…greens for absolutely free by foraging for them. Some wild lettuces are often found on hiking trails, or parks and are camouflaged or surrounded by weeds. Who doesn’t like to…
Building Your Own No Dig Garden Bed
…in the beginning, but over time the materials will decompose into the soil. Get started by cutting down the weeds or grass. Let the nitrogen-rich clippings stay where they are….
Foraging for Stinging Nettles
…be considered noxious weeds, and quick to move in and take over the landscape. But they are edible and some say quite delicious. Their medicinal qualities may grab your attention….
John Deere Equipment About to Get Smarter
…Spray technology in cotton, which reduces herbicide use by only spraying where weeds are visual. Blue River is also known for LettuceBot, a machine with up to 20 onboard processors…
ROXY Rice Unveiled at Rice Field Day
…so there’s a pretty good idea now of weeds that they control and the fact that they work on rice at all.” The rice herbicide benzobicyclon known as Butte was…
Is Subsurface Drip Irrigation the Way to Go?
…viable option. Many organic growers are showing interest in subsurface irrigation programs as they keep the soil surface dry, helping to control weeds. Listen to the interview below. Becky Phene…
Funding to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
…for organic farming to conserve soil and manage pests and weeds. A predoctoral fellowship at Washington State University to understand how genes regulate freezing tolerance in wheat. A postdoctoral fellowship…
The Western View: Farmbot
…out to pulverize any weeds that spring up. It finds the weeds by evaluating photos of the farm, and recognizing any plants that are growing in the wrong places. You…
Agricultural Chemical Use Survey Results Released
…http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov. Pesticide Use The pesticide active ingredients used on vegetables are classified as herbicides (targeting weeds), insecticides (targeting insects), fungicides (targeting fungal disease), and other chemicals (targeting all other…
Agri View: Chemical Challenge to Control Insects
…pay a heavy price in other ways. With no way to control bugs, insects, and weeds. The production of just about every food item grown on the farm would come…
Reasons to Mulch Your Garden
…very important reasons to mulching your garden. It slows erosion and also prevents weeds from finding a way to grow. And finally, when a garden is mulched, it just looks…
National Weed Your Garden Day
…Make sure you do not let any of the weeds go to seed. And, keep the edges of your yard mowed low to lessen the invasion of weeds onto your…
Agri View: Controlling Palmer Amaranth, or Pigweed
…in producing a crop is controlling weeds. They are all getting harder to kill. Some worse than others. Pigweeds. The genetic name for it, of course, is Palmer Amaranth. I…
National Gardening Exercise Day
…calories. Lifting and hauling the heavy rocks can burn about 400-to-600 per hour. Raking and bagging leaves could burn 300-to-400 calories per hour. Pulling weeds and planting flowers, too? Yep,…