Okay, we’ve created a monster. Remember, a few months ago, we wrote about our idea to hand out a bouquet card at the Farmer’s Market? A stamp for every bouquet purchase, and with 15 stamps the customer gets 2 tickets to dinner at the farm late in October? Holy Cow! As of late September we […]
Lisianthus, lilies and others you can plant in succession Read More »
I really want to thank you for such a great paper that always has something I need, if not the day I receive it, then looking back frequently using your yearend index. Which is why I am writing you today, it was most usefulyesterday when I splattered the milky sap of Butterfly Weed, Silky mix,
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The notion of a certified kitchen on our farm certainly wasn’t a whim, even though my husband, Jim, originally considered it “another of Joan’s hare-brained ideas.” (And I will admit that I have dragged him into some pretty off-beat circumstances.) 1995 was our first CSA year and those early harvests were so skimpy and monotonous
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When I was a child the brand of salsa my parents bought at the supermarket came in a slender bottle and had an image of a thermometer printed along the edge of the label to remind us gringos that this was chili sauce, not chilly sauce. This salsa didn’t push the mercury over 72 degrees
Different words impart nuances of meaning Read More »
We grow sunflower sprouts and pea shoots in our propagation house during the summer months when it would otherwise stand empty. Since our customers demand that we keep growing salad mix even during hot Nebraska summers, it is nice to have one crop we can usually pull off every week all summer long. Growing sprouts
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Kevin and Charuth Loth began their organic farming careers in northern California, where Kevin was an apprentice at the Agroecology farm at UC-Santa Cruz and Charuth was a research assistant in the Agroecology department. After graduating, Kevin worked at an organic farm in Watsonville, giving him a total of seven years experience. After their first
Nebraska growers make use of fall, spring Read More »
City folks often move to the country in search of a peaceful lifestyle, then start complaining about farming activities that don’t fit in with their notions of country life. The Ottawa County planning commission in Michigan was getting a lot of complaints from new residents about the noises and smells of farming. So the county
Sweet smell of manure Read More »
Many of my non-farming friends ask whether things are really slowing down for us now that fall is approaching. In truth, it’s quite the opposite. We farmers often feel like we’re in a race to the finish line these last weeks of the growing season. As the days grow shorter and the mornings arrive with
Letter from the Editor: Extending the Season Read More »
First frost comes too soon for many farmers, who need to keep cash flowing through fall and into winter. Marketing after the farm has finished producing requires the ability to store fall harvested vegetables. Depending on your scale of operation, there are sensible ways to store produce and make winter storage successful, not only in
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