Salmela farm

Growing vegetables in Salmela is a craft

Salmela's vegetable farm in Putkisalo, Rantasalmi, has been growing cabbage and iceberg lettuce for decades. Farming methods have long been developed to be more organic, and since Sanni Kemppainen became an entrepreneur on the family farm, the range of vegetables has expanded. There is a lot of work, but the advantage of a wide range is that risks are spread.

A small farm can do well if you grow several vegetables and time your plantings so that the harvest season is long.
- entrepreneur Sanni Kemppainen, Salmela vegetable farm

The harvest season starts in mid-June with the bundle onions. Around Midsummer, the first cabbages, cauliflowers and broccoli will be ready and will continue to be ready until October and November.

The farm has bees as a pollinating aid.

In Salmela weeds are removed with a tractor-driven rake, flaming or by hand with a hoe. No pesticides are used to control weeds. Insect pests are controlled primarily by gauzes and predator mites.

Fields are maintained with manure which is composted and by sowing cover crops for the rest of the season in the fields that are cleared after harvest.

Contact

Sanni Kemppainen
tel. 044 527 1109
sanni.kemppainen(at)suursaimaa.com