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As Colorado's premier sod and landscaping company, Korby Sod can help you determine what sod is right for you, and depending on your wants and needs will assist you through every phase: from initial purchase of sod to pickup, delivery and installation.
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About Korby Sod Fort Collins Colorado
Because Korby Sod is family owned, the Korby family is closely involved with every aspect of the business and take great deal of pride in quality turf grass and customer satisfaction. As a result they have partnered for many years with diverse clients such as large municipalities, regional landscape businesses, residential properties big and small, sport fields, and commercial areas and parks–all sizes and in all conditions.
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If you are looking for a commercial sod delivery from Korby Sod, please schedule your order for delivery of turf after preparatory work is completed and you are ready to install. Prompt installation on the day of delivery is crucial to a strong beginning for your lawn and as a turf supplier Korby Sod can assist with any needs you have big or small in 80537 and the surrounding areas.
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Got some great sod for a reasonable price.
Great customer service and we got a great product. They cut the sod the night before we picked it up; two weeks after laying it we have a healthy green lawn.
Very friendly staff that answered all my questions
I was impressed with the customer service at Korby from the get-go. They were very helpful and informative and made sure to explain all the differences between their various blends of grass. We ended up going with the Athletic Blend of bluegrass to finish our back yard. They are very straightforward with their pricing and can let you know right over the phone exactly what you'll be paying for the sod, what delivery will be (delivery costs were very reasonable), and when the sod will be delivered. The sod was fresh-cut the morning of delivery which made a huge difference in how well it's been doing. We had almost no dry edges on the sod even after a couple weeks, and it took root very quickly. I wouldn't hesitate to get sod from Korby Sod again - they were super easy to work with, and the sod has been great. We love how our back yard looks! Thank you!
We ordered Korby Vortex sod after discussing the sod options with Kyle. He was very informative and helped us make a great selection. We have had our sod in now for three weeks and it looks wonderful. Our neighbors have commented on how nice it looks. It was growing within the first week after it was installed. The process was so easy and Kyle was so friendly I would highly recommend Korby Sod to anyone in the market for sod.
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I have had sod installed in Northern Colorado and in the past, I was pleased with the work and the outcome. However, after having sod installed in my residence in Fort Collins by Korby Sod, I have to say that the result far exceeded my expectations. First, the quality of the sod was superb. The crew arrived in a timely fashion and took ample time to prepare the area, removing weeds, adding mulch, leveling the land, etc. The prep work was far better than what I have seen from other installers. Next, the sod was laid according to the plan that I described, except that, the expert sod layers made the finished product look better than I had drawn. I cannot express how pleased my family and friends are with the result! It looks like Disneyland. Now, we need to add mulch and other landscaping features around the grassy areas to create a finished look. We will have to up our game to match the quality that Korby Sod's crew provided. Finally, I want to say that it was a pleasure working with the front office. Kyle was very helpful and answered all my questions prior to the job, and Kyle and his colleagues followed up with me after the job to make sure everything was to my satisfaction. Thank you very much! I have already recommended Korby Sod to others in my neighborhood.
I am from Wyoming and in my area good fresh sod is hard to find and if not timley & expensive to get. So on one of my trips to Colorado I gave Korby Sod a call and with short notice they had new freshly cut sod ready for me to pick up. They even stayed after hours to get me loaded!! We were so pleased with the price and quality a friend had me pick up a second load for them! I even had a small clerical error on my invoice for payment. When I called Korby Sod's office they were very pleasant to talk with and the problem was fixed quickly! Thanks and Great Work to: Steve, Megan, and Katie. *****Highly Recommended*****
Great experience. They quoted me the best price of the several places I called. I ordered over the phone - dealt with 2 different employees; both were professional and friendly. Sod showed up on time two mornings later looking fresh and quality. A month later, it is still looking great. We are first time homeowners and will definitely use Korby Sod again when we move up to our next home. Quality local business. It was an easy and to-the-point transaction.
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Mignonette is a French delicacy that may also be the perfect little strawberry. They are bigger than most alpine strawberries, but still petite, and extremely sweet. This compact, everbearing variety will produce small plants that should yield berries in the first year. Approximately 55 seeds per pack. Full Sun.
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Ethiopia Decaf – Swiss Water Process
Traceable To: Single Farmer Estate : Kossa Geshe
Altitude: 1800 MASL
Cherry collected from across 2 zones (Abukado and Botto) on estate, then further separated into 3-4 lots per zone based on harvest collection time. Cherries are dried on tarps with close monitoring by staff. Abdul Wahid is slowly expanding raised beds, thus a small portion is currently dried on raised beds. Then decaffeinated by using Swiss water process.
About the Farm
Kossa Geshe is located in Western Ethiopia’s Limmu Kossa District, in the highlands of the Kebena Forest. This 1,000 hectare farm was established in 2009 as a land grant from Ethiopia’s investment agency to safeguard some of the last remaining dense forest in the country. Abdul runs the show. His first harvest was 2016 and Crop to Cup has bought every bean since, entranced by his qualities and the cup characteristics from day one. The story of Kossa Geshe is one of meteoric rise. In 2016 he began running the farm and two years later his coffee won a Good Food Award – one of the first coffees out of the west to earn the distinction and to truly compete with the excellent naturals coming from Southern Ethiopias Sidamo and Yirgacheffe regions. Abdul continues to reinvest. From a new moisture meter, to a new 7500 m sq drying patio (to go with raised beds) completed in 2018. It goes without saying that quality is continually on his mind.
Crop To Cup
Lightly roasted coffee - roasted to bring the best characterisitcs out of each coffee.
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Earley Ornamentals increases production capacity by 25%
Young plant producer Earley Ornamentals has completed a new building and installed new filling and seeding lines, a germination chamber and six automatic irrigation booms.
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November 18, 2022
NTMWD Lunch & Learn: Fall into Success – NTX Tree & Shrub Planting Guide
Friday, November 18, 2022
Online classes from NTMWD and Texas A&M AgriLife to help your landscape thrive in North Texas while saving water, time and resources.
Did you know that fall through winter is the optimum time to plant trees and shrubs in North Texas? Planting during cooler months is less stressful on our trees and shrubs. Join us as we cover tips and tricks for fall planting success!
This online class will be held on Zoom. The morning of the session, a link to join will be emailed to you and posted here.
As a "Thank You" for attending a session, one guest from each class will be randomly selected to receive a No More Water Less gardening kit.


