With another wedding season fully underway I am reminded how a little extra planning can provide a tremendous amount of support and ease during the height of summer. The documents reproduced on pages 22 and 23 are what I carry with me to each bridal meeting along with a stack of my favorite wedding books […]
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Keep flowers from wiltingCut flowers are prone to wilting in summer, especially when they’re on display at a farmers market or farm stand on ahot day. And nobody wants to buy a bunch of wilted flowers. To prevent premature wilting, follow good harvest and post-harvest procedures. Here are the basics. Above all, clean your
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Adding fertility to the farm comes in many forms: cover cropping, composting, and spreading of a variety of powders, pellets and potions. To me, cover cropping and composting help address the greater fertility needs and long-term productivity of the soil. Spreading of certain minerals, such as lime, contribute to this same broad approach as well,
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Growing for Market in partnership with Johnny’s Selected Seeds has created a library of expert information about growing and selling vegetables and flowers. Links in the article will take you to johnnyseeds.com. Subscribe to Growing for Market for more great ideas about growing and marketing! For more topics in the series, click on Market Farming
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Excerpted with permission from Chapter 1 of Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers by Frédéric Thériault and Daniel Brisebois Effective crop planning doesn’t begin with crops, but with your pocket book. You have to know how much money you want or need to make in order to figure out how much to seed. Step
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Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers by Frédéric Thériault and Daniel Brisebois, just published by Canadian Organic Growers, provides a much-needed structure for figuring out how to make money on a market garden. It hones in on the core issues of farm success: Which crops to grow, when to plant them, and in what
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The body of knowledge about using hoophouses for cool-weather crops has grown each year, and the options are many. Each grower will want to customize the mixture of crops to suit the local climate, market, and desired work schedule. For example, our focus is on supplying a wide range of fresh produce all winter and
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