Two Wisconsin cheeseheads visit veg farms part two You’re back again for part two of our tale of Japanese vegetables! Seeing as how it’s the ragged end of the growing season, I’ve got to imagine your patience is wearing thin — so I’ll jump right in. Paul and I left the Osaka area headed by […]
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As a former cybersecurity professional, I expected to leave technology behind when I quit my career to start farming. However, in an era when many of our transactions are digital, our business relies on social media, and digital scams are more common than ever, I find myself dealing with cybersecurity-related issues on a near daily
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#toolsforgrowingformarket Here’s a little tool that we primarily use for transplanting on our little farm, but it’s actually more intended to be a hand weeding tool – and it works very well for that purpose, too. The tool is a small Japanese made “scraper”, labeled Sankaku Hoe and sold by Terrebonne although I’ve seen the
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Plan ahead not to burn out We are in year 14 of farming, with four kids ages 15 to 9 and running multiple profit centers — that leads to a whole lot of decisions. A Google scholar search revealed the average adult makes up to 35,000 decisions a day. I think the average market farmer
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An Alaskan urban farm’s lessons for wedding design and retail Farming and gardening are in my soul. From a young age, I was intrigued by gardening, and I fell into a first job at a local nursery and then moved on to the Anchorage, Alaska Parks and Recreation department landscaping. I’ve always had a backyard
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