🍃 December Garden Club: Tonight @ 7pm EST 🍃
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December Garden Club is tonight at 7pm! They are typically the 1st of every month, but this month was rescheduled as I was out of the country. 🤗
Tonight we will be covering garden tasks for December, what you can still pop into the ground, advice on the hardy annuals that need to be seeded in the winter (like poppies!), and how to start prepping for next year’s garden planning.
If you cannot attend, the PDF and Zoom recording are available upon request. Just let me know you’d like a copy and I will email them to you!
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Today’s WASDE isn’t expected to show many fireworks, but grain markets are mostly lower ahead of it.
“Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.” – C.S. Lewis (British author)
Today’s WASDE Resets Grain Markets Goalposts
Ahead of today’s WASDE report out at 12 Eastern, grain prices this morning are mostly lower, with soybeans the only grain or oilseed in the green. Today’s WASDE will do its usual job of resetting the goalposts for grain markets. Regarding what we’re watching for in today’s WASDE, South American production and US corn and soybean exports are the highest priority.
Canola prices are pulling back this morning rather sharply as the Canadian Loonie creeps closer to 79¢ USD and producer selling. This, despite oil prices up significantly this morning as it’s hard to find an oil bear anywhere. The lack of bearish interest right now could be a bad thing though as prices could jolt back down when said bears do eventually show up.
As Garrett mentioned yesterday in the daily Grain Markets Today, wheat prices rallied on weather and crop quality concerns. Average good-to-excellent ratings across the US fell by 2 points week-over-week to just 30%. This is the lowest it’s been in the last 30 years.
Don’t Forget About the Weather
AccuWeather’s most recent forecast for spring thaw isn’t that bullish.  Warmer temperatures aren’t expected to be seen in Western Canada until later this week, and the “warming up” will be slow-going. The same thing can be said for many Northern US states, which plant similar crops as Canadian Prairies.
Looking south, Brazilian states of Parana and Mato Grosso account for about 45% of total safrinha/second crop corn production in the country. Over the next two weeks though, there is no rain in the forecast. And it’s supposed to be the wet season!
More forecasters who think said wet season could be finished, which is a bit bullish for corn – if you haven’t seen what’s going on in next door in Argentina, soil moisture is pretty important. If models are maintained, corn prices should certainly reflect this (but you definitely won’t see it in the production numbers released in the WASDE later today).
Recent GrainCents Publications
In addition to the weekly digest, that gets sent out every Sunday morning to GrainCents subscribers, here’s a breakdown of some deeper analysis pieces that we’ve published in the past four days.
• Why does the EU hate palm oil and the implications for canola;
• What happens to canola prices with less acres, worse weather;
• If hard red winter wheat is a dying crop in the US;
• What needs to be done to get Canadian durum back into Italy;
• If Algeria can be self-sufficient when it comes to durum wheat production;
• What new malt barley exports mean for Canadian prices;
• Bigger, better UK barley crop expectations in 2018;
• If barley will take a hit or not with NAFTA renegotiations;
• Whether or not desi chickpeas prices have hit the lows;
• When do peas get a harder look from China for more imports;
• Manitoban peas bucking the lower acreage trend in 2018; and,
• Which colour lentil has the best potential profit return in 2018.
China vs. USA vs. WASDE
You can read through all of the April WASDE pre-report average guesstimates, outlined in yesterday’s Breakfast Brief. Today’s WASDE though is certainly overshadowed by the trade tensions between the US and China. And as explained in yesterday’s Breakfast Brief, today’s WASDE numbers will not reflect said tension because no import tariffs are in place and even if they were, the USDA wouldn’t have been able to update the numbers quick enough.
On that thought, cooler heads in China might be prevailing. Chinese President Xi Jinping provided some commentary that will likely assuage the market’s fears. President Xi said that China is working on giving financial institutions more autonomy, in addition to reducing tariffs on imported automobiles, among other matters.
A bit of a contrast to the protectionist policies of US President Trump, no? Well, this is called politics. President Xi was quoted as saying, “In a world aspiring for peace and development, the Cold War and zero-sum mentality look even more out of place.”
Overall, there’s a lot of trade war rhetoric, but there’s also a lot of noise. Specifically, as it relates to US soybeans, Garrett argues that we should all take a deep breath here. There’s more bark than bark, and so let’s get through today’s WASDE before letting the gossip about what Xi and Trump say get the best of us.


A Local Farmer Supporting Local South Africa
Diep Organics was founded by Owen Mulaudzi, originally from the Limpopo province, who was inspired by his management certification program to develop a business that would be beneficial for the health of his community.
Since inception in 2014, Diep Organics grows a wide variety of produce and herbs using organic practices while acknowledging the significant health benefits of natural foods. Owen successfully ran his business using the land adjacent to the Father Louis Blondel Centre in Diepsloot and over one hectare of land given by the City of Johannesburg’s Food Resilience Unit.
Diep Organics is proudly a zero-waste company as all unsold products are given to local Early Child Development (ECD) Programs throughout Diepsloot. Owen's dedication to healthy and organic produce and herbs paired with his commitment to the local community is continually inspiring and will always remain at the focal point of Diep Organics.


The Peasant Network will export as from next year 50,000 tons of agricultural products to the various countries to ensure diversification of economy and promote the export of domestic production.
The process will be launched from the Luanda Perishables Terminal (Teka 2), at the “4 de Fevereiro” Airport in Luanda.
The action is promoted in partnership with the National Company for Airports and Air Navigation (ENANA) and Brussels Airlines and is part of the Angola-Aircargo Export programme.
The intention is to boost Angolan exports and connect all the potential operators of the different perishable production chains subject to aerial export.
The chairperson of Peasant Network Consortium, Gentil Viana, said on Monday that the export will cover mainly fruits, such as banana, mango, pineapple and avocado.
The process include vegetables, flowers, fish, shellfish, among others.
Speaking at launching ceremony of Angola-Aircargo Export programme, Viana said that the export process will be carried out from four warehouse vessels and merchandise vessels, installed in an area of six hectares, made available by ENANA-E.P.
The official mentioned May 31, 2018 as the expected date for the start of exports of Angola’s main agricultural, maritime and forestry products.
The ceremony was attended by the ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Angola, Felix Frank, and entrepreneurs of the productive sectors.


Contact Ajeet Seeds For your convenience to contact Ajeet Seeds We have provided all possible information of Ajeet Seeds. You can on the given phone number +91-2431-251444/45, +91-9922933999. To know the address location of Ajeet Seeds it is also presented here Gut No.233, CHITEGAON, Tq. Paithan, Dist-Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India-431105. Contact them by sending email to Ajeet Seeds you will find an email address here email@example.com. To know more about Ajeet Seeds, go to their website ajeetseed.co.in and collect all possible information from there. You can contact them from their website also.
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Ajeet Seeds is a privately owned business hub incorporated by Shri Padmakar Mulay. Ajeet Seeds is a high profile Agriculture seed producing company that commenced its business deals in 1986. The main operational location of Ajeet Seeds is based in Maharashtra, India. Besides this head office their business branch locations are present in Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and in Other States.
Employment Options offered by Ajeet Seeds
As one of the leading business hub in producing agriculture seeds, they have got highly professional team who are always thinking of the new techniques and development of its products. If you are interested in making your career in this field, then this is the best place for you to improve your professional skills. more of the info relate to the joibs offered by Ajeet Seeds can be availed from their Career page. Here we are providing a direct link that will take you to the Career page of Ajeet Seeds:
Contact Details of Ajeet Seeds Branch Offices In Different States
The company has been an impact in the agriculture division, through the seeds offered by by their business units, customers are highly satisfied with the output. For this reason their network is spread in different states of India. Below we have written some of the Branch offices of Ajeet Seeds in different states with contact detail:
Ajeet Seeds Gujarat
Ajeet Seeds Madhya Pradesh
Ajeet Seeds Telangana
Ajeet Seeds Karnataka
Ajeet Seeds Haryana
Ajeet Seeds Punjab
Ajeet Seeds Rajasthan
Ajeet Seeds Uttar Pradesh
Ajeet Seeds - Customer Assistance Page
As one of the leading business hub in producing agriculture seeds, the company has got a strong customer support team always available for assistance. They have labelled a number of customers service units in different states of India. The full contact detail of its business store locations can be availed from their official contact us Page. Here we are providing a direct link that will take you to the contact us page of Ajeet Seeds:


