October 1, 2010

As temperatures drop and day length shortens, it’s time to get our interior covering in place inside the hoophouse for the coldest months ahead.  With an interior covering, or what we also call the “inside tent,” or the “hoops within the hoops,”  it is possible for growers in the North to harvest year-round. Farmers farther […]

Spring has always been my favorite season, so loaded with promise and possibility. By March the phone has begun to ring and my inbox is filled with eager questions and requests from customers. The most common: “When will you have flowers again?” After a long winter, everyone is hungry for a little bit of spring.

I’ve been using garden carts for years.  The ubiquitous plywood and conduit design of carts made by companies like Carts Vermont are incredibly versatile, simple and tough.  One of my carts lasted more than a decade, hauling everything from hundreds of pounds of harvested vegetables to a farmer with a broken foot. After that kind

I got an e-mail from someone recently who let me know that he didn’t approve of some campaign signs we had posted on Leesburg Pike in 2008.  He got right to the point: “You know I have waited a long time to tell you this. You have completely alienated a lot of your customers by

A new insurance product is available nationwide to provide both general liability and product liability coverage for farmers market vendors. The National Farmers Market Vendor Liability Insurance Program was developed by Campbell Risk Management, a company in Indianapolis, in collaboration with the Farmers Market Coalition and several state farmers market associations. The policy provides coverage