Among the many challenges of running a successful CSA farm is managing the work of creating and maintain your list of CSA members. I’m not that old, but I still remember a time when farms didn’t have websites and we pretty much had our CSA members sign up by filling out paper forms. Those forms […]
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This final article in a series of three about a native plant nursery business focuses on equipment, labor, pricing, opportunities, and restoration projects. As with the January and February 2023 GFM articles, it centers on my neighbors, mentors, and dear friends Sandy Roth and Dick Kenton who started Plant Works in 1996 in rural La
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Potting mix, called “potting soil” in the United States and “potting compost” in the United Kingdom, often contains no soil, no compost, and is not even always used in pots. Instead, the material farmers mix themselves or buy in bulk every winter is actually a sterile, soil-less mix of organic and inorganic materials meant to
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