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Once a week our trained staff, will visit property to not only cut grass, but edged, weed, and clean your property. Getting your property immaculate. While on site our staff will evaluate the property looking for potential problems, such as signs that proper watering is being done, if fungus or insects are present before there’s dramatic damage to your garden. We consider ourselves urban farmers, instead of a food crop, we harvest green grass and flowers, then a happy customer.
- Weekly we will provide
- Raking of dirt in flowerbeds if not mulched
- Mowing from March/April to November/December pending on weather
- String trimming along fences, by house, trees and steep hillsides, with every mowing
- Hard edging – areas include sidewalks, curb lines, non-asphalt driveways, front walks, and other concrete or pavers areas abutted by turf.
- Containing of groundcover away from hardscape and turf areas to ensure the plant does not migrate from planting bed
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Season for Loving…
Loving your leaves, that is! GardenersGuild provides 50 ways to LoveYourLeaves, with one task a week to focus your energies in the garden. There isn’t time to do all the things we want, but contact with Mother Nature offers benefits like fresh air, light exercise and new information to keep us growing.
GardenersGuild supports a philosophy of regular observation in outer spaces to further an urban troweler’s understanding of gardening and our city environment. Just get out there, and git growing! The LoveYourLeaves weekly nudge encourages a simple system of garden maintenance by offering one way each week that a busy urbecologist can get out into the garden. With weekly assistance provided by the LYL calendar (2 weeks off in December!) GG members garden year ’round for better health, greater sustainability and growing success.
To stay up with your garden, throw your shadow on it regularly and follow any of the resources from GardenersGuild, designed for chaotic but conscientious lifestyles!
- tap into the LoveYourLeaves 50 week motivational calendar.
- subscribe to the GG e-news.
- get growing with local style snips/shots.
- find basic projects like raised beds: www.gardenersguild.blogspot.com
- find us: www.facebook.com/GardenersGuild
- follow us: www.twitter.com/GardenersGuild
The key to finding easy joy in gardening is simple, leisurely observation which requires only a few minutes each day & brings hours of feeling good. Grow your community, one garden at a time.
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Review Of Elephant Ear Bulbs In Containers Ideas. By bethany hayes elephant ears are a tropical plant that goes best in warmer weather, and they’re known for producing large leaves that can be several feet wide. Lift the bulbs by the first frost and cut the foliage off.
Planting elephant ear bulbs indoors approximately eight weeks prior to the last frost date is also. Let them air dry for about a week, then knock off some of the old soil and put them in a breathable container with dried. Elephant ears sprout from bulbs in spring and quickly grow into large, spreading clumps.
At The End Of The Growing Season, Dig Up The Tuber Or Corm.
When planting a large number of bulbs in one bed, excavate the entire area to the. By bethany hayes elephant ears are a tropical plant that goes best in warmer weather, and they’re known for producing large leaves that can be several feet wide. I have access to a greenhouse, so i wintered them over last year instead of letting them die.
Place The Bulb In The Hole With The Flat Root End Pointing.
Set the bulb into the hole and. The size of this plant is massive, which means you have to use the large size of the. Elephant ears will tolerate full sun but prefer to have a little shade.
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Wear gloves to protect your skin from the sap. Store in an open container with peat moss or dry potting soil barely covering the rhizome. To encourage the bulbs to sprout and grow, you must raise.
Next, Cover The Tuber In Soil.
Let them air dry for about a week, then knock off some of the old soil and put them in a breathable container with dried. To that end, let us begin our investigation. Over the winter, bulbs may be left in the.
Look For The Flat Root End Of The Bulb Because You Have To Keep It Pointing Down While Planting The Bulbs.
A lack of germination in elephant ear bulbs is often due to too cold soil. Elephant ears sprout from bulbs in spring and quickly grow into large, spreading clumps. Make sure they are kept dry and cold (45 to 55°f).
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Green Planet 2 Part Dual Fuel Kit
Green Planet’s simple and effective 2-part nutrient system Dual Fuel is now available in a convenient and ready to use nutrient kit. This brand new kit also comes with some of Green Planet’s top additives to help your plants reach their full potential.
This kit includes everything you need to grow from early veg till the last weeks of flower.
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Green Planet 2 Part Dual Fuel Kit is the simplest and most effective 2-part nutrient system on the market. Used in a 1:1 ratio throughout all growth cycles. It’s easy to use for the absolute beginner and yet has been formulated to meet the complex needs of the professional grower.
Vitathrive is a vitamin and mineral solution that reduces plant stress while supporting essential functions.
Massive is an all natural bloom booster that utilizes bee waste including honeycomb to amplify a plant’s natural growth processes. Supercharge your flowers, make them bigger and denser through a unique blend of naturally derived nutrient components.
Liquid Weight is an excellent carbohydrate supplement that provides an added energy source for your plants, resulting in impressively large flowers and fruits.
Rezin is the latest product from Green Planet that contains a combination of acids created through a complex fermentation process. It’s designed to enhance flavour and aromas. Rezin will not affect your PPM. This means that you can run it with any nutrient program at full strength.
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New deal promises to help boost productivity for US Orchards
IFV are proud to announce our new partnership with Washington Tractor as the Licensed Distributor for our Fruitvision system in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
Washington Tractor is the largest power equipment dealer in the State of Washington and will be a service provider to their well established apple growing
customer base. They are planning to have 10 of these machines in Washington fields by March 2019.


Northwest Conservation Tillage Handbook Series No. 13
Chapter 10 - New Technology Access, Adaptation and Economics, March 2000
Grower Direct Seed Web Forum
Roger Veseth, WSU/UI Extension Conservation Tillage Specialist, Moscow,
request of Pacific Northwest growers, a PNW Grower Direct Seed Forum has
been established on the Internet to facilitate in-depth grower-to-grower
questions and discussions on direct seed cropping systems and technologies.
It will provide a communications tool to help growers search for answers
to their questions, as well as to share experiences and innovations. The
Forum can be accessed through the PNW Conservation Tillage Systems Web
site (http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu) -- click on Grower Direct Seed Forum.
Forum will expand the communications network initiated with the PNW Direct
Seed E-mail List Server in late 1999 for all Ag-related personnel interested
in direct seed system --- also linked to the PNW Web site. The main purpose
of the Grower Direct Seed Forum is to facilitate more growers-to-grower
communications, although others with experience and expertise in various
aspects of direct seed cropping systems, such as Ag industry representatives,
researchers, extension educators, and other Ag support personnel, are
encouraged to actively participate.
Forum "conference" topics presently include: equipment design
and modification; crop rotation; alternative crops; residue management;
and management strategies for weed, disease and insect control. Additional
conference area can be added on a variety of direct seed system topics.
number of PNW growers with Internet access is growing rapidly. A 1999
USDA Agricultural Statistics Service study showed that an average of 40%
of PNW growers had Internet access in 1999, up dramatically from 18% in
1997. Washington growers lead the NW and were second in the nation at
50%. Along with this rapid Internet access, NW growers are also moving
towards direct seeding and more intensive cropping systems to improve
productions efficiency and profitability, cropland productivity, and environmental
protection. This Grower Direct Seed Forum, as well as the List Server
and expanding library of resources on the main PNW Web site, are helping
meet this increasing PNW demand for computer access to direct seed cropping
Forum has a threaded discussion design, which refers to the arrangement
of stored messages on the page, allowing participants to follow and respond
to discussions starting at the original messages and continuing with successive
replies to those messages. Participants can select options to receive
e-mail notification when there are new messages on the Forum, or to be
sent the messages by e-mail. There are separate mailing lists for each
of the "conferences" and you need to select those you are interested
in receiving. The Forum is simple to use, plus there is an introductory
section that describes how to use the Forum. An excellent help program
can also guide you through the process.
more information, contact Roger Veseth, Forum Manager and WSU/UI Extension
Conservation Tillage Specialist, at 208-885-6386 or e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.org).
Northwest Conservation Tillage Handbook Series publications are jointly
produced by University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System, Oregon State
University Extension Service and Washington State University Cooperative
Extension. Similar crops, climate, and topography create a natural geographic
unit that crosses state lines in this region. Joint writing, editing,
and production prevent duplication of effort, broaden the availability
of faculty, and substantially reduce costs for the participating states.
Pacific Northwest Conservation Tillage Handbook is a large, three-ring
binder handbook that is updated with new and revised Handbook Series publications.
It was initiated in 1989 as a PNW Extension publication in Idaho, Oregon
and Washington. Updates to the Handbook are provided when the updating
card is returned. By 1999, 47 new PNW Conservation Tillage Handbook Series
have been added to the original 98. Copies of the complete Handbook are
available for $20 through county extension offices in the Northwest or
ordered directly by calling state extension publication offices: Idaho
-- (208) 885-7982; Oregon -- (541)-737-2513; Washington
-- (509) 335-2999 (some shipping and handling charges and sales tax may
apply). It's now accessible on the Internet! All of the PNW Conservation
Tillage Handbook and Handbook Series are on the Internet
home page (http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu)
Pacific Northwest STEEP III Conservation Tillage Systems Information Source.
The home page also contains recent issues of the PNW STEEP III Extension
Conservation Tillage Update, listings of other conservation tillage
information resources, coming events and much more. For more information
on the Handbook or updates to the Handbook, contact Roger Veseth, WSU/UI
Conservation Tillage Specialist, Plant Soil and Entomological Sciences
Department, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339, phone 208-885-6386,
FAX 208-885-7760, e-mail (email@example.com).
Extension programs and policies comply with federal and state laws and
regulations on nondiscrimination regarding race, color, gender, national
origin, religion, age, disability, and sexual orientation. The University
of Idaho Cooperative Extension System, Oregon State University Extension
Service and Washington State University Cooperative Extension are Equal


