(Underhill) A cool and damp spring pushed the sweet corn schedule back about a week. We’re trying some transplanted and direct seeded in bioplastic this year to try to get corn sooner than August. The transplants are looking good so far. Pumpkin planting looks to remain on schedule after this next cool weekend. Some of …
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REPORTS FROM THE FIELD (Westminster) After five or six days of encouraging warm weather, everything just stopped. Beets were emerging but they haven’t grown a centimeter in the last few days. And the asparagus still hasn’t shown itself. We managed to not freeze the sweet corn in the cold frames and have several plantings in …
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Many people or entities own farmland that they would like to see farmed by someone else, but they may not know how to find the right farmer or how to create an effective lease agreement. Providing advice on these topics can be challenging because there are many possible combinations of landowners, land and property status, …
As the growing season gets into full swing it’s a good idea to take steps to ‘tune up’ your marketing to help optimize farm profitability now and into the future. Whatever type of marketing you engage in, here’s some advice to help you remember what you already knew about running a top-notch roadside market. Act …
Truth be told, I’m not much of a marketer. As an extension educator, my colleagues and I ‘give away’ our products, which are information and advice. We can afford to, since you already paid us. When a ‘customer’ thanks me, I often reply: “your tax dollars at work!” In addition, as someone trained in production, …
Welcome to the eighth issue of High and Dry: Growing Vegetables in Northern New England High Tunnels, a quarterly newsletter linking growers, researchers, and agricultural service providers to enhance protected crop production. (view/download this newsletter as a PDF) The snow has vanished, evenings grow longer, and — even on a chilly day — when the …
REPORTS FROM THE FIELD (Westminster West) Although we don’t aim to store crops over winter, those we did stored really well in the insulated barn with just enough heat to keep above freezing. Squash, onions and garlic have been amazing, half a bin of pie pumpkins too! Tunnel garlic is emerging under row cover. We …
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