The garden has been beckoning and I must say I haven't been as busy with it all as I really should be or would like to be. Its definitely not out of want as I love to get out there and get my hands dirty, but more so due to a lack of time.
Watering is the big one at the moment. There is constant watering to be done now it is slightly warmer outside. That damn wind just dries up everything so quick. Ive decided that im going to purchase three more soaker hoses. This will cover the entire garden out front which means ill just have to swap the hoses over after a certain amount of time and leave it to do its work. Genius!
There is the de-heading of all the spent flowers, fertilising and giving everything a good feed, keeping on top of those pesky weeds, thinning out the tomatoes, a prune here and there, constant mowing, mulching, bug patrol and the consideration of some plant moving as I feel some have been placed in the wrong spots. Im ready to plant more veggies too. Lots and lots and i'm sure ill think of more.
I did get out back today and took a few pictures. Its not all doom and gloom as you will see. Tiny little oases everywhere.
The best part is our harvest of the broad beans. Its a whopping crop this year and they are delicious. Im not even peeling the inner shell they are that good. Grown simply from some seeds and they were fed with a bit of Seasol and some watering. Too easy! Oh and those delightful sweet peas; they just keep on going.
A geranium I picked up at Garden Club.
Third year running this has bloomed. I bought them as seedlings and I dont even know what it is but I love it.
I love them but need some tips to get my Gardenias to flower without shrivelling. Help anyone!
A purple mass of Lobelia under the Lily Pilly. A little oases of mine.
Cuttings from eveywhere that I just stick in a pot and see how they go. Success with Salvia, some roses, and a succulent for good measure.
The tasty and healthy Broad Beans. You really need to grow these too. So easy.
Our little Barnevelders are not so little anymore. They are growing very quickly and will need a new home very soon. We have our broody miss out in the hen house sitting on ten eggs and they are due on Tuesday. I know! Its like a mad chook farm here of late. So much fun.
Love the little fluffy ones. I don't want them to grow big yet.
Oh I know its not gardening. But she to is growing very fast and she wants a book read to her aaaaaaaaaaaalllll the time. How can you not? Good choice of book though! And yes she is that dirty all the time. ha ha.
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The Lagos State Governor, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has spoken of Lagos State’s readiness to partner the European Union (EU) in the area of increasing domestic investment, promotion of Small Medium Entreprises (SMEs) and development of its science and technology sector geared towards the diversification of the economy.
Speaking at the 5th edition of the EU-Nigeria Business Forum (EUNBF), held at Eko Hotel, Lagos,Governor Ambode said Lagos State would support the EU’s call for the diversification and expansion of existing partnership in science and technology, as the partnership would be beneficial to not just the EU but Nigeria as well.
He said Nigeria needed to improve the sector, adding the EU was in a good position to see the expansion come true.
“We feel very happy that you have taken this very important decision to expand beyond the traditional roles in your relationship with the country.
“Your expansion should include transport, energy, climate change, education, agriculture and science and technology. Improvement in any of these areas will be very beneficial to both parties.
“I believe very strongly that the EU will benefit from this stronger relationship with Nigeria because we are trading partners,’’ he said.
Speaking at the event, Head of EU Delegation in Nigeria, Ambassador Michael Arrion said by next year the EU will investing heavily in the agric business, saying that this is part of the plan of the union to developed a robust economic relations and partnership with the Nigeria.
He said the focus of last year’s forum was agriculture, which is the sector where Nigeria has the most obvious comparative advantage for the diversifying her economy.
“I am pleased to announce that the most tangible result of last year’s forum was the commencement of an agricultural policy dialogue between the EU and Nigeria,” he said.
He said the agricultural policy dialogue was officially launched in September, and is gradually intensifying in Nigeria.
His words: “Our team had fruitful meetings with Honorable Minister Ogbeh and other representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture with a view to promote responsible investments in the agribusiness sector and to attract more European investments into this key sector.
“I am also pleased to announce that on February next year, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, will lead a business delegation to Nigeria seeking for opportunities to invest locally in agribusiness.”
He said this year edition of the EUNBF, tagged “Harnessing Nigeria’s Potential for Economic Growth”, has been put together to explore options for accessing long term finance for the critical power sector in Nigeria; identify opportunities in the textile value chain and explore opportunities for EU and Nigerian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to increase their businesses market through the platform of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)


