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Excellent soil building book

3 Mar 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Building Soils for Better Crops

A reminder: Building Soils for Better Crops: Sustainable Soil Management is an excellent, book about soil for growers, free to download, or you can buy a hard copy. Follow the link, or read a bit more where I posted about … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning, Tools Tags books, management, reference, soil 1 Comment

Harvesting around the rain

18 Aug 20088 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Have I mentioned that it’s been RAINING a lot all summer, like, a few times a day? We’ve taken to planning the Friday harvest to fit the slots between downpours, using…weather radar on the web! It works pretty well, checking … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People, Veggies Tags beans, dirty hands, management, rain, Summer 3 Comments

People in the field update

15 Dec 200829 Jul 2008 by Mike (tfb)

This has been an interesting summer for learning about tiny farming, people, and the ups and downs of growing largely without machines. I’ve had an ongoing debate with Bob over the years about the garden layout, using relatively short, 50′ … Read the rest

Categories People Tags field help, Lynn, management, Mike (tfb), Summer 2 Comments

Tomato seed

11 Mar 200918 Feb 2008 by Mike (tfb)

It’s sounds a little odd to call it that, but this is my tomato seed collection. A rough count says there are maybe 150 packets, with another 30 on the way with the just-completed all-heirloom tomato seed order. I’ll get … Read the rest

Categories Planning, Seed starting, Veggies Tags heirloom, management, seed, tomato, Winter 15 Comments

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March: Lots of snow on the ground and chill in the air, but the sun is steadily getting stronger, day by day...!

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