By Bo Dennis By passion and necessity, farmers are natural innovators. The consolidation in agriculture has led to manufacturers focusing on larger scale tools and equipment, leaving smaller and mid-scale farmers to tinker and “farm hack” old tools to make things work for new systems. Sometimes these projects come together perfectly; as we use welders, […]
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In the hoophouse plants grow bigger and faster. We want to avoid anything that slows growth down. All that growing burns up the organic matter and nutrients in the soil at a fast rate, particularly in hot, humid climates. We need to replenish the soil more generously and more often than we do outdoors. Good
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By Jane Tanner Sarah Nixon compulsively grew flowers in her Toronto backyard and filled her house with blooms. Then, she moved on to her neighbors’ yards. Thus was born My Luscious Backyard, her floral business, an urban flower farm created with a network of back and front yards. Today, her neighbors in Toronto’s Parkdale neighborhood
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By Ellen Polishuk I was born loving plants. Instead of animal pets I had plant pets in my room. One of the best gifts I ever got as a kid was a three-tiered white plastic plant stand. How’s that for a strange kid? My relationship with growing food crops began when at age nine I
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