March 1, 2002

You may be able to grow the most beautiful flowers in the world, but if you can’t find a market for them, they’re just an expense. On the other hand, if you can sell but have nothing worthwhile to market, it’s the same result. To be successful, you must do both reasonably well. It’s not […]

Heifer Ranch of Heifer Project International has started a Beginning Farmer training program that not only gives new farmers practical experience, but also gives them capital to start their own farms. Heifer Project International is a non-profit organization best known for giving livestock to people in developing countries so they can provide their own food.

For those of you thinking of extending your season, you might like to give some thought to growing ecologically conscious Christmas trees. From my experience of growing trees for some 23 years, it is a challenging, creative and sometimes profitable venture that fits in nicely with vegetables, fruit and flower production. And once production is

Last year, we rented an Allis Chalmers G to cultivate our eight acres of organic vegetables. It came with a gang of four Planet Jr. seeders set up on ten-inch centers. Convinced that seeding from a tractor must be more efficient, we attempted to put the seeders to use, but we discovered – not nearly

A few years ago farmer friends decided to relocate to South America and sold all their farm equipment, including several rolls of landscape fabric. I was curious about this material but too frugal to buy a whole roll. We tried it, found it very helpful, and now own enough to cover our market garden. The

Some may believe that the groundhog foretells the coming of spring, but here it’s the pocket gopher that does so—and his arrival’s not nearly as celebrated. Before the ground has fully thawed and dried sufficiently for the tractor or hoe, the gopher has already begun nesting with young, pushing to the surface the detritus accumulated

Buffalo Organics, our farm in East Aurora, New York, has been a CSA since 1997. About 75% of our sales are to our CSA, the rest to two farmers’ markets and the local natural food cooperative. Our basic philosophy is that shareholders come first, and excess production is sold elsewhere.Our income, however, is inadequate and