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Non-organic Farmers Are Getting Away With False and Misleading Advertising You may or may not know that way too many non-organic farmers are getting away with false and misleading advertising duping consumers into buying non-organic foods. This growing problem is...
Seasoned Duck Breasts With Roasted Garlic And Country Style French Fries
We then decided to cook up some duck breast; fortunately, some local farmers have an abundance of ducks. You can also find them online or at better -- butcher shops and they come frozen. So we scored the duck skin with a sharp knife taking care not to cut...
Mistakes to Avoid When Planting Garlic
Mistakes to Avoid When Planting Garlic On the subject of straw vs hay, hay is material from an herbaceous plant allowed to go to seed, straw is cut before the seed is formed. This is something we had to learn the hard way. For our purposes, seeded hay is, without a...
How long does it take for garlic to sprout after planting?
How cold can garlic tolerate? The winter months seem to move a little slower than the summer and spring months; there’s nothing wrong with that! When we finished planting and February, the field has gradually been showing new signs of life between November. Short,...
Wintertime Garlic Growing Tips
While some of November was spent planting When the garlic was, at last, tucked under its golden blanket of hay, safe from the brutal winds of winter, the temperature and humidity were just right for working on the much-needed tree and brush removal on our bluff-side...
When is the Best Time to Start a Planting Garlic?
When is the Best Time to Start a Planting Garlic? The winter months seem to move a little slower than the summer and spring months; there’s nothing wrong with that! When we finished planting and February, the field has gradually been showing new signs of life between...
Long Term Cover Crops Benefits
While some of November was spent planting September 2019 was a busy month for us! The house garden was in full swing; pounds of tomatoes begged to be picked, ripening on sagging vines that climbed the cattle wire cages we constructed. The smell of fresh, roasted corn...
Springtime Garlic Farming Tips
While some of November was spent planting June is the month when spring arrives in our beautiful part of the cascades! During this time a mountain storm or two passes through our little valley, dumping hail, rain, and occasional lightning, a sign that the temperature...