Farming Calculator

Start with a realistic yield goal. If you expects to harvest 75 bushels per acre, or maybe 90 in good years, that’s a good place … Read more

The “number” (pure live seed, or PLS) is a factor in whether your lawn looks like sea of green or a checkerboard of bare spots, … Read more

Here’s what happens: When it comes time to make hay, you have a dilemma common to all farmers. There’s a bagful of fertilizer sitting in … Read more

The scenario is a raised bed that seems far too big. There is a packet of radish seed. You picture it now: a sea of … Read more

When you start with a bag of beet seeds and a vague sense of where they go, the calculator do the math to turn that … Read more

How many cabbage plants fit? That’s what we all ask about a new raised bed. How many can I grow here without crowding? We want … Read more

Standing in a cornfield in early May compared to one in July feel different. May is the field of anxiety and potential. Did it make … Read more

Soil that grows soybeans has to be good at making its own nitrogen. Soybeans is really good at doing this. This is why the calculator … Read more

Start with the seed. End with regret. You might mistake your zucchini transplant for one the size of a dinner plate. But it doesn’t stay … Read more

Most gardeners toss a handful of seeds in ground and hope for the best. Maybe it works; maybe it doesn’t, maybe they end up with … Read more

The dirt patch and garlic cloves sits before you in the garden. It is tempting to place them extra-close. More dense = more harvest, right? … Read more