Odd Pods Cactus Garden has been reviewed 11 times with an average rating of 3.82
Cactus Garden Needs Improvement!
Posted 7/31/2012 by Stacie Edwards
When this item arrived it was VERY SMALL!! So small that I doubt it's even possible for these cactus to have enough space to establish roots. We planted the seeds anyways. They did grow, but most of them have already died - lack of space I do believe. My kids are disappointed. I like the idea of growing cactus, but I would look for something bigger! Or just use these seeds and plant them immediately into a different container.
Small but mighty - your miniature cacti should thrive and stay alive for a reasonable amount of time. We assisted our customer. Please visit our Returns & Exchanges center if full satisfaction doesn't take root.


Every cup sold helps provide a meal for a child.
School meals funded by Lunch Box so Far:
Lunch box coffee provides school meals for children in coffee growing regions, so they can focus on studying and not where their next meal will come from.
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Lunch Box provides school meals for children of coffee farmers all around the coffee belt.
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Colossal cabbages, monumental marrows and tremendous tomatoes – we are looking forward to another gargantuan battle for top titles in the 2020 NEHS giant vegetable competition.
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Our *novice classes for the longest runner bean, heaviest tomato and longest cucumber also offer the chance for less experienced gardeners to have a go at growing a monster!
The famous National Heavy Onion Championship will include a world record weigh-in to find out if the current title holder can be toppled. Since the championships started in 1983, some 12 new world records have been set. The current champion is Tony Glover, from Birmingham, who set a new record in 2014 with a whopper weighing in at 18lb 11oz (8.47 kilos).
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I have my song of India about 3 feet back from a south facing window..it receives a few hours of direct sun. I’ve never had a problem with browning tips, however, it did have some brown tips when I bought it. I let it dry out full between watering.
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 21
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
From January through June 2020, tea exports from Azerbaijan to Georgia increased by 10.8 percent compared to the same period last year, Trend reports referring to Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat).
In the first half of 2020, Azerbaijan exported 382.8 tonnes of tea worth $2.32 million to Georgia (under the trademark 0902 - tea with or without flavoring additives). In comparison, 343.4 tonnes of tea were exported from Azerbaijan to Georgia in the amount of $2.09 million in January-June 2019.
An increase in the export of Azerbaijani tea to Georgia was also observed in the first four months of 2020.
Meanwhile, in the first half of 2020, exports of goods from Azerbaijan to Georgia decreased by 16.9 percent year-on-year.
Azerbaijan ranked tenth among top 10 most significant export partners of Georgia in 1H2020.
In January-June 2020, Georgia exported products of $32.3 million to Azerbaijan, which is 3 percent of the total export rate. The export rate has dropped by 22.4 percent compared with 2019.
In January-June 2019, Georgia exported goods of $41.7 million to Azerbaijan, equaling 3.8 percent of total exports.
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I’m nearly there. I just have beans and zucchini, squash, herbs, cucumbers and melons left to go into the garden. The good thing about the cucumbers is their bed is ready and waiting and the frame is up, ready to support outreached tendrils as they grow towards the sun. The only thing holding things up at this point is the cucumbers themselves. I’d like them to be just a little bigger before they go out into the world. Besides it is still a little too chilly at night and they do like to sulk if it isn’t warm enough.
The other ones actually still need a full renovation of their soon to be luxury homes, but now it is a tad warm in the middle of the day – it is the thought of doing the reno, working up a bit of a sweat that is putting me off. I need to just get in there and do it. Maybe bright and early tomorrow, then I can say it is done.
The thing is – it isn’t done – not yet. It will only be done in context of a set of tasks in a moment. I could give you a huge list of what is still to do:
- There are sunflowers to go in along the fence – oh it will look so pretty
- The wildflowers need a home – still not sure where but I need to get on to it
- I need to repot the peppers into bigger pots because they aren’t going into the garden until the garlic comes out and that is about 8 weeks away
- The melons also need to be repotted as they aren’t going in until the onions come out, but they will be quite happy in the greenhouse in the warm until then
- All the left-over plants need to be repotted into polybags so I can give them away without losing my pots – I nearly didn’t have enough this season
- I should really wash the pots I have used now. Washing pots in cold weather is not very enjoyable
- I think I have a few more seeds to sow… I’ll know what is missing once everything is in or given away
- I need to build a frame to protect my strawberries from the birds – although they don’t seem to be bothering them at the moment.
- I need to rescue my Jerusalem Artichokes – they are currently choking in weeds
- Everything could do with a feed
- The peas need a bit of love – they are in a right old mess.
- The shed needs a tidy up and so does the greenhouse, while we’re at it
- The grass needs mowing… again
Actually – to see it all written down makes me feel a little better. It isn’t really that much to do at all. Sometimes it can all get a bit overwhelming and you can’t appreciate all you have managed to achieve in the face of all that is still to be done. I do remember receiving some great advice once that said:
“when you are digging or weeding, work with your back to what is still to do, so you can see how far you have come, you aren’t overwhelmed by how much is still to do and the end comes as a wonderful surprise.”
I am learning to stop and be still in my garden and just sit for a while and just notice the small things. It is a really great way to recharge and be ready for the next push to get things done, without overdoing things. Gardens can bring great joy, so long as you stop being busy in there and start looking around.
Come again soon – the weather is leaning more towards summer than winter, which is about time too!
Sarah the Gardener : o)


