is all looking pretty good. I even have little tomatoes and little squash already. I planted garlic for the first time last fall and it is all looking great! I am very excited about harvesting it. The flowers are blooming and the bees are buzzing. It has been a perfect spring around here – not too hot, not too cold, not too much rain – I am so grateful! I keep having nightmares of the floods last year about this time. The worse thing in my garden this year is my new lab puppy, Luke! He stays out of the garden until I am out there and then he starts running in circles around me smooshing everything in his path. He also starts eating the strawberries when I start picking them. Despite Luke, everything is taking off. Enjoy the photos and happy gardening in your own garden.
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Finally! Spring is Here
Finally!
Everything finally got dry enough that I could plant my potatoes. I think I sat on the potatoes for 2 weeks before I was able to get to the garden when it was still dry. It seemed during those 2 weeks that every time it was dry enough to plant, I had other commitments, and then it would rain. So it all worked out last week and the potatoes are now in the ground. I planted
baby spinach and lettuces, too. This weekend was spent trying to find places to plant my flower seeds – zinnias, mostly, and some marigolds, cosmos, a little cilantro, cockscomb and scarlet poppies. I’m finding that I am a compulsive seed buyer, and saver, and between the two, I have seeds enough for five acres while living on a 1/4 acre! I keep hinting to my very patient husband that maybe we could plant corn and okra and the rest of my flowers in the front yard. He hasn’t directly said no, so maybe…