What Is Buckwheat

Read on to learn more about the growth and care of buckwheat.Buckwheat is one of the earliest crops cultivated in Asia, most likely in China 5,000-6,000 years ago. It spread throughout Asia to Europe and was then brought to the American colonies in the...

Troubleshooting Buckwheat has few problems with pests or diseases. Feeding When using buckwheat to improve very poor soil, mixing a balanced organic fertilizer into the soil before planting will give better results.

For example: University of Hawaii Extension specialists, partnering with local farmers, used three SARE grants to promote farmer adoption of sunn hemp as a cover crop by demonstrating its ability to suppress weeds and parasitic nematodes.

Buckwheat wants something in between, which can be accomplished by broadcasting the seed on the surface and lightly pushing the soil around with a gravel rake or seed harrow. The 2- to 4-foot-tall stalks can be left on the ground as a mulch, slowly releasing...

Although Maya Angelou was never a farmer, we farmers can learn a lot from her attitude and composure. However, as most of the country experienced this year, the tough winter left many of her established plants dead and spring storms had washed away newly...

We call ourselves gleaners ( maybe you've heard the term ), and in the past four years, the leaders of this group have created a network of farmers and hunger organizations working to divert fruits and vegetables from the waste stream and into the bellies...

Holzer suggests turning upside down the sod strips removed when trenching for the huegelkultur bed and covering the wood with those. I watered my huegel only three times over the course of the summer (my traditional beds were watered twice a week), yet...

As I headed out to my car Monday morning, head ducked against the wind, coffee mug trembling in my shivering, gloved hand, the realization that I had to scrape a thick layer of ice and snow off of my windshield in the subzero wind chill was extraordinarily...

« More Mondays with Martok » Tags homeopathic remedies , homeopathy , Mondays with Martok Lower potencies work as well as higher potencies, but they have to be administered more frequently.

Caffeine is the primary toxic ingredient in winterberry, and symptoms can be unpleasant. Humans who ingest berries can suffer symptoms associated with caffeine poisoning. Despite the beauty of its tempting fruit, eating winterberries should be avoided...

I've been chastised in the past for having my head in the clouds instead of focused on the here and now, but I take Gloria Steinem's above quote to heart: dreaming really is a form of planning.

Richo has extensive instructions on how to grow it on his website . Right now there is a lot of buzz about a plant called ashitaba. Pretty cool, but that's not why it's becoming so trendy.

Second, the collective social behavior of the nymphs was very telling—assassin bugs tend to be solitary hunters unlike immature leaf-footed bugs, which stay clustered after hatching from their eggs.

It's easy to grow flowers and herbs for honeybees in the warm, fertile months of summer. It's A Wonderful Cover Crop Gardeners and farmers know the value of a good cover crop . It grows where most other plants won't.

Be very leery of any early spring digging, especially if you live in a northern climate. Frozen soil feels very solid and does not give way under foot. Soil that is ready for planting is easy to dig and yields to your shovel.

Typically, germinating seeds are killed by the damping-off fungus prior to emerging from the ground, and older, more established plants are seldom affected. Also,thoroughly before reuse and discard contaminated soil.Now that you know the answers to what...

Longbeachae.Paronychia is a local infection that occurs in the tissue around the fingernails and toenails. Compost is often referred to as "Black Gold," and indeed it can play a key role in adding organic material and nutrients to the soil.

2007's turkeys were namedMy turkey this year is a Bourbon Red hen, my first heritage turkey since I was a child. If the turkey floats to the top, weight it down with a plate and cans to keep it completely submerged in the brine.Note: You may halve or...

I always keep dry laurel leaves in a glass jar for spicing my winter meals: sauerkraut or dry beans in a casserole, sauerkraut stuffed rolls, marinated sauce for meatballs, beef belly sour broth, Christmas pork dishes and pickled sweet peppers.

The common names of plants can be a tricky area. Three stalked plants are given for luck, five stalks are said to represent wishes of wealth and seven stalks are thought to bring and keep good health.

These organisms decompose plant debris and convert nitrogen, enhancing and enriching the place plants' roots call home. This is also true in the home garden, as demonstrated by the demise of photinia (Photinia x fraseri, USDA zones 8 through 9) and Leyland...

However, modern farmers and gardeners often turn to the wisdom in ancient farming practices. Over history, many cultures continued to nurture the land through leaving it fallow, but others turned to new methods to keep land in constant use.As time passed,...

Okoume peels and slices easily and evenly, and this combines with its good acceptance of glue to give it wide use as veneer and in plywood.Outside of its native range, most Okoume is sold as veneer or plywood.

Now if I could just get that rooster to help… << More Dirt on Gardening >> We are really enjoying them, but to our surprise, one of our ladies has grown up to be a gentleman! He's a beautiful Rhode Island Red rooster that has taken nicely to his little...

« More Farm Inspiration » Tags farm inspiration , food , Robert South quote , vegetables Maybe you'll even discover a brand-new appreciation for your agricultural endeavors, similar to my fostered love of mustards and spicy foods.

If you have a deer problem and want to make sure your bougainvillea is left alone, consider planting it in a hanging basket and hanging it high enough so that deer can't reach it.Keep your bougainvillea healthy and it will survive the occasional feeding...

Commercial services will charge from $10-$30, depending on the amount of information offered. Some common garden plants and their tolerable pH ranges are: tomato (5.5-7.5); lettuce (6-7); cucumber (5.5-7); blueberry (4.5-5.5) and rose (5.5-7).