Chicago wheat finished limit up, Kansas near limit up. MATIF wheat and rapeseed futures traded an almost 10 per cent day price range, the wheat closing 7pc firmer and rapeseed 3pc. ASX eastern wheat futures current and new crop lifted 4pc and 5pc.
- Chicago wheat May contract up US50cents per bushel to 934.75c/bu;
- Kansas wheat May contract up 48c/bu to 966c/bu;
- Minneapolis wheat May up 17.5c/bu to 1020.25c/bu;
- MATIF wheat May contract up €21/t to €315/t;
- Black Sea wheat March contract up $10/t to $326.50/t
- Corn May contract up 9c/bu to 690.25c/bu;
- Soybeans May contract down 17c/bu to 1654c/bu;
- Soybean meal firmed 2pc;
- Winnipeg canola May 2022 contract up C$19.30/t to $1052/t;
- MATIF rapeseed May 2022 contract up €23.25/t to €763.50/t;
- ASX March 2022 wheat contract up A$16/t to A$385/t;
- ASX Jan 2023 wheat contract up $20/t to $405/t;
- AUD dollar 1pc weaker at US$0.717;
- Brent crude oil futures volume spiked and price firmed;
- Dow Jones Industrials Average up quarter per cent.
Does technical analysis matter? Trading strategies built around technical indicators and chart patterns would be sending some pretty conflicting signals today.
Markets witnessed huge rejections of the highs in many markets having spiked sharply as Odessa was bombed and reports of shipping being suspended in the Azov Sea emerged.
US exchanges were locked at their trading limits; up 50usc/bu in Chicago wheat with the implied moved derived by the options markets indicating the real market was closer to 75usc/bu higher. Then, for reasons not completely clear to me, some of the more extreme moves found selling. Someone, in the midst of the outbreak of war decided they would sell the market. Do they think values had simply moved too far too quickly?
Looking back to 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea, Chicago wheat added around $1.30/bu (from a much lower base) over almost 2 months. This time it did it in 3 sessions.
USDA in its Outlook Forum this week predicted global stocks would tighten and prices would fall. US Agriculture Secretary said sanctions might limit Black Sea region grain exports but the effects would not filter down to US consumers.
Egypt’s GASC cancelled its wheat tender having received just one offer.
Despite large price moves offshore the Aussie cash wheat market yesterday continued. Sellers continue to come to market and buyers do not feel the need to push values any higher. Export focus on SFW delivered Geelong Melbourne did push those values $5/t higher. Wheat basis continues to weaken, both current crop and new crop. Port Kembla basis is about minus $75/t.
Barley values also remained largely unchanged.
Canola firmed $10/t yesterday track Port Kembla. Victorian canola prices exceed $900/t, lifting $105/t in the past month.
The liquidity continues to flow, Clear Grain Exchange reported high volume of trade, 174,000t, much of it in Western Australian wheat and barley.
The demand for delivered commodity in eastern Australia remains strong as truck freight availability continues to be tight and road rates firm.
Source: Lachstock Consulting


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Monday, September 26, 2016
American takes a check for cricket circumstances. (4,5,4)
Heavy rain Saturday, and heavy showers yesterday, meant no allotment all weekend. And when I got there today, the area of the old greenhouse was too wet to riddle it. So I moved part of the skinny brick path from part of the Western boundary, to it's new home as you can see here, from the central path to the cherry trees, delineating where the Middle East bed, (to the right) ends and the pond margin begins. The wee shoots you can see in the ME Bed are winter field beans, which have germinated well and made a good start.
I've moved the bricks because it still seems the Mid and North West Beds aren't draining properly, so I'm going to dig a trench, fill it with rubble and call it a path and see if that helps, next year. And put in raised beds - I mean proper raised beds, about 3ft high - on the soggiest part.
It's a case of watching where the water goes this Winter, which is liable to be another wet one, apparently. By the time I get all the drainage works completed last winter, the worst of the storms was over, so none of it has been properly tested, yet, and I might need to do more. Perversely, I'm quite looking forward to getting some heavy storms, now that I've got a handle on the drainage situation.
Also today, weeded the NE boundary, my 'hedgerow'-hedgerow, consisting of donated bare root actual hedgerow trees. And not much more, due to the rain.


28 September 2021
£1.3M FUNDING TO DEVELOP ECO-FRIENDLY INSECTICIDES
A GLASGOW University spinout specialising in the next generation of green insecticides has secured seed investment of £1.3 million to support ongoing development of its nature-inspired pesticides, the first of their kind to be developed worldwide.
Established in May 2020 after four years of research funded by UKRI BBSRC and the EC, and commercialisation support from Scottish Enterprise’s High Growth Spinout Programme, SOLASTA Bio has a technology platform for creating neuropeptide-based insect control products that target insect pests while preserving beneficial pollinators such as bees.
Investors in this seed funding round include The Yield Lab Europe, SIS Ventures, members of Cambridge Agritech and UKI2S, who also provided access to the UKI2S-managed Innovate UK Sub Fund grant. Founding investors UKI2S and Scottish Enterprise provided pre-seed funding.
With this latest funding secured, SOLASTA Bio is aiming to take the trials of its biopesticides out of the laboratory and into real-world settings. The company aims to bring its first biopesticides to market in 2027, around half the time traditionally taken by synthetic pest control products.
The company's co-founders and management team are made up of: CEO Professor Shireen Davies (pictured), an expert in insect biology and functional genomics; Professor Julian Dow, CSO; former BASF senior executive Paul Bernasconi, CTO; and Professor Robert Liskamp, peptide technology. The three co-founders are joined by the Chair, Rob Wylie and CFO David Armour, with a team of R&D staff based in Glasgow.
Shireen said: “The global market for insecticides has been under intense scrutiny for many years now, with growing demands on food production requiring greater levels of crop protection, counterbalanced by heightened concerns for the environment. Through our proprietary technology platform, we have developed a world-leading solution which represents a profound change for how insect control agents are discovered, and a step change in how we not only protect our crops worldwide, but also our ecosystem. This seed funding now allows us to accelerate our R&D plans and move towards Series A in 2022.”
Senior Investment Manager at SIS Ventures, Rob Halliday said the global agribusiness industry is "crying out" for environmentally-friendly innovative new approaches to effective pest-control. "We believe SOLASTA Bio’s technology is a game changer in this regard," he said.
Victoria Carmichael, Director of Strategic Investments at Scottish Enterprise, added: “The rate at which Scotland’s academic institutions continue to produce game-changing spinouts is staggering, with SOLASTA being another great example of an entrepreneurial culture that transforms world-leading research into real-world applications."
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The Yield Lab Europe is an Agtech impact venture capital fund, which invests into early stage European AgriFoodTech companies to make our global food and agriculture production system more sustainable and more efficient whilst improving profitability. This includes technologies in crop production, animal health and welfare, precision agriculture, supply chain/logistics, food ingredients, supply chain, food processing and packaging. The Yield Lab Europe also runs an award-winning accelerator for earlier stage companies.
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What's the buzz? Beekeeper in Warren Saturday
4H's Jennifer Bristol and expert beekeeper Ed Karle will host a beekeeping program Saturday at Frerichs Farm
By Ted Hayes
It may be known mostly for pumpkins, but the new buzz at Frerichs Farm is all about bees, goats and more.
The family farm and greenhouse on Kinnicutt Avenue has started a beekeeping program and it …


The 2017 Hatch chile season is winding down. We’re still receiving fresh shipments every Tuesday and Friday, and we still have all varieties of green and red chile, with heat levels from mild to xxx-hot and all points in between. But it won’t last forever…we’re down to weeks, not months. So come see us NOW at our outdoor roasting location, corner of Wyoming and Montgomery. We’re open every day. Also available online here.


