Pretty much every american grower it seems has heard of the three sisters: corn, beans and squash. Andy Griffin mentions this planting scheme in his recent excellent post “Corn,” in the ladybug
Actually, they started more than a week ago, very exciting. I’ve been posting regular blog entries over at the csa’s blog, slowhandfarm.blogspot.com, I’ll reserve this space for more general
Farming is about growing food, but there’s a lot that goes into that, including construction. That’s one of the things that I love about farming, I get to use all these part of my head. Just
A short post today, as I’m on my way out the door to visit yet more farms after just getting back from visiting a few. This is one of the most valuable things I do and I highly recommend it
For years I’ve been talking about wanting to try a little production farm based on the Biointensive model. While folks around me have been wanting to get bigger, I’ve been trying to figure out