As urban market gardeners who want to expand, we often struggle with the idea of whether to try to find more places to grow in the city or moving out to the country where we have more flexibility to do what we want (get some chickens and goats, have a few acres under till that […]
One of this season’s projects involved getting a drip irrigation system installed at the plot. Spink did the research and we went to E&M Supply out in Middlefield, OH to get the bulk of the materials. Drip irrigation is a better use of water and puts the water closer to the roots than a sprinkling […]
Get up close to the soil and you will see that it is teeming with life. Worms, bees, ladybugs = good. Flea beetles and potato bugs not so much! Here is a picture of the damage done to bok choy by the flea beetles. The organic way of dealing with flea beetles is to cover […]