January
Pros and cons of winter markets
NRCS high tunnel program continues for third year
Tools for an urban farm
A farmer's parting gift
Reducing the work of CSA
Free tool helps with food safety audits
Old-fashioned hotbed provides free heat for germinating
Learn how to manage pests ecologically
Inexpensive caterpillar tunnels give flowers a six-week head start on spring
February
How to choose tomato varieties
Grafted tomato transplants: a new economic opportunity
The Holistic Orchard: a patient teacher
Take care when planting fruit
Calculating how much to grow
Developing tools for small farms
New cut flowers for 2012
March
Entrepreneurs and for-profit markets
New legal entity a good fit for markets
Tips for preventing injury
The best cukes for hoophouses
Salt buildup in high tunnels
Tips for tomato growers
Tomatoes that take the heat?
Succession planting is the key to having flowers all season long
April
Warm weather and insect pests
Advice on apprenticeships from a grower who has been on both sides
A riveting memoir of an organic farmer
Get your watermelons when it's hot
To spend or not? How to decide
Improve your soil, improve your flowers
May
Keeping food safe at farmers market
Urban farmers teach how to grow in small spaces
Reasons, tools for raising beds
Favorite things on a flower farm
Succession plant summer squash
June/July
Setting prices for maximum profits
Caring for the tomato crop
It's time to harvest garlic
Food hubs open new markets for farms
How to make a bridal bouquet
August
Strategies for efficient harvesting
Excerpt from Small Farm Equipment: Irrigation pumps
A new book to teach you — or help you teach others — about farm equipment
Dealing with extreme heat in the hoophouse
Roxbury Farm manuals available online
Revitalizing an old market Grand Rapids, Michigan, updates with a shelter and internet access for vendors
Get ready for garlic planting
September
Surviving stress in a tough year
Building resilience into farm systems
Small town develops a local food hub
A flower farm with a wedding theme
Disease suspected in some garlic
Farmers Market Inspiration Award Winner
October
Organic law turns 10
Breeding better veggies for organic farms Organic Seed Alliance teaches growers seed production, variety improvement
Farmers market essay winners selected
Pedal-powered pea sheller & solar mister
Frost takes out the flowers, but there’s more work
Understanding and predicting conditions
A farmer’s take on dressing for success
November/December
Better bookkeeping
A celebration of the world’s best foods
Growers offer immigrants familiar vegetables
Pedal power around the farm
Learning to grow flowers under cover
