Farming Chart

It’s happened to you before: You prepped the soil, ordered the seed packets, sowed them in hope and then, three weeks later, looked out at … Read more

Vegetables appear to be a separate thing. As if you reach in the fridge and get a carrot for soup, a tomato for sauce. It … Read more

Don’t get out your calendar and mark down April fifteenth to assume when apples will bloom. The trees aren’t going to do that. An orchard’s … Read more

Most people begin by shopping for seeds, enthusiastically, armed with a fistful of seed. And that’s just fine; it’s as far as most people go, … Read more

Vegetables aren’t all created equal; they falls into many categories and you can easly feel overwhelmed by them at the grocery store. The fact is, … Read more

One Tuesday, you buy fresh spinach and plan to eat it sometime before Friday. By Thursday, it’s all slimy and piled up in a heap. … Read more

An apple blossom is a pretty pink puff signaling that spring is here at last. Yes, but you’d be right only if you stopped there. … Read more

When you choose an apple tree, you don’t just pick variety of fruit you’ll be eating. You are also picking genetics that provides defense from … Read more

The quiet weeks just before leaf-out are grafting make-or-break time. Hours of careful alignment of bark, of taping the join, can be wasted unless plants … Read more

plant a fruit tree and water it. Wait for spring, when colors appears like a promise of fruit. It is easy to assume that a … Read more

If you don’t know what to expect when the fruit ripens, how it’s supposed to taste, you are often let down. Why? Because color is … Read more