Grower Profile: Jennie Love, Love 'n Fresh Flowers Farm 0

Why Silver Mulch Will Save & Make You Money at the Same Time 0

Silver mulch combats aphids, potato beatles and others that hide beneath the leaf canopy to avoid predators and evade desiccating sunlight.   That may or may not be exactly what you need. But it does more too...

Silver Mulch Scares Bugs And Should Make You Happy 0

Silver mulch is fun, like many shiny thing, and absolutely amazing in the field. --on a plot without mulch 70% of plants were infected with whitefly, while on the silver mulch plot only 1%.  The farmer in the test reported "50% to 60% larger leaves" due to the healthier plants...a Penn State Extension test yielded 20% more peppers than black mulch.

FF Latest, January 2018: Novelty Product Offerings, Manufacturing Technology, and Marketing 0

Growing for Multiple Seasons: Saving Money and Plastic 1

All-in-One mats do a great job blocking weeds and saving water.  For me, they pay for themselves the first time I don’t have to weed, but for the sake of the environment the payback is murky.  Is the time savings worth the environmental cost?  Is the plastic worth the expense? 

Beginning a Vegetable Garden 0

“Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.” (The perfect is the enemy of the good)  - Voltaire

The best way, in my opinion, to begin anything is to dive in and begin.  Ignore convention, ignore experts, get dirty, and make mistakes.  In the realm of beginning a vegetable garden, here, at least, is one way to do it.  I discovered it when a good friend asked me the easiest way to get started planting.  I replied as an expert...and was kindly ignored.