Succession Planting
Feature Article
"When a crop is finished after the first pick it’s time to pull the plants, add them to the compost bin, amend the soil as necessary, and plant another crop."
June 5: Our own Robin Follette explains succession planting, a method used to grow more vegetables in the same amount of space in her contribution: "Succession Planting In The Backyard Garden."
CSA Farmer
"This very separation from growing food, the lack of being able to visit the ... farm, has increased the interest in the farming lifestyle independent of it as simply a place to buy food."
June 12: Beth Hook shares excerpts of her CSA's newsletter, tells us how CSAs benefit from newsletters and some suggestions on how to write a newsletter in this month's addition: "Hay From The Farm."
Heavy Horses
"The single most critical part of his recovery, the vet advised me, was to exercise Charley, beginning the day of the procedure and continuing several times a day for up to a week or so."
June 12: Kate Scarlott returns this month with another addition to the story of Charlie. This month Kate tells us about how she and Charlie handle gelding in: "Training a Gelded Colt."
Backyard Gardener
"It’s a little unclear who transformed Minthe into the mint plant. Some say it was Persephone while others believe it was Hades."
June 19: Keith Bellinger tells us all about mint in Backyard Gardener. He gives us recipes and tells us how to preserve mint for later us in: "Wanton Mint."
Market Farmer
"This year, I'm hoping to be able to harvest cold-hardy greens into December in our three hoop houses."
June 26: This month Robin tells us how she and her family
built two small hoops in a few hours for their market farm in: "A Quick and Simple Hoop House."