Farming Calculator

The weather breaks and soil starts warming, so you decide it’s time to sow those beans. With confidence, you drop in the seed, trusting that … Read more

Carrots: When you plant a row of carrot seeds, you space them at a distance that allows each root enough room to grow. Too little … Read more

Seeds are moody starters, especialy pepper seeds. They is slow to germinate and loathe cold soil. If planting becomes a guessing game, it can lead … Read more

A perfect stand of corn would have an ear on every plant and all the stalks would be the same height. No? That’s not what … Read more

They will come back: Scatter cucumber seeds in the hills and still get to harvest a crop? Yes, though it’s harder when time comes for … Read more

It’s all in the probabilities: When sowing multiple seeds per cell (hoping to get at least one germination), you think of them as interchangeable units, … Read more

The seed packet says there are 50 plants per packet. What it actualy delivers is forty-two. Three went bad, four were gobbled by slugs, and … Read more

Mid-July can be tomato overload time: you go out and pick three crates of red things over 48 hours’ time, and then your friends politely … Read more

When you sow lettuce seed, it’s not arithmetic; it’s a matter of how much risk you’re willing to take in a small area. Don’t think … Read more

Planting pea seeds along a trellis is a recipe for panic: Plant too many, and you have tangled vines impossible to harvest; plant too few, … Read more

It was a summer of zucchini, when vegetables became a threat. Each year it comes down to the same moment: When zucchini turns from a … Read more