Try adding up to 4 inches of organic mulch if your earliest fruits are crooked and water your plants any time the top inch of soil below the mulch feels dry.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });: Cucumbers...
So how do you put a farm truck to proper use? The only requirements in my mind are that the vehicle must be able to carry a large load in the back (so a truck or a large van is great) and it must be able to pull a trailer.
Farmers are pleased with Senate's amendment to exempt farm trucks from bill S.1813, allowing flexibility with state-border regulations, and await House approval. According to AFBF president Bob Stallman, some states currently exempt farm vehicles from...
When choosing a farm truck for towing, truck size, engine type and transmission as well as various accessories can make all the difference. Some have turn signals on them, which gives other drives extra warning when you plan to turn or change lanes.
The only benefit to purchasing a forcing vase is its curvature. Propping plants in forced jars necessitates a small stake or stick but there are other tricks for keeping forced plants straight and sturdy.Whether you are a passionate gardener or just a...
In most cases, the answer is yes, you can make a tree straight if it's young enough and you know what you're doing.Many arborists now believe that a tree grows best without staking, but there are circumstances where staking or guying is necessary to stop...
While a certified organic farmer can't use this type of compost because the sources of the ingredients and the composting process are not tracked, it's a great deal for a home gardener.
(No crushed and fermented grapes were consumed during the writing of this blog entry.) Fruits Unknown Lisa Munniksma Back to my passive-aggressive opening paragraph, I am mocking these new grape flavors because there are so very many fruits that three-quarters...
Livestock carriers, like goat totes, are perfect for hauling livestock in a truck. They traveled in a covered goat tote in the back of our truck. If it's cold or wet, wrap the top, front and sides with a plastic tarp; tie it securely so it doesn't flap.
The films will be published in four regional languages including English, French and Swahili, and they will be made publicly available as part of a database of opensource training materials.
Carrots are prone to damage from several soil-borne pests, including wireworms, carrot root maggots and flea beetle larvae. Step 4: Care For Your Carrots When growing carrots in containers, there's nothing more important than making sure they receive...
(Believe it or not, the root-surface area of even a large carrot is nowhere near as large as the root-surface area of a plant with more fibrous roots, like a tomato or pepper.) Unlike many other nutrients, phosphorus isn't absorbed by a plant as it draws...
Steam may help relieve mild acne and blackheads by clear the skin of toxins that clog pores. Mix your dry ingredients—oats and any dried herbs you choose—with wet ingredients like yogurt, fruit and honey .
As early spring arrives, slowly remove the extra protection around the plants. But instead of producing big, green heads, this broccoli produces small, bright purple florets. Many gardeners in areas that don't get that cold find the plants will even overwinter...
Snap them off with your fingers, never use a knife. You won't regret it.Photo credits go to DiOhio, TuttiFrutti and toxicodendron. Oblivious to the hordes of mosquitos and blackflies I was disturbing.
In other words, breeding is the process of combining genetic material and a hybrid is the result. Breeding can improve traits, providing those traits already exist in the organism.
“The birds are monogastrics, same as us, and as such are, by nature, omnivorous,” Hady says. Don't let your farm customers get confused about package labels. All Pastured Poultry is Free-Range “Most pasture systems are not free-ranged; they are...
Cut them off at their source, leaving a stub no more than one-half inch long. Is an asset to any landscape, but without special care, it may stop weeping. If you keep the suckers under control, you tree will continue to weep.If you have a weeping canopy...
Vine-Ripened Just because a tomato is red and still has the vine attached doesn't mean it's tasty, healthy or grown locally. To qualify as an organic producer , one must go through several years of USDA Organic Certification, using only amendments and...
I smiled and forgave her for the lame attempt at humor. A number of Christmases ago, I had expressed an interest in flower pounding, a decorative craft that has been around for a long time.My wife picked up on my not-so-subtle hint and presented me with...
Oh, I love banana pudding with its creamy vanilla filling, wafers and chunks of banana. I hope your holidays are filled with the richest traditions that nature can provide, and among them I hope you can enjoy Hasty Bread Pudding, one of the richest and...
The mobile market makes eight stops per week, throwing open its doors to offer veggies, fruit, meat, milk and eggs at schools, parks, low-income housing sites and wellness centers throughout Washington D.C. and Virginia.
According to Professor Deborah Adelman, it was intended as a way to alter the consciousness of suburban students about the realities of food and agriculture, but it also become a major community service project as the student volunteers realized the value...
There are many deer in the park, so the entire vegetable garden is surrounded by 8-foot-high plastic mesh deer netting. I love the textural differences between the burgundy-leaved castor bean plant, the chartreuse elephant ear and the variegated ornamental...
You can add amendments selectively if necessary. By mounding the planting area you will find the soil dries out and warms up sooner and crops reach maturity at an earlier date.Plan the layout of the garden on paper, before you start planting, keeping...
Frustrated gardeners have long forced bulbs into flowering early, tricking bulbs into thinking it was spring after a period of cold dormancy, or winter. Now that we have refrigerated trucks and interstate shipping and all the other conveniences of modern...
They caused the humans to become sick with painful and fatal diseases. It never occurred to me then that 50 years later I would be placing more value on the things I learned during my childhood in the mountains, than on the things I have learned since...
