Articles: Crops

Sweet Winter Carrots: Growing & Harvesting

Want to keep growing great food during the cold months? Try growing winter carrots in your cold house! These carrots, which…

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Two-Step Bed Flipping: Increasing Your Production on a Small Footprint

Flipping your plant beds is as simple as 1, 2! Follow these tips for two-step bed flipping to successfully increase…

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Garlic Growing 101: From Seed to Harvest

All hail the mighty garlic clove! This small crop adds a big punch of flavor that complements almost every delicious dish…

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No-Till Arugula Start to Finish

Growing no-till arugula is a simple and environmentally-friendly way to grow your own food. These greens can be used on…

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A Nourishing Recipe to Boost Seedling Growth

You don’t need to use chemicals or other unnatural ingredients to give your seedlings a boost. Just use a combination of…

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How to Grow Healthy Plants: Strengthening Your Farm or Garden’s Immune System

Searching for tips on how to grow healthy plants? Look no further. The Ecological Farm is the go-to guide for…

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Get Started With Tillage: Choosing the Right Crops

Interested in getting started with tillage? All you’ll need is a spot, some soil, and some crops to make your…

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How to Grow and Store the 5 Crops You Need to Survive

In an age of erratic weather and instability, it’s increasingly important to develop a greater self-reliance when it comes to…

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Interplanting and Beyond

Permaculture is more than just a way to garden, it applies systems-thinking to every facet of our relationship to the…

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When to Plant: Determining When Crops Thrive

Most people know that different crops thrive in different seasons and climates and that each crop has ideal growing conditions.…

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Resilience and the Lost Art of Agricultural Inventiveness

After twenty years in academia, Michael Foley began farming first in southern Maryland, and then in Willits, California, where he,…

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