Farmer Authors

  1. Trial by Farmer: On-Farm Variety Trialing at the Intervale Community Farm

    Becky Maden is the Assistant Farm Manager at Intervale Community Farm (ICF), a thriving member-owned CSA farm in its 21st season of growing organic produce in Burlington, Vermont. Becky has worked on several diverse vegetable farms throughout the country and around the world. At ICF, Becky is either found in the greenhouse, on a tractor, or jogging between the two...
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  2. Giving Thanks

    In 1995, my wife and I moved to Maple Corner in Calais, VT, and found a cool little house to rent. We had been traveling and the prospect of having more than 80 square feet of living space was really exciting. Our plan was to get to know the local area, work on a few farms to get a feel...
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  3. Weed Control – or Loss of Control – in Mid-Summer

    Good early season weed control. This morning I got an email from a dear friend who is farming for the first year on new land. With no time for her usual warmth, she simply wrote: Drowning in hand weeding and can't keep up. Tool bar I got this year isn't really working on my International Harvester. Do you think this...
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  4. Greenhouse Tomato Pollination

    A well developed set of fruit that resulted from hand-pollinating. - Paul Betz is High Mowing's Sales Manager and the owner of High Ledge Farm in Woodbury, VT. We grew a fair amount of tomatoes for our markets, but like I have said many times in the past, our small plantings had to perform to the fullest to give...
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  5. New Variety and "How-To" Organic Gardening Videos!

    We’ve created a series of short videos describing the qualities of several of the varieties we carry. We’re also working on filming more “Growing Tips” videos. We’ll be adding more videos in the future, so check back often! Variety Videos:  Cucumbers | Carrots | Beets| Lettuce Growing Tip Videos: Cucumbers – Maximizing the Canopy | Cucumbers – Using Mulch |...
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  6. Out of Stocks, Backorders, Delays, Oh my!

    Anyone who has a farm or garden knows that despite our best efforts, things don’t always go according to plan. Now imagine tending a garden with over 600 varieties of vegetables and flowers. The fruit of this garden is the High Mowing Organic Seeds catalog. It seems that the two things that no one wants to hear this time of the...
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  7. Give Peas A Chance - Growing Peas On Your Farm

    It seems that everyone likes eating peas, but the planting and picking part can be a challenge. At my farm, we have decided that they are an important piece of our crop mix, and have found ways to ease their burden and have them week after week for our markets without too much stress. Lots of the problems around picking...
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  8. What's Happening in Florida?

    I recently attended the 2011 Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference in Kissimmee Florida. There was lots of excitement from attendees and exhibitors around the programs offered and the local food movement in Florida. There is an on-going increase in the number of smaller farms operating in Florida, and an emerging market for local food is ready to buy...
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  9. Turning Your Lawn into Your Lunch – How to Break New Ground for a Garden

    Every year, more and more people are opening up new ground for gardening, either to create a plot or to expand an existing one. I am a big fan of smaller lawns and bigger gardens, as long as a little space is saved for lawn games like bocce (or croquet). Having planted directly into tilled sod (ground that was previously...
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  10. The Rolling Dibbler

    At High Ledge Farm we are growing for a large market and a 25 member CSA. To get the consistency we want week after week, we are transplanting all the time. Having worked on farms that were using water wheels or mechanical transplanters, the benefits of consistently spaced plants are apparent: easier cultivation, improved airflow around the plants, reduced disease...
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