Harvesting and Storing Soybeans
Learn the specifics of harvesting soybeans from crop expert Dr. Harold Willis, including advice on chemical use, reducing losses and handling.
Pickling Vegetables on the Farm
Ah, the smell of fermented vegetables — kimchi, sauerkraut, pickles — we all know it. Some find this aroma a perfume indicating delicious flavor and others … well, crinkle their noses.
Protecting Vegetable Seed Starters from Rodents & Insects
I have tried many different tactics to keep the mice out of my trays, but the only thing I have found that really works consistently is reemay (row cover).
Vegetable Seed Propagation Strategies
If you let the plug trays dry out when germination first occurs, you will most likely lose the whole tray.
Horticultural Terms for Vegetable Growers
The following are more general terms relating to plants and growing. Some are actual botanical terms and some are simply descriptive words you will likely hear in the plant trade.
A Journey of Seed Saving and Beyond
After saving the seeds for hundreds of cultivars we began to search for a way to understand the structure of plant diversity. We wanted to grow and collect varieties that are central to the biodiversity of the world. So we came to Rolf Dahlgren thanks to Ken Chambers of the Botany Department of OSU and his bubble mapping system which allowed us to represent the groups of plants in a way that facilitates gardening that optimizes diversity.
