With the promise of spring just around the corner, starting seeds initiates the growing season. Nothing conveys more optimism and hope for the future for a gardener. Seeds are amazing, wonderful little specks of embryonic life.They are relatively easy to …
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An Ode to Shovels and Rakes
These two unassuming primitive implements no doubt helped propel humankind from hunter-gatherer to agrarian in some sticks-and-stones fashion long before the Iron Age. As I will describe, my very being is also "owed" to these simple tools, so I thought …
Our 2018 Farming Season in a nutshell: Part 2 (Late Spring/Early Summer)
This is the second instalment of Mike Roger's recap of the rollercoaster farming season of 2018. For part 1, click here. So, here we are at the end of April, with a grow room full of tiny, compromised seedlings (see part …
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Navigating through all the Greenwash
Theres no doubt people in these parts are more and more concerned and conscious about what they ingest. After all, you are not only what you eat but also what your food ate. The organic food industry is a multi-billion …
lessons about diversity inadvertently learned by a chicken farmer
Once upon a time way back in the day, as my made-up legend goes, a farmer tripped and fell returning from the chicken coop, smashing his eggs. A couple of valuable lessons were learned at that moment that still ring …
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How Farming Chose me
The awkward question often arises when meeting people: "What do you do?" While in any given day I could list at least a half a dozen of the different things I have accomplished, I'm always hesitant to call myself a …
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