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Another term for corn salad.
- Until recently, mache - also known as lamb's lettuce or corn salad and a longtime staple in France - could be found here mainly in tony restaurants and upscale markets.
- Serve with boiled new potatoes, lemon wedges and a salad of lamb's lettuce simply dressed with olive oil and lemon juice.
- Valerianella locusta, also known as lamb's lettuce, a common and hardy wild plant of Europe, W. Asia, and N. Africa, has been cultivated in Europe since at least the 16th century and is naturalized in N. America.
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Leading Ukrainian sunflower oil producer and exporter Kernel has said its outlook for 2021 was “uninspiring” despite a strong first quarter, AgriCensus reported on 27 November.
The company put its pessimistic forecast down to a drought ruining the Black Sea sunflower seed crop.
Kyiv-based Kernel’s EBITDA for its first quarter of the financial year, which started in July, had tripled compared with the same three-month period in 2019, reaching US$290M due to solid earnings in its oilseed processing unit and trading units, AgriCensus said.
During the first quarter, the oilseed unit had added 39% to an EBITDA of US$31M “on the back of stronger crushing margins driven by growing sunflower oil prices and a record high 2019 sunflower seed harvest in Ukraine,” the company said in a report on 27 November.
Its trading unit tripled EBITDA to US$111M for the quarter driven by “strong performance” in sunflower oil and grains trading by its Swiss-based subsidiary Avere, as well as increased Ukrainian grain exports.
However, despite the solid start to its 2021 financial year Kernel said its 2021 outlook was “uninspiring” as it expected a tight market situation by the end of the current marketing year.
“We plan to process 3.5M tonnes of sunflower seeds, but there are significant downside risks to this target, which may materialise closer to the end of the season due to the relatively weak harvest of sunflower seeds this year in Ukraine,” Kernel said.
“On top of that, concerns come also on the margin side,” it added.
The company said it expected the price of Ukrainian sunflower seed to mirror sunflower oil prices, which could remain high for the rest of the season, with “slow-selling (by) farmers eroding the margin for crushers in the current season”.
“There are significant risks to end up the season with the margin materially below US$100 EBITDA per tonne oil sold observed in FY2020.”
Kernel’s outlook for the infrastructure and grain trading segment remained positive as expectations that Avere would continue to perform well would offset its “grain export business (which) may underperform this season due to lower margins”.


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08 Dec 2021
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11 Jan 2021 - Hammersmith
So, what do we have at the end of this week – USA corn prices are up by USD 5 or 6 m/t, soybeans are up by USD 22 to 25 m/t, soymeal is up by USD 11 to 14 m/t. Only US wheat prices were fairly quiet with winter wheat down by about USD 3 m/t and spring wheat up by USD 3 m/t. ......please click PDF to see more details
05 Jan 2021 - CFO Exclusive
The appreciating RMB would slightly reduce cash trend during rest of Jan…
04 Jan 2021 - Hammersmith
It may have been a short work week this week but that didn’t stop USA prices from rallying quite strongly. Corn prices were up by about USD 12 m/t with soybeans up by at least USD 17 m/t, soymeal up by USD 14 to 18 m/t – even all types of wheat were up by about USD 5 m/t.......please click PDF to see more details
28 Dec 2020 - Hammersmith
Another short work week this week – 4 days for most but only 3 days for some and next week will be about the same. This week’s report is shorter than normal as quite a few trade reports were not published this week and won’t be issued until January. It is a little difficult to get a good feeling for the market when no one is working.......please click PDF to see more details
22 Dec 2020 - CFO Exclusive
RMB cash market would keep steady to move into 2021 ….
21 Dec 2020 - Hammersmith
Aha, this was really the week of the soybean/soymeal as South American weather pushes prices up to levels not seen for about 6 years. Soybeans were up by over USD 20 m/t with soymeal up between USD 22 and 28 m/t ---- that is one strong week for beans and meal.......please click PDF to see more details
15 Dec 2020 - CFO Exclusive
The slowing down tariffs and the smooth fishing could reduce…..
14 Dec 2020 - Hammersmith
Except for US wheat prices, the US grain and oilseed markets were a little quieter this week. USA winter wheat prices jumped by almost USD 15 m/t with spring wheat prices up by about USD 8 m/t. Corn and soybean prices for early 2021 were steady but soymeal prices did move about USD 5 m/t lower..........please click PDF to see more details
08 Dec 2020 - CFO Exclusive
The appreciating RMB would dilute the uptrend brought by …..
07 Dec 2020 - Hammersmith
I guess that this week was a rally recovery week as everything moved lower – corn prices in the US dropped by USD 5 to 7 m/t, soybeans were down by at least USD 10 m/t and soymeal by USD 12 or so m/t. Even wheat prices moved lower with US winter wheat down by USD 8 to 11 m/t and spring wheat down by about USD 7 m/t. .........please click PDF to see more details


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The USDA announced today that the deadline to apply for financial assistance under the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) has been extended indefinitely. This announcement eliminates the previous deadline of July 22, 2022.
Additionally, the USDA will mail pre-filled applications to producers utilizing the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) who might be eligible for ERP payments. Pre-filled applications for most other eligible producers were mailed out in May, though some may continue to receive their applications through August.
Once application mailing is complete, the USDA will announce a new deadline by which all Phase One ERP applications must be received. The new deadline will be at least thirty days after the mailing of applications concludes.
The goal of the ERP is to provide approximately $10 billion to crop producers impacted by natural disasters in 2020 and 2021, in order to offset crop yield and value losses. For more information, click here.


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Land Pride's FM2548, FM2560, FM2572 & FM2584 Flail Mowers are built for use in vineyards, orchards, and recreation areas. Sturdy and compact, the Land Pride FM25 has an electronically balanced rotor mounted on spherical roller bearings. The rotor is driven by a three section Powerband® spring-loaded, self-indicating belt-tensioning system makes it easy to tension belts for longer life. Three different blade options make quick work of grass, grapevine shoots, saplings, and tree prunings. (PowerBand® is a Registered Trademark of the Gates Corporation.)


Mark Garrett, Soneva Fushi's resident permaculturist in the Maldives, says that his job is all about 'growing soil'. In this video he explains what he means by this and how he does this without using manmade synthetic chemicals. He gives the lowdown on 'no dig' gardening techniques, sheet mulching and living ground covers.
For more blogs of mine on Mark's work, check out:
Mark Garrett: Permaculture & Real Sustainability
Mark Garrett, Permaculturist: The Importance of Bugs
Mark Garrett, Permculturist: Worm Juice


Patchwork Preserves is a collaboration between Growing Communities and North London Action for the Homeless (NLAH). We are also kindly supported by St Paul’s Church West Hackney who let us use their kitchen. Growing Communities donate their surplus veg to the NLAH kitchen. What isn’t used is then turned into lovely organic chutneys and pickles by Patchwork Farmers, staff and service users of NLAH. Recently we’ve even used beetroots from our own garden! So far we have made Spicy Beetroot and Orange Chutney, Spicy Carrot, Lemon Preserve, Crunchy Courgette Pickle, Spicy Tomato Relish, Red cabbage and Ginger Chutney.
For Christmas we sold chutney at Stoke Newington Farmer’s Market as well as at Growing Communities Urban Farm Shop. Since the project started we have sold well over 200 jars and all profits go to North London Action for the Homeless.


We visited Liz and Randy out at Shadow Ridge Ranch today, and we all got up close and personal with the Herefords they raise there. Liz has been farming for over 25 years and Randy joined her happily. They have a deep relationship with their land and cattle, and you can feel it when you're there. These cows came right up to us to see what was going on...and steal a snack from our seats! It was chilly outside but that just made it so much better when we came in from the pasture to share a hot meal together.
Thanks to the Mittag's for hosting us, looking forward to our next visit!


This is the Greentree Hydroponics Multi Flow Analog Controller Module for the Multi Flow system. Though this controller is designed for the Greentree Hydroponics Multi Flow 12 Bucket Hydroponic System, it is compatible with nearly any hydroponic setup you can think of.
This controller has a built in timer that controls watering times and flood duration. The controller is also equipped with water level sensors that maintain a steady watering height during the watering cycle.
The Hydroponics Multi Flow Analog Controller Module comes complete with two pumps, tubing, fittings, Water level controller, and step by step instructions.
- Adjustable upper float switches for use with taller pots
- 14" maximum flood depth
- 3/4" connectors for increased water flow
- New fail-safe circuit protects from electrical or mechanical failure.
- 2x Water Pumps (1x Fill Pump, 1x Drain Pump)
- All connectors needed for the 3/4" ports for Multi Flow pots,
- Fill/drain tubes and pump fittings
I have used you products for a full year now with no problems. It has great adaptability very easy to use for the novice also. I have also found excellent customer service that stands behind their products. Thanks for the sale great time to get a spare just in case!
So far works great
Before i was using individual buckets and a drain to waste method, Switching over to Ebb & Flow was made easy with the Greentree Hydroponics Multi FLow Analog Controller. I'm a small home cultivator with no more than 12 plants in cycle at one time. This makes weekly nutrient change & maintenance a breeze!