Organic businesses have welcomed a historic mutual recognition agreement on organic between Europe and the United States.
Under the deal organic products certified in Europe or in the United States can be sold as organic in either region starting on June 1, 2012.
The deal was formally signed yesterday (15 February) at the Biofach exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, by Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Kathleen Merrigan, US Agriculture Deputy Secretary and Ambassador Isi Siddiqui, US Trade Representative Chief Agricultural Negotiator. The signing took place at the BioFach World Organic Fair, the largest trade show for organic products in the world.
“This agreement comes with a double added value. On the one hand, organic farmers and food producers will benefit from easier access, with less bureaucracy and less costs, to both the U.S. and the EU markets, strengthening the competitiveness of this sector. In addition, it improves transparency on organic standards, and enhances consumers’ confidence and recognition of our organic food and products,” stated Commissioner Dacian Cioloş. “This partnership marks an important step, taking EU-U.S. agricultural trade relations to a new level of cooperation”.
“This partnership connects organic farmers and companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a wide range of new market opportunities,” said U.S Deputy Agriculture Secretary Merrigan. “It is a win for the American economy and President Obama’s jobs strategy. This partnership will open new markets for American farmers and ranchers, create more opportunities for small businesses, and result in good jobs for Americans who package, ship, and market organic products.”
Previously, growers and companies wanting to trade products on both sides of the Atlantic had to obtain separate certifications to two standards, which meant a double set of fees, inspections, and paperwork. This partnership eliminates significant barriers, especially for small and medium-sized organic producers. All products meeting the terms of the partnership can be traded and labeled as certified organic produce, meat, cereal, or wine.
British organic firms exhibiting at Biofach have welcomed the landmark decision. Tim Westwood of Pukka Herbs told NP: “This is a big breakthrough for British exporters. In the past we have has to have products dual-certified. This will save money and time. This is unification that we do welcome.”
Speaking from his stand on the British OTB Pavilion, Marco Fontana Ross of The Little Sauce Company said: “For smaller organic companies like ours this development is particularly important. This should mean an end to the cost and complication of double certification. And it ought to give us a much easier route into the US market, the holy grail of organic markets.”
Welcoming the development from the other side of the Atlantic, Christine Bushway, executive director and CEO of the US-based Organic Trade Association (OTA), said: “This monumental agreement will further create jobs in the already growing and healthy US organic sector, spark additional market growth, and be mutually beneficial to farmers both in the United States and European Union as well as to consumers who choose organic products. Equivalence with the EU will be an historic game changer.”
Back in the UK, the Soil Association’s certification arm says it welcomes the mutual recognition agreement between the EU and US National Organic Program. But it says some differences between the two certification systems will need to be monitored on both sides of the Atlantic. In a statement, Soil Association Certification said: “This is a long-awaited decision that has been several years in the making. It is a huge task to come to such an agreement – both the EU regulations and the NOP have stricter standards than the other in some respects, and it will have taken a lot of work to reconcile these differences. The sole condition for products sold in the US is that any livestock products must not have come from a farm where antibiotics are used. This has always been a requirement under the NOP and so producers will have to continue to comply to this agreement if they wish to supply the US market. This is something that EU certification bodies will be monitoring.”
The organic sector in the United States and European Union is valued at roughly 43 billion Euro combined, and rising every year.


Above-average rainfall performance has enabled Season A crop development. Harvest prospects are favorable due to expected above-average rainfall forecasted for the remainder of the season. January 2015 Season A production is expected to be near normal.
Staple food prices remain above the five-year average in many markets across the country. High prices are due to Season B production deficits, particularly in Northeastern livelihood zones.
Stressed (IPC Phase 2) acute food insecurity is expected to persist among poor households in the Northeast until December when food availability and access will improve with Season A harvests. Food security is likely to improve country-wide to Minimal (IPC Phase 1) from January to March.


