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Category Archives: Farming Systems and Approaches
FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS TAKE ROOT
All aim to re-connect school kids with healthy local food.
Horsedrawn No-till Garlic
Also posted in Crops, Fresh
Tagged garlic, horsedrawn, no-till, organic, vegetables
FOLLOW-UP ON PHOSPHORUS
From Eric & Anne Nordell’s Cultivating Questions
Also posted in Crops, Fresh
Tagged fertilizer, ground-rock, organic farming, phosphate
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…
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.
Birds Useful to the Farmer
SOME COMMON BIRDS USEFUL TO THE FARMER By F. E. L. Beal Farmers’ Bulletin 630, USDA, February 1915 also appearing as a reprint in Vol. 30 No. 2 of Small Farmer’s Journal Whether a bird is beneficial or injurious depends almost entirely upon what it eats. In the case of species which are very abundant, [...]
Weights & Measures
GRAIN AND PRODUCE Per Bushel Apples, Dried 26 Pounds Bran 20 Pounds Barley 48 Pounds Buckwheat 52 Pounds Beans, White 60 Pounds Corn Meal 50 Pounds Corn or Rye 56 Pounds Corn, in ear 70 Pounds Clover Seed 60 Pounds Flax Seed 56 Pounds Millet 56 Pounds Oats 32 Pounds Onions 57 Pounds Peas 60 [...]
