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Saturday, August 3, 2013

High Tunnels, Row Cover and Open Field: Eso-Cuc Grant study to find solutions to address farmer needs

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CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGE AND ENJOY   No two farms are the same and over the last few years I have observed a wide variety of growi...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Home Garden Plot Part II: Searching for Seeds, Seedlings, transplants, harvest

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CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGE AND ENJOY Last time, we looked at building your own raised garden for leafy greens.  Having at least a sma...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Home Garden Plot Part I: Use what you got

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CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGE AND ENJOY You don't know what you got til it's gone.  The truth of that overused cliche could never...
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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Plant Breeding: It's not just about science, we need it

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CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGE AND ENJOY We recently looked into the basics of plant breeding at Cornell University .  We talked about t...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Spring On The Farm: Black Plastic Mulch and Drip Irrigation

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CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGE AND ENJOY Agriculture is inherently an unnatural process.  It is a division of horticulture, the study of...
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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Fun with Flowers: The art of squash breeding at Cornell University

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CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGE AND ENJOY Winter squash in the spring?  Yes.  Should you care?  Yes, but why?  Have you ever thought abou...
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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Cheap Chickens: More reasons to keep your layer hens in a winter greenhouse

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CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGE AND ENJOY Another valuable discovery about winter greenhouse usage for...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Winter Pruning: A Journey to California Pruning Peach Trees

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CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGE AND ENJOY One of the most challenging yet exciting parts of farming without your own land is figuring ou...
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