Category Archives: Crops

Cabbage

Cabbage, a member of the cole crops which include cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, kohlrabi, collard, broccoli, and many others…

Henpecked Compost and U-Mix Potting Soil

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Horsedrawn No-till Garlic

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FOLLOW-UP ON PHOSPHORUS

From Eric & Anne Nordell’s Cultivating Questions

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Beating the Beetles – War & Peace in a Houston Garden

Blooming that is, unless the cucumber beetles arrive first.
And arrive they have … “At first I thought they looked like big, yellow lady bugs.” Paul said, “Then I looked…

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Grass Productivity

This is a prodigiously documented textbook of scientific information concerning every aspect of management ‘where the cow and grass meet’. Voisin’s ‘rational grazing’ method maximizes productivity in both grass and cattle operations. $45 Buy it now from our Book Store!

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Congo Farm Project – FROM STARVATION TO SUSTAINABILITY

WVI’s Ruzizi Valley Project. Find out for yourself why so many people have found this article to be uplifting, informative, and critically important.

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Money in Weeds

Earn money by gathering weeds

Farming by Moon Sign

Planetary influence in planting seeds

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Spring 2012 SFJ is out and about!

Spring issue is out. Swaledale Cheese, Haying with Single Horse, Rice, Homemade Butter churn and more.

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FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS TAKE ROOT

All aim to re-connect school kids with healthy local food.

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Sack Sewing, A Lost Art

91 year old Wayne Ryan of Oregon demonstrated the old way of sack sewing during the 2011 Dufur Threshing Bee

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National Animal ID Wont Go Away

We must not give up the fight to deny federal control of small farm production.

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