Farming Systems and Approaches:

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…


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.


Congo Farm Project – FROM STARVATION TO SUSTAINABILITY

WVI’s Ruzizi Valley Project


FOLLOW-UP ON PHOSPHORUS

From Eric & Anne Nordell’s Cultivating Questions


Henpecked Compost and U-Mix Potting Soil


Horsedrawn No-till Garlic


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…