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Question by piper32_95037: What can I grow on my window sill that is small and requires little daily sunlight?
I am looking for easy to grow, small, plants, herb, or flowers on a window sill. I live in Northern California with great weather and the window sill is west facing with about 5 to 7 hours of direct sunlight tops(depending on season). The window sill is only 4 inches wide so a big plant is unrealistic. Something in very small containers (like the ones that most seedlings come from the nursery) is what I am looking for. Any suggestions?
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Delhi Govt Allocates Rs 100 cr for MSP to Farmers as Recommended by Swaminathan Commission
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also announced the launch of 'Smart Krishi Yojana', under which farmers will be provided knowledge of technology for high yielding and high quality variety of crops aimed at helping their income.
File photo of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday announced an allocation of Rs 100 crore for providing Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers as recommended by the Swaminathan Commission.
Presenting Delhi government's annual budget for 2019-20 in the Delhi Assembly, Sisodia said Delhi is the first state in the country to implement the Swaminathan Commission report on farming sector.
"I propose Rs 100 crore in budget 2019-20 for this scheme," he said.
Sisodia said the Congress government at the Centre in 2004 was compelled under prevailing circumstances to constitute the Swaminathan Commission which gave its report in 2006.
The Commission recommended that there is only one way to stop farmers' suicides and problems - that is by deciding the MSP of crops, one and half times more than the cost of production, the Deputy chief minister said.
"To provide 1.5 times of MSP to farmers of Delhi, as per Swaminathan Commission report, the 2019-20 budget allocates Rs 100 crore," he said.
The deputy chief minister also announced the launch of 'Smart Krishi Yojana', under which farmers will be provided knowledge of technology for high yielding and high quality variety of crops aimed at helping their income.
Sisodia said an allocation of Rs 400 crore has been made in 2019-20 for infrastructure development of villages in Delhi, which is twice the revised estimate of the previous fiscal.
The total budget for agriculture and rural development is Rs 749 crore for 2019-20. It includes Rs 564 crore for schemes, programmes and projects for agriculture, rural development and allied services, Sisodia added.
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African Refugee Grows Homeland's Bitter Eggplants in Vermont
- By UVM Extension
Janine Ndagijimana settled in Vermont after surviving two African refugee camps. She grows African eggplant which are sold to markets throughout the U.S. Janine receives support from Ben Waterman, UVM Extension Coordinator of the New Farms for New Americans program, and her thriving business is a story of both resilience and success. Read the article on the Associated Press news website.


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Here are some videos produced years ago that are worth viewing, fresh from “the vault”. They come as a trio and are presented together (50 mins). There is a wealth of information and it will be particularly helpful for those who are new to permaculture and its application.
- Robert Hart from the UK who is well known for his practice of Permaculture, offering insights from his own property and many years of experience.
- Ken Fern established a successful acreage utilising permaculture and consequently established a not-for-profit organisation, Plants For A Future. This organisation now provides a wealth of information online concerning 7,000 useful plants for temperate climates with an emphasis on perennials.
- Mike and Julia Guerra, telling their story and demonstrating how they have practiced permaculture in an urban setting just outside London.


REAP Delegation led by Mr. Chela Ram Kewlani, Chairman REAP to Department of Plant Protection (DPP), Government of Pakistan Meeting of REAP Delegation with Mr. Allah Ditta Abid, Director General, Department of Plant Protection (DPP) and Nasir Ahmad Deputy Director (Quarantine) today 10th October, 2022. The meeting was attended by Mr. Haseeb Ali Khan, Senior Vice Chairman REAP, Ch. Samee Ullah Naeem, Convener NZ, REAP’s Committee on DPP Matters, Mr. Muhammad Raza, Convener SZ, REAP’s Committee on DPP Matters, MC Members from North and South Zone. Mr. Allah Ditta Abid congratulated all the newly elected Office Bearers & MC Members and express that DPP and new team of REAP will coordinate as always for the betterment of trade. Mr. Chela Ram Kewlani, Mr. Haseeb Ali Khan & REAP Team apprised DG DPP about various issues, such as to open Mexican market, registration of rice mills for the export to Russia and China.


Vegetable Planting Guides for all 50 States
Growing your own vegetables isn’t hard. The first step is to determine the location; most started in areas that receive at least 8 hours of sunlight per day. Next you’ll want to make sure you have a handy source for water. Then comes the fun part, determining what vegetables you want to grow. Part of this process is knowing how much space they will need, how long they will be growing, and the best time of the year to get them started.
Depending on where you live, vegetables can be grown at different times. Some areas of the country only have one season, while others have multiple seasons. Knowing the proper planting time will help maximize your growing space and ensure a rewarding experience.
We have vegetable planting guides for all 50 states. To get started, click on the state you will be gardening in.
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Hwy 34 Light Pole Hanging Baskets
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Six of Nelson’s top young orchardists will vie for the title of Nelson Young Fruit Grower of the Year in Richmond this Friday, 6 July.
The champion will progress to the Young Grower of the Year national final, to be held in Hawke’s Bay in August. There, they will join the winners of the Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne, and Central Otago regional fruit-grower competitions, as well as two Young Vegetable Growers, to see who will be named the national Young Grower of the Year 2018.
This year’s entrants are:
- Thom Bolton of Vailima Orchards
- Jaime Cole of T&G Global
- Ray Forscutt of Fairfield Orchards
- Vanita Wijohn of Birdhurst Orchards
- Jordan Mister of Tyrella Orchards
- Dillon Peterson of Hoddys Fruit Co
Contestants will demonstrate their knowledge and skills around topics vital to the management of a successful orchard, including pest and disease identification, soils, and first aid. The winner will be decided at an awards dinner on Friday evening, where they will address an audience from throughout the industry on what change they would make if they were Prime Minister.
Prizes for the winner include sponsorship to attend the annual Horticulture Conference in July, and an all-expenses paid trip to compete for the national 2018 Young Grower of the Year title in August. There are also prizes for the winners of each individual competition event.
The Nelson Young Fruit Grower competition is organised by Andrew Kininmonth, and draws attention to the opportunities for horticultural careers in the region.
"Young Grower shows people that growing is more than just a job, it’s a career," says Andrew. "Nelson is full of potential, and the more people we have realising that, the better."
Julian Raine, president of Horticulture New Zealand, agrees on the importance of showcasing young people in the industry.
"The Nelson event is always a highlight, with such enthusiastic and talented young people each and every year," says Julian. "It’s exciting to see new faces every year, and hearing about how they came to the industry."
The Nelson Young Fruit Grower competition will be held at Hoddys Fruit Co, 16 Aniseed Valley Rd, Hope, Richmond, on Friday 6 July, with the awards dinner to follow at the Headingly Centre, Richmond that evening.


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Huge amounts of French Fries due to Corona -
potato farmers in a tight spot
A documentary by Florian Schneider
A production of RBB
TV Premiere: 4th of september 2020, 19.40, ARTE
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Uttaranchal University is in the process of setting up Meteorological Observatory. This observatory is very useful for Agriculture students. They can use the meteorological information and data to understand weather sensitive problems of Agriculture. Dr. Anand Sharma, Director Indian Meteorological Centre, Dehradun is providing technical assistance in setting up the observatory. In this regard he visited the university and surveyed the work in progress.


