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The new farmer called his county agent to ask what to do about the bindweed he had discovered in a field. Without a moment’s hesitation, the county agent replied, “Sell the farm and move.” That’s the kind of tale that field bindweed inspires. Convolvulus arvensis, also known as creeping jenny and perennial morning glory, is […]

Every year, in late spring, when the soil has sufficient moisture and warms up to just the right temperature, pigweed season begins on my farm. They start as almost invisible, innocuous-looking red seedlings, but if left alone for a week or two, they form a dense mat of vegetation. Of course, the whole farm isn’t

Now that you know how to cool your greenhouse this summer, what are you going to fill it with? Here are 10 ideas for making that greenhouse produce more income for you: 1. Start more transplants. New growers often assume that you plant in spring and harvest the rest of the summer. Not so. Succession

The greenhouse is probably one of the most expensive pieces of equipment on a farm, but once summer arrives, many growers give up on using it because of the heat. As temperatures outdoors rise into the upper 80s and 90s, the greenhouse can easily get too hot for plants to survive, let alone thrive. But

Solidago, formerly known as goldenrod, is finally achieving the acclaim it deserves as a tough perennial that blooms in mid- to late-summer when the garden is beginning to wane. But there are many Solidagos, and not all will do well in a garden situation, according to an evaluation by the Chicago Botanic Garden. “Many of

A friend of Frank’s used to say, “This would be a great business if it weren’t for the customers.” We thought about him the other day while running the farm stand. “Do y’all have any vegetables?” a woman asked us. She was standing right in front of a wonderful spring display of spinach, onions, herbs,

Wildflower Farm is a unique horticultural business located just north of Toronto, Ontario. We are a native plant nursery, a natural landscaping service, an eco-tourism destination point, a pick-your-own flower farm and custom floral design service. Our business is open to the public seven days a week, from the beginning of May through mid-October and

“The retail grower must keep on adding to his assortment of flowers whenever possible. It isn’t enough to grow Snapdragons, Sweet Peas, Summer Larkspur, Stocks and Calendula. These and a few others may be considered the most desirable, but there are always some among your customers who are on the lookout for flowers they have

The North American Farmers Direct Marketing Association started to offer direct marketing liability insurance two years ago, and in that time, claims totaling a half-million dollars have been filed against 13 farmers. All of the injuries resulting in claims have occurred on farms, none so far at farmers’ markets. The majority of the injuries have

The Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance was founded by eight eastern Kansas farm families in 1994 as a cooperative Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. We provide a bag of fresh produce each week for 26 weeks to 300 to 350 subscribers in Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City. The editors of GFM own one of the eight