Crop Protection
Flea Beetle Control on a Small Farm Without Heavy Sprays
You transplant a tray of healthy kale on Monday, and by Thursday every leaf looks like it was hit with birdshot.
Market garden and soil writer
Dario ran a market garden for ten seasons before he started writing full time, and he still tests his own soil every spring instead of trusting last year's numbers. He writes about vegetables and soil with the dirt still under his nails.
Crop Protection
You transplant a tray of healthy kale on Monday, and by Thursday every leaf looks like it was hit with birdshot.
Soil Health
Your soil test came back at pH 5.4, the beans look pale and the brassicas are stalling, and someone at the feed store told you...
Growing Food
Your fall greens look great in October, then a 24 degree night in late November turns half the bed into translucent mush.
Crop Protection
The white dust shows up on one zucchini leaf in July, and two weeks later half the row looks like it was rolled in flour.
Soil Health
Your soil test came back with a line that says organic matter: 2.4 percent, and you have no idea whether that is good, bad or...
Growing Food
Your beds are cleared, the garlic is in, and the farmers market keeps running through winter while you have nothing green to...