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Offering Flower Classes to Increase Your Customer Base

Lee Newspapers2022-05-27T12:11:53-05:00June 1, 2022|Grower, Grower East, Grower Midwest, Grower West|

Giving experiences as gifts is a big thing these days. As cut flower growers, we can use classes and events to make new customers fall in love with our flowers and grow our business in different geographic locations. (more…)

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Vegetable disease: Prevention focus

Lee Newspapers2022-05-27T12:08:16-05:00June 1, 2022|Grower, Grower East, Grower Midwest, Grower West|

Plant disease has always been an ongoing concern for farmers. Avoiding, preventing, treating and eliminating plant pathogens takes time, money and knowledge. Synthetic chemical controls (more…)

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The TikTok Train

Lee Newspapers2022-05-27T11:17:17-05:00June 1, 2022|Grower, Grower East, Grower Midwest, Grower West|

The TikTok train doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon, and that’s good news for farmers who want to reach out to younger generations, either to get them interested in agriculture in general or as potential customers. (more…)

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Copper Use on Stone Fruits

Lee Newspapers2022-05-27T11:13:53-05:00June 1, 2022|Grower, Grower East, Grower Midwest, Grower West|

Copper is an effective tool for managing bacterial spot and bacterial canker on stone fruits. These diseases, caused by Xanthomonas arboricola and Pseudomonas syringae organisms, overwinter (more…)

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Thoughts on Greenhouse Vegetables

Lee Newspapers2022-05-27T11:11:36-05:00June 1, 2022|Grower, Grower East, Grower Midwest, Grower West|

Thinking of greenhouses takes me back to my early childhood and my Grandfather Lamont’s small wood frame and glass greenhouse where he grew a mixture of ornamental plants and vegetables. I can still recall the earthy smell inside. (more…)

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Directing a New Marketing Plan

Lee Newspapers2022-05-27T11:09:15-05:00June 1, 2022|Grower, Grower East, Grower Midwest, Grower West|

Perhaps you’re developing a new marketing plan to meet the needs of the current challenging environment. If so, consider several factors which may affect your strategies. (more…)

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Tea time

Lee Newspapers2022-04-29T11:23:26-05:00May 3, 2022|Grower, Grower East|

by Sally Colby

Lori Baker is an engineer by trade but wanted a career change. When she and her husband Bob were ready to pursue their dream of farming, they started with a somewhat unusual crop. (more…)

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Strawberry farm expands to flowers, Christmas trees

Lee Newspapers2022-04-29T11:16:14-05:00May 3, 2022|Grower, Grower East|

by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

Strawberries, flowers, crop mazes and Christmas trees: expansion is the word at Strawberry Fields and Florist, a farm turned tourist destination in Auburn, NY. Proprietor Linda Eldred (more…)

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On-farm Airbnb offers additional income stream

Lee Newspapers2022-04-29T11:06:55-05:00May 3, 2022|Grower, Grower East, Grower Midwest, Grower West|

by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

Many farmers have begun to diversify their operations and use their resources in different ways to bring in more revenue. Offering lodging via Airbnb represents one additional income (more…)

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Spring all year long at LaSalle Florists and Greenhouses

Lee Newspapers2022-04-29T11:02:13-05:00May 3, 2022|Grower, Grower East|

by Laura Rodley

John LaSalle is in charge of making spring occur all year long inside 14,000 square feet of greenhouses at his 12-acre farm, LaSalle Florists and Greenhouses in Whately, MA, where he lives with his wife Debi LaSalle. (more…)

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‘Begin with the end in mind’

Lee Newspapers2022-04-29T10:57:34-05:00May 3, 2022|Grower, Grower East, Grower Midwest, Grower West|

Self-employment and choosing an advisor

by Sally Colby

Paula Ledney uses this Stephen Covey quote to emphasize the importance of setting goals when farm business owners (more…)

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Growers offer tips for tomato grafting

Lee Newspapers2022-04-29T10:54:14-05:00May 3, 2022|Grower, Grower East, Grower Midwest, Grower West|

by Sonja Heyck-Merlin

A group of Northeast growers shared tips on tomato grafting in a webinar presented by the New Hampshire Vegetable & Berry Growers Association (NHVBGA) and UNH Extension. Grafting tomatoes (more…)

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