by Elizabeth A. Tomlin
Dr. Brian Whipker, North Carolina State University; Chris Currey, Iowa State University; Joyce Latimer, Virginia Tech; and Lee Stivers, Extension Educator with Penn State Extension, discussed greenhouse production research in a recent webinar. [Read more…]
What employees need to know
As a business owner or manager, you no doubt spend a lot of time working with and training employees. You need employees to be knowledgeable, courteous, efficient and productive. [Read more…]
It can be tricky distinguishing between plant diseases. Many diseases have similar symptoms. And some of those symptoms can occur in both abiotic or biotic diseases. Abiotic diseases are caused by things other than living organisms. Nutrient deficiencies, too much or too little water, air pollution or chemical injury can all cause sick plants. [Read more…]
Cedar-apple rust is caused by the fungus Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae. To complete its life cycle, the fungus must infect apple or crabapple and an alternate host. Alternate hosts most commonly include native red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and Rocky Mountain juniper (J. scopulorum). [Read more…]
by Bill and Mary Weaver
Although Mark Timm is a fifth-generation farmer on his family’s farm in Altura, MN, he is a first-generation vegetable grower. He and his wife Laurie are skilled growers and astute marketers. Starting in early February by seeding vegetable plants — including bell peppers, kale and head lettuce in the smallest of their three greenhouses — the Timms grow a consistent quality of a wide variety of fresh vegetables. [Read more…]
by Laura Rodley
Ah, Spring Fever. That ancient malady is easily remedied at Windsor Gardener. While sipping a prizewinning beer brewed onsite at High Hops Brewery in Windsor, CO, customers can peruse the garden center gift shop and pick out houseplants. [Read more…]
by Catie Joyce-Bulay
Although Chandler Briggs grew up spending most of his time outside, it was on the beach in Southern California rather than a farm. He was the first and only one in his family to catch the farming bug. Both Briggs’s parents are teachers, a career he contemplated as an environmental studies major at the University of California, Santa Barbara. [Read more…]
by George Looby
The exhibit hall of the Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, MA was transformed into a large recruiting venue on Feb. 27 and 28 by the Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) to allow members to sign up anyone interested in a career in the field of landscaping or nursery. [Read more…]
by Sally Colby
About 25 years ago, Robert Hamilton and his wife Eva started a Christmas tree farm, but after one year of growing trees, Robert decided that cutting down something he so carefully nurtured wasn’t for him. He and his wife Eva switched to fruit, specifically berries, and are doing it organically. [Read more…]
by Laura Rodley
Atlas Farm provides two million pounds of produce year-round for its community, with some brought to Copley Square Farmers Market in Boston during summer. Their produce is sold at farmers markets throughout Western Massachusetts and distributed wholesale to local grocery stores. They also provide produce to the iconic Deerfield Inn, Sunderland’s Blue Heron Restaurant, UMass and to local schools. [Read more…]