How Small Farms are Feeding the World
In the April 2017 issue of The Lancet: Planetary Health, researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia report that small...
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How Small Farms are Feeding the World
In the April 2017 issue of The Lancet: Planetary Health, researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia report that small...
How to Plant Efficiently With Permaculture Principles
The term permaculture is being passed around fairly frequently in agricultural circles these days. To make a complex idea quite simple, when it comes to...
Growing Shiitake Mushrooms
We got involved with Shiitake Mushrooms through our Agricultural Cooperative Extension Agency. (This is a great resource for any farmer. Make it a point at...
How To Create A Permaculture Garden That Supports Your Local Ecosystem
There is no set formula for developing this type of permaculture garden design, but there are some permaculture best practices: 1. Copy nature’s blueprint and...
No dig, ditch back-breaking cultivation and grow great vegetables
Origins of no dig cultivation methods are not completely clear, but the benefits of having healthy soil, bountiful crops with minimal work is clear! Managing...
Tips for Terrific Tomatoes, from Soil Prep to Staking
Plump, sun-ripened tomatoes are indisputably the crown jewel of home vegetable gardens, and a successful tomato crop means giving them the best start possible. As...
Permaculture Puts Organic Gardening on Autopilot
BY: TIM O’NEAL Organic food and farming have seen a huge increase over the past ten years, and for good reason. Farming and gardening techniques...
Fertilizing Corn In The Home Garden: An Organic Approach
As garden crops go, corn is among the heaviest feeders. To support tall growth and good ear formation, corn crops often need supplemental additions of...
Transitioning the Vegetable Garden from Spring to Summer
— Gardening Tips — This is the time of year when I transition the vegetable garden from its spring crops into summertime. It’s the time...
Planting a food forest: Proposal for Springside Park would help connect people to the land and to food
PITTSFIELD — An edible landscape, dappled with fruit, vegetables and nuts. That’s part of a vision for a food forest in Springside Park. A local...
Planning for summer food – MY FRENCH COUNTRY HOME
planning for summer food Apr 11, 2017 We’re not in the summer yet, not by a long way, but the spring does seem to...
8 Reasons to Include Rosemary in the Garden
Growing food at home is much more than vegetables alone. Culinary herbs are not only one of the easy crops to cultivate, but they improve...
Vegetables – Grow top-quality carrots
Carrots are important root crops in commercial and home gardens for vegetable production. Here are some pointers for cultivating them. Carrots (Daucus carota) are members...
5 Keys To Growing Cucumbers – Grow A Banner Crop This Year For Pickles And More!
Growing Cucumbers! When it comes to backyard gardens, cucumbers are right up there with tomatoes as one of the most popular home-grown vegetables. It’s not hard...
The Easy Way to Grow Loads of Potatoes: In a Trash Can
Potatoes are one excellent staple crop to grow in the home garden, but isn’t there a lot of digging and back pain involved? Not necessarily!...
Take a look at America’s vegetable garden, home to $5 billion worth of crops | PennLive.com
Days in the 60s and 70s, and nights in the 50s, all year long… Rich, black, crumbly, well drained soil… No winter freezes or brutal...
A gentle plea for field crops in the garden
Wheat in the annual border? Cotton blooming amongst the zinnias? Rice in the rain garden? Is that crazy talk? Field crop plants seem out of...
Vinegar—A New Way for Crops to Fight Drought?
Vinegar—A New Way for Crops to Fight Drought? By Dan Nosowitz on July 5, 2017 We all know vinegar is a home and...
How to Prevent Late Blight in Your Garden
How to Prevent Late Blight in Your Garden by | Gardening | 3 years ago I had big plans. I spent hours planting over 300...