Katie Pinke is a fifth generation North Dakotan and her passion has the same foundation as those who attended the annual Kandiyohi Corn & Soybean Growers Association meeting on Monday, Jan. 11. Heritage Bank and Pioneer Heritage Insurance teamed up with the association and welcomed Katie Pinke as the keynote speaker. Katie’s blog site, http://thepinkepost.com, is a compilation and reflection on her life on the prairie as a mom, wife and advocate for family, food and farming.
Nearly 175 corn and soybean growers from Kandiyohi County and the surrounding area came together at the American Legion Club in Willmar to share a meal and participate in a brief meeting before Ms. Pinke engaged the crowd with ideas to promote farming and farm products in our communities.
Thank you to all who attended – Heritage Bank and Pioneer Heritage Insurance are proud to be co-sponsors of this annual event working toward the continued advancement of agriculture in central Minnesota.


Potash Corp. and Agrium say they are in talks to combine
Fertilizer makers Potash Corp. and Agrium say they are in talks to combine into one company.
The Canadian companies gave no financial details about a possible deal and say there's no guarantee that a merger will happen.
Both companies sell fertilizers and other agricultural products around the world. Potash is based in Saskatoon, Canada. Agrium is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Shares of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. soared 13 percent to $18.20 in afternoon trading Tuesday. Agrium Inc. shares rose 7 percent to $95.59.


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Tillable Tract With Wooded Area And Potential Homesites This property has a great mix of wooded and tillable land. It could easily be converted into a mini-farm for livestock, gardening, and building a home. There is road frontage on three sides of the property which provides multiple building options. There is a year-to-year lease on the dryland tillable acreage that could potentially be continued. This is a rare opportunity to own a property with multiple uses without all the expense and maintenance of owning a larger property. The property is easily accessible from Dublin or Eastman and is located about 15 minutes from I-16 Property Features: - 8+/- acres of dryland tillable farmland that is currently being leased year-to-year and could be continued - 6 +/- acre wooded area consisting of hardwood and pine mix - Abandoned home/homesite located along Stripling Road - Property has road frontage on three sides - Multiple potential homesites on the t.
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2 Important Aspects Of Lawn Maintenance
30 April 2017
In order to have a healthy lawn, there are several things that need to be done. A great way to ensure that your lawn is cared for properly is to hire a lawn care professional to do the job for you. When you hire a lawn care professional to care for your yard, they are going to make sure that every aspect of care is accounted for. This article is going to discuss 3 important aspects of lawn care that a lawn care professional will provide for you.
Filtration Systems Thar Provide Clean Water That Is Pure And Free Of Microscopic Particles
26 April 2017
Whether you rely on a well or the local water service for your needs, filtration systems are essential. If you want to have the purest water in your home, then you want filtration that removes the smallest particles. Hardwater will benefit from the use of a water softening system, while other filtration solutions like osmosis will help purify water with other problems. Here are some of the filtration options to consider giving your home clean, pure water:
Create A Cottage Garden With A Retaining Wall
24 April 2017
If you have a sloped yard, you need a retaining wall for landscaping and maybe even for walking. You're not confined to a utility wall that stands apart from the rest of your landscaping, though. If you fancy a cottage-style garden, utilize the retaining wall as the centerpiece of your landscaping.
Start with a Stone Wall
A stone wall is one of the most traditional forms for retaining walls. Rustic stone walls are built without any mortar.
Create Your Own Organic Fertilizer For Your Residential Lawn
18 April 2017
A beautiful lawn is a key element of an attractive residence. To produce a thriving lawn, you must have consistent lawn care and fertilization. Here are some ways that you can make and use your own organic fertilizer to grow a thriving green lawn:
Build a Compost Pile
You can create your own natural fertilizer for your lawn with a simple composter. To build a composter, fence off an area of your lawn where you can pile up organic materials such as kitchen scraps, coffee grounds and tea leaves, dried leaves, garden clippings, and even shredded paper.


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St George BLACK LIME™. A Rock Dust of Great Fortitude. All purpose "grits-to-dust" for adding minerals to growing media and sweetening soils. Regulates pH of growing media naturally. Great source of soluble calcium. Builds mineral structure and adds carbon. Manages phosphorus leaching. An unoxidized clay-like mineral complex of high nutritive content including Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Silicon, Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Sulphur and significant traces including Vanadium, Zinc, Cobalt, Chromium, Copper, Molybdenum and Boron. Includes nearly 5% total carbon, 1% organic carbon and .1% total nitrogen. Suggested application rates: Broadcast to ground at between 5-25 lbs./100 square feet, fully incorporate. Add to compost at 20 lbs. per cubic yard of raw biomass. Apply with Basalt rock dust at 5 lbs St. George Black for every 40 lbs. BrixBlend Basalt. This material has alkaline earth elements which will tend to buffer acidic soils as the material weathers, can be a 45% substitute for lime. Manages Phosphorus run-off by capturing excessive solution reactive phosphorus. A unique and valuable proposition. See the John Kohler Growing Your Greens video for a look at the quarry and to learn more about this great local resource! Also check out our Char-Rock, a mixture of Basalt, St. George Black Lime and BioChar.


