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
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…



