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CSA Creates Community Connection
There is a duality to the benefits of CSA, and nearly every point in the food network receives gains. People in the community are better able to forge strong relationships with the farmers producing...
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Microorganisms for Fertility
The use of microorganisms for fertility is an exacting process using inexact tools in the production of food, fiber and fuel. Each farmer’s fertility program for plant growth is tied to the desired...
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Aphid Control: Lady Beetle as Beneficial Insect
When searching for aphid control measures, turn to nature first. Numerous vendors sell beneficial insects via their websites along with offering plenty of useful information. For example, ARBICO...
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Homemade Fertilizers
With the economy and farm finance more and more problematic, interest is growing in running farms with fewer, more accurate and less expensive inputs and homemade fertilizers can help cut costs and...
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Electrical Conductivity: The Pulse of the Soil
Traditionally soil consultants have used electrical conductivity to measure salinity, however conductivity can tell us much more about the physical structure and health of the soil. Based on these...
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Growing Beans: A How-To Guide
Staple and comfort food icon, the bean has been playing an essential role in the survival of people and animals since ancient times. Evidence has been unearthed that old-world legumes (lentils, peas,...
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Growing Great Garlic
If you are searching for a low-maintenance cash crop, consider growing garlic. Brian Fox planted 35 pounds of garlic in his garden 11 years ago. He now plants 700 pounds in October using 15 tons of...
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Glyphosate: A Toxic Legacy
Journalist and Author Carey Gillam Shares Decades of Research into Monsanto and its Ubiquitous Weed Killer Carey Gillam is a Kansas-based journalist turned glyphosate geek. Her first book, Whitewash:...
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Natural Weed Control
Growers are only limited by their imaginations in implementing non-toxic weed control methods on their farm. The most obvious way is to take the chemical farming approach and find an organically...
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How to Grow and Use Lemon Balm
I always get excited when I talk about herbs, especially when I talk about medicinal culinary herbs like lemon balm. Lemon balm’s simplicity, beauty, flavor, ease of care, and exceptional medicinal...
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Regenerative Fiber Farming
It was sheep shearing day on my grandpa’s ranch in the mid-20th century, and all I knew was that I was having fun. Everyone, including Grandpa, was clad in blue denim jeans on this sunny day. Gathered...
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Composting: Join the Revolution
The so-called brandling or humus worm thrives in litter. They enjoy great popularity among a number of experimentally inclined gardeners. What is so special about these small worms? My theory is that...
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Hügelkultur Gardening
Hügelkultur (pronounced “hoogle-culture”) is German for “hill culture.” Hügelkultur entails growing crops on a raised, earthen mound that consists of a foundation of fresh or rotting logs and branches...
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Windbreak Benefits on the Farm
Windbreak benefits extend beyond reducing wind erosion. Research reveals windbreaks can also be customized to meet your farm management goals, whether it’s increasing wildlife habitat or benefiting...
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Compost & The Promise of Microbes
Scientist David C. Johnson Explores Microbial Communities, Carbon Sequestration and Compost David C. Johnson’s experimental findings and openness to new insights have turned him into a champion of...
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The Growing Potential of Growing Hemp
It’s Time to Consider the Growing Potential of Hemp Hemp, once a legal and thriving crop in the United States, was dealt a heavy blow with the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act. The Act put heavy tax and...
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Weathering Drought
With the arrival of spring, farmers and gardeners look forward to the start of the growing season. As temperatures warm, spring planting can begin. Fruit trees will break winter dormancy. Pastures...
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Growing Microgreens for Profit
Growing microgreens for profit is feasible, as one Washington state-based couple proves. On less than half an acre, Michael Douglas and his wife, Astrid Raffinpeyloz, operate Itsy Bitsy Greens, an...
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When Less is More: Understanding Fertilizer and Solubility
Make the gesture “just a little bit” by squeezing your thumb and index fingers as tight as you can; tighter, tighter — the amount of fertilizer you could hold between your fingers is about the amount...
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The Huge Impact of Mycorrhizal Colonization on Plant and Soil Health
Leonardo da Vinci remarked, “in order to be a successful farmer one must know the nature of the soil.” Even today in the age of hydroponics, most of our food, over 98 percent by some estimates, is...
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