Eastern Europe’s crops last year in August, we the worst for many years and prices have essentially doubled in the last 5 months. The Russian crop was almost 80% less than the previous year ( 2012 ) and sparked the rally. Indian coriander is available at lower prices, but the volatile oil is poor and guarantees on pesticides limited.
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New season for Black Sea sunflower: close to record
According to the forecast of APK-Inform analysts, in 2014/15 MY sunflower seed production in Ukraine will remain at rather high level and total over 10.55 mln tonnes, which would be the second highest level after the record season-2013/14 (11.5 mln tonnes). Moreover, the given production volume exceeds 5-year average level – 9.8 mln tonnes.
Also, analysts of APK-Inform Agency announced optimistic forecasts for sunflower seed production in Russia in 2014/15 MY at the level of 9.17 mln tonnes, that exceeds the average index of 5 recent years (8.4 mln tonnes) and is the second largest after the record of 10.06 mln tonnes in the current season.
Due to optimistic forecast of sunflower production in Ukraine and Russia, APK-Inform analysts expect high crushing volumes of the oilseed in these countries. Thus, Ukraine can process 10,3 mln tonnes of sunflower in 2014/15 MY that is 0.88 mln tonnes less than in 2013/14 MY but exceeds 5-year average level by 0.9 mln tonnes. Sunflower crushing in Russia can reach 8.92 mln tonnes down from 9.51 mln tonnes year ago but up from average 8 mln tonnes.
More detail information regarding development of both global and Black Sea markets of sunflower you can get in frames of the conference «Oilseeds&Oils 2014» (October 6-7, Barcelona). Detail program of the conference is available here.
You can submit the application for participation in the conference here.
More detailed information concerning participation, sponsorship, advertising and being a speaker of the conference is provided by the Organizational committee of the conference at APK-Inform Agency:
+380 562 320-795 ext.166, +7 495 789-44-19 Inna Chernenko
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Current issues of grains maritime transportation -2017 within frames of the conference "Grain exports from Ukraine"
In 2017, Bulgaria and Russia have the maximum figures of average protein content in Black Sea wheat – SGS Ukraine
Moldova reduced its share of Ukrainian flour purchases - APK-Inform
October 18, 15:00
Germany is the leading Danube country in the imports of Ukrainian grains - APK-Inform
October 18, 13:00
Agro-logistics forum "Dnieper-Danube-Black Sea" started in Chisinau, Moldova
October 18, 11:20


My garden is going great!
I've taken some more photos of my garden to share with my visitors. The garden is going really well. I had a bit of a bug problem but some pyrethrum seemed to clear that up nicely. Here are the photos:
Lettuce have been thinned out and are going well.
The Broccoli have a little bit of leaf damage from the bugs, but are going strong.


InterGrain is currently searching for a Genomic Scientist. This is an exciting role for an innovative person with an interest in delivering impact to the Australian grains industry.
The role will involve engaging with dedicated teams of multi-species plant breeders and plant breeding programs with several product development targets.
You will lead the integration of full genomic breeding into our company through engagement with a collaborative research partnership that is currently optimising the suitability and flexibility of our genomic platform, and developing GS models.
You will also work closely with plant breeders to continuously improve training populations.
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Carol Brown, FFGC Chairman
2013 - 2015 Deep South Region Theme is "Share the Beauty of
Gardening. Community Gardens will be the Deep South Unified
Regional Project which fits the theme of sharing. Community
Gardens include back yard vegetable gardening, container gardening,
gardening with edible accents, children's gardens, herb gardening and
hydroponics to name a few. The Deep South Regional Chairman will
work with the State Chairmen to help identify community gardens
projects. Please click on the link below to see the Deep South
Region brochure on this project:
The State Award Deadline will be December 1, 2014 as the Book of
Evidence (BOI) must be submitted to the Deep South Unified Project
Chair, Li Roberts, by January 31, 2015.
Now is the time to start taking photographs so you can capture your Community Gardens throughout the different seasons.
I will be providing additional information and updates during the course of the year.
Please contact me if you have any questions.


