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Julie, I heard from Nicky today and then read your post about not making it to market. Sorry to hear about that. Your tenacity is amazing, and I'm sure you'll figure it out next week. Any local re ...

Hey Julie, Good Luck at Fitler tomorrow. Seems like a good market, you should do well there. What are you harvesting right now? We are in our second year of season extension/winter growing. We h ...

Hi, Does anybody use a grey water reuse system on thier farm? What I am thinking of is a tank with an automatic pump where the vegetable wash water goes and then the water flows into an attached dri ...

Hi Debbie, I'm sure a database would help CSA farmers. My husband and I operate a small farm where we have a small 45 member CSA, but we mostly sell at farmer's markets and some restuarants. I use ...

This website should do it for soil types.
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx

You may want to check ATTRA for other information

Here in Philadelphia, we had a great spring and early summer, but then it turned into the worst summer I've experienced. It didn't stop until recently. We had to go really heavy on the fall planting ...

Brtova, I don't know of any forums, but I think the Johnny's seed catalog has the best information about this kind of stuff. You can get the catalog for free.
I have tried growing some of these m ...

Does anybody grow vegetable amaranth? We grow it for salad mix in the summer. We like to harvest it small and then let it grow and harvest it for bunches for cooking greens. Problem is we have this ...

You are fine to plant green onion from seed or sets. Although they are cold hardy they don't mind the heat either. We use scallion seeds and plant a fall crop from seed around mid July in Zone 5(alm ...

Attila, I absolutley hate grass hoppers. We seem to have a lot of them each year, but not that much actual crop damage. I have taken to just stepping on them when I see them. They are hard to catc ...

Hi Julie, Congragulations on doubling your sales yesterday. I just want to make it clear that Steve and I did not write or have not read the spin guides. As far as I know we use some of the practic ...

There is actually going to be an article about Somerton Tanks Farm in the next New Farm newsletter. They just came out a few weeks ago.
For my husband and I, this is a full time profession. Our go ...

I'm not that good at figuring out these tests. Only thing I know of is that doing soil test in the front of the season before the end after you take nutrients away could show high nutrient levels. I ...

I have also read Better Off. I found it impossible to put down. A refreshing account of life without modern technology. I may read it again this winter!

Hi Julie, My husband and I from Somerton Tanks Farm talked to you at the Clark Park Market this past Spring. We also did the market you are going to be doing our first year. I wouldn't worry if you ...