Our main reason for wanting a hoophouse was to have a good supply of winter cooking greens and salads, with some root crops and alliums for variety. Naturally, we found good uses for the protected growing space in spring and summer too. In order to get the most food from the space, our winter hoophouse […]
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BeetClock works with Wiswall’s workbook Are you really making money on beans sold at a wholesale price once the pickers are paid? Even if you are on the first picking, are they still worth harvesting on the second picking? There’s a new smartphone app called BeetClock that turns your phone into a powerful farm data
Theres an app for that: two new smartphone programs for farmers Read More »
By all accounts and measures, our country is benefiting from a small-farm resurgence. According to the USDA, the number of farmers markets has nearly quintupled since they started keeping track twenty years or so ago. Young people are getting trained and starting their own operations in record numbers, a wonderful trend for the land and
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