…Creamer. “It’s not just affecting farming, but construction, development, housing; I mean you can have all kinds of habitat where bees are which could prohibit that.” To prevent “this ridiculous…
Winegrape Assessment Rate Reduced by a Third for 2019
…in Sacramento, the Pierce’s Disease – Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board voted to reduce the assessment rate from $1.50 down to $1.00 per $1,000 of value for the 2019 harvest. The winegrape…
How Often Should You Be Watering Your Plants
…they go through will add different watering specifications throughout the season. If you don’t water your garden properly, you won’t receive a full harvest. When deciding what to plant in…
Pickling Your Garden Harvest for Year-Round Treats
Cathy Isom has a great idea for you for your excess garden vegetables. She fills you in about turning your garden harvest into a pickled treat. That’s coming up on…
Growing Perfect Peaches in Colder Climates
…ready to produce 3-4 years after planting. Harvest time is mid-summer and late-summer. Fruit typically appears between 3 and 5 months after flowers start to bloom and become pollinated. It’s…
Right Fertilizer for the Ultimate Tomato Harvest
Cathy Isom lets you know about the different types, as well as what is needed for the right fertilizer for the ultimate tomato harvest. That’s coming up on This Land…
How to Harvest and Store Homegrown Figs
…Harvest and Store Your Homegrown Figs Figs are easy-going until harvest time. They can become a finicky crop when it comes to proper harvesting times, techniques, and storage. Make sure…
Expensive Fruit You Can Grow at Home
…fig variety to grow, and either plant in a container or outdoors. If you’re growing figs with the goal of a large harvest, try constricting the roots of the tree….
Growing the Herb with a Peppery Taste
…your garden, grow with the following plants: beans, melons, onions, garlic, and tomatoes. But avoid planting with cucumbers. When its time to harvest Savory, pick the leaves right before the…
Secretary Perdue Statement on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance
…a revenue protection policy with a ‘harvest price option’, do I get the higher of the projected price or harvest price for my prevented planting payment? The Additional Supplemental Appropriations…
Start a Cut Flower Bed in Your Garden
…from weeds. Sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos, calendula, and marigold are some of the easiest to start from seeds. Just like your garden veggies, flowers have harvesting guidelines too. Read up on…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 05-30-19
…involving worker housing that is moving fast through the system. Also, the Almond Board of California held their annual stewardship tour where officials see firsthand what the industry is doing…
Ways to Avoid Wasting Your Bountiful Harvest
Your garden produced to much for you to consume? Cathy Isom has some great ways to avoid wasting your bountiful harvest. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Ways…
USDA Reminds Producers of Approaching Marketing Assistance Loan Deadlines
…rates online at fsa.usda.gov. “Although many producers may have already marketed their 2018 crops, it’s not too soon to begin thinking about harvest and marketing decisions for your next crop,” Fordyce…