Country Folks Grower is a business to business publication offering coast to coast coverage through three regional editions.
Each monthly issue covers all facets of growing and marketing fresh market and ornamental crops.
Grower Guidelines: Growing fruit trees successfully
When working as an Extension Agent, people would inquire about growing fruit trees. I would tell them that it is hard work and a person should have the time to devote to their proper care. […]
The crunch and heart of it – evaluating your business
When it comes to evaluating your business, are you more of a numbers cruncher or an introspective learner? Can you be both? Should you be both? […]
Customers and Intention
Intention is often used to describe what a person is thinking or feeling, but it more readily defines a person’s aim or plan. Customers visit your business with a plan – to visit, tour, check out the surroundings and, hopefully, purchase a product or service. You and your employees are responsible for determining a customer’s intention and helping to fulfill their expectations.
Cercospora Leaf Spots
by Tamara Scully
If your late summer crops of beets, Swiss chard and spinach aren’t looking their best in the humid and overly wet weather much of the country has experienced recently, the culprit may be Cercospora beticola, a major pathogen of Chenopodium family crops. […]
Apple facts and varieties
In this month’s column I will be discussing some apple facts and will share the history of some popular apple varieties. […]
Harvesting safety in orchards
by Tamara Scully
It’s fall harvest time and your hands are literally full. Growers and orchard workers are climbing those ladders, wearing those buckets and carefully harvesting those apples. Other tree fruits and nuts, as well as grapes and berries, share many of the same harvesting concerns that apples do. […]
