What Is Vertical Tillage

To many, this may seem like an unsuccessful venture, but her attitude didn't reflect that at all. But just because it's hard or your experience a setback, it doesn't mean you're a failure.

I see the decade of 2010 as potentially explosive for what Will calls ‘The Good Food Revolution,'” Growing Power Board President Jerry Kaufman says. By Colleen Supan, Managing Editor, Urban Farm July 1, 2011 Illustration courtesy The Kubala Washatko...

The ard leaves a wide strip of undisturbed earth between the rows—exactly like today's no-till implements. Smaller Conventional Models When no-till isn't right for your needs, consider compact, conventional tillage implements you can pull with your...

You're enthusiasm might just be inspiring someone else to follow their own passions. For the past couple years, I've been fortunate to stand alongside a dedicated group of people who are feeding the hungry with the season's excess harvest.

Starting a vertical garden isn't hard. Joe D'Eramo, a gardener in Harvard, Mass., who began practicing vertical gardening 16 years into his gardening career, was inspired by Mel Bartholomew's book, All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!...

Wood chips can be used in place of logs or branches, but these will result in a more homogenous huegel with a much faster nitrogen “burn rate” and without the same long-term soil fertility advantages of a huegel made from larger pieces of wood.

With little space for gardening? A fence can also serve as a trellis foris another great way to take advantage of vertical space while making interesting pole supports for beans and other climbing vegetables.

Because most commercial farmers grow in open fields, focus on freestanding garden structures, which require 12 inches on each side of the unit for planting. Drape or hang your netting from a crossbar of wood, metal or plastic that's strong enough to not...

Every time I climbed into my car in some new creative way, dropped my keys because my hands were shaking from the cold, or added another layer of clothing to my daily outfit, I thought of Hal Borland's quote above: This winter may be intense, but it won't...

Ask Martok! Do you have a livestock or wildlife question you want me to answer? Based on research, Dr. Hahnemann concluded that any substance that causes a symptom in a healthy person or animal can, in teensy doses, cure the same symptom in a healthy...

Despite the beauty of its tempting fruit, eating winterberries should be avoided -- especially by children. Select garden spots that restrict access to unsupervised children and pets.

I may not be able to start gardening or backyard chicken-keeping any time soon, but when that time comes, I'll already have a head start. I think this sentiment is especially applicable to farmers, homesteaders and rural dreamers alike.

I took a quick look at my typical herbal seed and plant providers and found ashitaba seed readily available from Horizon Herbs, where owner Richo Cech has been growing tomorrow's leaf since Dec.

The nymphs of many garden bugs can look a lot alike—work with your county extension office to figure out if what you're looking at is a friend or foe. At first glance, I thought I was looking at several immature assassin bug nymphs on the hunt.

Frozen soil is dense and rigid. Frozen soil feels very solid and does not give way under foot. Determining if the soil is frozen is paramount to your garden's success.Just walking across your soil or patting it with your hand will give away whether it...

According to WSJ , equipment takes fertilizer to the roots of the plants, there are software-controlled LED lights for growth and the “company's engineers and horticultural scientists also use cameras, sensors and algorithms to collect and analyze data...

The conditions of damping off vary depending on the fungus.Normally, however, cool, wet soils favor development of the disease. On rare occasions, however, the sudden death of seedlings may be caused by other factors.

More and more cities and townships are initiating municipal composting programs. Do they send their grass clipping to municipal compost sites? OMRI Listed products are allowed for use in certified organic operations under the USDA National Organic Program.I...

The important thing is to prepare enough brine to cover the turkey completely. They can lay fertile eggs, and set a clutch of eggs to hatch. 2007's turkeys were namedMy turkey this year is a Bourbon Red hen, my first heritage turkey since I was a child.

His uncle was responsible for providing all groceries, while I was responsible for selling and counting inventory. I checked the fragrance of both old and new leaves and they seemed the same to me.

Better known as Dracaena sanderiana, this plant is a fixture in many households.Connoisseurs agree that not all bamboo is created equally.Lucky bamboo, also known as "Belgian evergreen," is a woody shrub with shiny green leaves.

"The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings," sings poet Robert Louis Stevenson in an apt summary of the wealth and diversity in nature's plant kingdom.

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, three-field rotation became more popular as an advanced form of crop rotation.

Within its native range, Okoume is considered widespread and relatively common. The wood nails well but is average or worse for holding screws. On the Janka scale, a standard measure of wood hardness, Okoume's rating is only 380.

You might have read about our new chickens in a previous post . I might soon have to move on to asking random people walking the aisles at our farmer's market. Or maybe I should just wait for a car with an open window to stop on our corner.

When I was growing up, I was a pretty picky eater. I would go to restaurants or grocery stores, and I'd leave with a bag or a belly full of novel foods, a goofy smile plastered on my face.

It can also be grown indoors year-round. They are highly attractive spilling over a container or retaining wall. Still, some plants are less attractive to deer than others. If you have a deer problem and want to make sure your bougainvillea is left alone,...