CAIRO: Cairo hosts the 17th round of the Arab Water Ministerial Council (AWMC) aims to discuss issues of water resources in the Arab region.
The 2-day conference is being held in the Arab League (AL) headquarters, located in Cairo’s Tahir Square.
Water ministers of Kuwait, Bahrain, Palestine, Qatar, Oman, Somalia, and Iraq along with 8 representatives from other Arab states, were present during the conference inauguration, according to a statement of the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation Wednesday.
“Draft projects on how to assess the impact of climate change on water resources in the Arab Region will be discussed on Thursday’s meeting,” Egypt’s Water Minister Hossam Moughzy said, adding that arrangements for the Arab Conference for Water, scheduled to be held in Morocco in May 2016 will be on the ministers’ agenda.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met with representatives of the AWMC member states Wednesday and discussed water issues in the region, particularly the Palestinian Water Crisis; Moghazy was quoted by Dotmasr news Wednesday.
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Food prices fall slightly in October: FAOListen /
Food prices fell by one per cent in October, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
FAO also says that the food import bill for 2012 may drop as a result of lower international prices and freight rates combined with lower cereal purchases.
Charles Appel reports.
The UN agriculture agency says the drop in food prices in October was largely due to lower international prices of cereals, oils and fats, which more than offset increases in dairy and sugar prices.
FAO adds that for the first 10 months of the year, food prices were on average eight per cent lower than in the same period in 2011.
At the same time, FAO says that global expenditure on food imports is forecast at $1.14 trillion in 2012 which is 10 percent lower than last year’s record level.
Regarding world rice production, FAO says that in 2012 it may surpass last season's as a result of favourable growing conditions.
According to FAO, an expansion of trade in 2012 is being sustained by steady import demand and ample export supplies.
Charles Appel, United Nations


Almost certainly. I'm just pleased I'm still picking the little blighters, on November 22nd.
Today was the first 'working' visit to the plot for a month and in a packed programme Woodsworth managed to:
- Pick the last raspberries
- Prune the blackberries
- Tie in the new blackberries (if you thought this year was bumper, there is nearly twice as much fruiting stem available for next year!)
- Chopped out the old blowsy Mallow, shortly to be buried by a manure heap
- Cut more of the hedge, and
- Got wet
- Said "Phew", and
- Came home in the dark
The onions I put in a month or so ago are showing reasonably well and the garlic is beginning to show signs of life. I'm always a bit dubious about autumn onions but other people seem to do well with them so it's worth a try.


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Its been several weeks since our last blog. We just can’t seem to stay on top of everything this year.
We seem to be as least 2 weeks behind on everything in the field with the exception of radicchio and fennel which came early. Our first planting of cauliflower also came quick, and since then things have slowed down.
We have the road side stand this year. The hours for it are Wednesday and Friday from 4-7pm and Sunday from 11-7. It keeps us busy as we are unsure of what will sell each day, and don’t want to put too much out on warm days and it go to waste. We have been keeping all produce in coolers as well to keep it fresh.
We had a group from Girl Guide of Canada come for a farm tour and lunch. It was a great opportunity to teach them about where food comes from. They were from Waterloo Region in Ontario. They are enjoying a local meal after the tour.
We did our annual display for the Crapaud Exhibition. We get asked each year if we would mind doing
up a display featuring local produce. We
enjoy the day off the farm.
We welcomed the rain last week, and over the weekend. It was needed across the Island. We had been irrigating prior to that, but that gets expensive quickly and is very time consuming.
We held the BBQ that was part of the campaign this past Sunday. Chef Rob came out and made a delicious meal. We were planning it rain or shine, and we did have some rain. Thank goodness we had the washing and packing area to stay dry in. It also worked good for laying out the food.
This past weekend was a little busier than usual. Jeff headed to Ontario for a family funeral, leaving me (Carey) to tend to the whole farm and prepare for Tuesday on my own, with Olivia. It was a lot of extra work, but we got through it, as we do everything.
Our friend Kevin Dube from Ontario is cycling across Canada to raise awareness about PKU. He started in British Columbia. During his time on the Island he stopped by to see me, and get a tour of the farm. In the picture from left to right is Don, Kevin and myself (Carey). The three of us go back a few years when we were councilors at Silver Lake Camp in Ontario together. It was great to reconnect with Kevin. You can follow Kevin here www.rideforpku.ca/ and here www.facebook.com/pages/Averys-Ride-for-PKU/219662034890517
We are into harvesting just about everything now. Have started into peppers, eggplants, tomatoes and more. We are digging potatoes each week, and starting into the fingerlings as well.
We are also keeping busy with the blueberry harvest. We are happy with what we were able to get from our small patches of strawberries and raspberries and are impressed with what we have managed to get so far from blueberries. We are taking orders by the flat for high bush blueberries, and hopefully soon wild. We are still waiting for the blueberry rakes to arrive. Blueberries can be found at Clow's in North Wiltshire, Harveys in Crapaud, Riverview Country Market in Charlottetown and Chuck Wagon in Belfast.
Below is a look at what the CSA shares have been receiving the past several weeks.
Mixed summer turnips
Berries (either raspberries or blueberries)
Week #7 CSA
Week #8 CSA share
We are continuing to work hard and enjoying it. We have our tough days, and struggle through some other days, but it always very rewarding.


As a grower, you always work with reliable and solid partners. Van den Elzen Plants fits this picture; we have been a leading supplier of strawberry, asparagus and raspberry plants for more than sixty years. However, we don’t just sell plants: above all, we sell you successful production. And if you are successful, we will also be successful. Your success is our priority – every day!


Topique-eau des Cimes
- Jardin des Cimes et l'entreprise Champs des Cimes association
- Isabelle Daëron
Le Jardin des Cimes is a 2.5-hectare public garden located near Sallanches in France’s Haute-Savoie region. The curated walk through the garden teaches visitors about the flora and fauna in mountainous regions. The mountainside garden provided the perfect venue for a project such as a residency to design an irrigation system.
Tropique-eau des Cimes is a local rainwater network that was used to irrigate a vegetable garden located at the bottom of Le Jardin des Cimes. Seamlessly incorporated into the landscape, the system takes advantage of the steep downslope to perform the four phases of rainwater harvesting, diverting the water and then distributing it in the garden.
- 5 000 €
- 5 months of achievement
- Plateau d'Assy, Haute-Savoie, France
- Chloé Heyraud (artistic consulting and coordination)
- l'Office Départemental d'Action Culturelle of Haute-Savoie (ODAC)
- General council of Haute-Savoie
- The town of Passy
- les Ateliers Quechua at Sallanches


94 ACRES – Farm on the Chirripo Slopes with Incredible San Isidro Valley Views!!!!
This majestic farm, known as Conforo, is situated on the slopes of Chirripo, Costa Rica’s highest mountain, but still only 30 minutes from downtown San Isidro.
The farm consists of 37.5 hectares, or about 94 acres of prime and scenic pasture land, with mountain streams, and drop-dead views of the surrounding mountains and valley below. This farm has loads of usable land, ripe for development as a residential community.
The specific area of Perez Zeledon where it is located is known as Montecarlo de Quizarra. This area has become a popular one with expats and developers. Nearby in Santa Elena is where the new Rise Costa Rica development will be located. And just over in Santa Teresa de Cajon is the 5-star Alta Gracia resort, recently named as the number 1 resort in Central America.
This area is getting attention!
The farm is a developer’s blank slate and a residential community would be ideal on these majestic slopes with breathtaking views.
The climate is also a major factor in that year-round you will experience temperate 70 degree weather during the day and nights that cool down enough to make a comforting fire-place alluring.
San Isidro and the canton of Perez Zeledon is one of the fastest growing in Central America. Currently there are plans for a major airport expansion in the area.
This gateway to Costa Rica’s pristine “southern zone” is where to invest in 2017 and beyond!