Anything homemade that can work for nutrients?
I'm trying to get to a point where I can get things myself without relying on buying stuff from the store. Is there anything that can be easily made at home that can be used for hydroponic nutrients? There has to be something that can be easily made if its true what I read that they used hydroponics in ancient egypt. Not worried about optimum as long as it works, the only thing I want to worry about is PH levels.


For more details about the CSA and our fall season, check out our website: https://washingtonsquarecsa.com/Fall-Share
for any additional questions!
Fall season will have 9 weekly pickups on Tuesdays from 4-7 pm, at St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery. The first pickup will be on September 6, 2022.
One 2.5 hour volunteer shifts are required per fall share. A link for volunteer sign ups will be sent to member's closer to the start of the season. Please reach out early in the season if you anticipate any issues with completing your in-person volunteer shift.
Please see below for crop details and see here for more details from the farm: https://www.norwichmeadowsfarm.com/csa
~Please note, as with the past few seasons, the price increase reflects the added costs incurred by the farm as a result of the pandemic, closing of many restaurants, safety procedures, and packaging.~
Fall share - $295
PAYMENTS DUE AUGUST 27, 2022
The farm is expecting fall shares to include the following crops:
Onions, Scallions, Garlic, Leeks, Artichoke, Beets, Carrots, Celery, Celery Root, Fennel, Arugula, Collards, Kale, Chard, Broccoli, Dandelion, Mustard, Pac Choi, Purslane, Spinach, Herbs, Kohlrabi, Microgreens, Pea Shoots, Lettuce, Okra, Parsley Root, Potatoes, Radicchio, Radish, Sunchokes, Turnips, Summer Squash, Winter Squash, Eggplant, Tomato, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Brussels Sprouts, Peas, String Beans, Shelling Beans, Edamame, Fava Beans, Sweet Pepper, Hot Pepper, Melon, Ginger, Turmeric and more!


- January 20, 2021
- Posted by: EBAN Team
- Category: News
With the aim of promoting cooperation between EU and Israeli businesses, EEAS invites you to take part in a special webinar that will be held on January 25th, and will be dedicated to EU-Israel investment and innovation! They will present a new report on the possible cooperation between the EU and Israel, and talk about what can be done to become more efficient and successful.
Some of the special speakers are the EU ambassador to Israel, Mr. Emanuele Giaufret, ISERD CEO, Mrs. Nili Shalev, VP of trade and international cooperation of the ministry of agriculture, Mr. Yakov Poleg, and many more experts in the high-tech, food-tech, and clean-tech worlds.


The total investment of the project is roughly $6.0 million and is expected to create over 75 high quality new jobs.
The facility will have an initial capacity of 25,000 tonnes per annum with modular design enabling ease of expansion up to 50,000 tonnes per annum.
This capacity is expected to meet Yalelo’s own feed requirements along with those of the growing Zambian aquaculture sector.
At the center of the mill will be the Famsun MY120 twin-screw extruder with capacity of 7.5 tonnes per hour and the new 3000 Series Famsun dryer.
Yalelo anticipates delivery of the equipment in early 2016 for completion of commissioning in late 2016.
Mr Taylor, Yalelo Chairman, commented: “This investment builds on our goal of supporting the Zambian aquaculture value-chain. Reliable supply of high quality aquafeed is necessary for a sustainable sector, including both smallholders and commercial farms. Through the ultra-fine pulverization of raw materials, PLC automated micro-dosing and vacuum liquid coating, this mill should produce the highest quality floating aquafeed in Africa, including the only sub-1.0mm pellets. Combined with Zambia’s increasing volumes of non-GMO soy production the finished product should provide exceptional value to the farmer and ultimately to the end-consumer.”


Hybrid Tea climbing Rose Blue Moon. Flowers are lilac fragrant and double. Long pointed buds.Very vigorous upright habit. Spray with Roseclear fortnightly when in leaf. Dig in organic compost at planting. Prune back to 30cm in March.
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In 2020, Equatorial Coca-Cola joined this voluntary program with the aim of obtaining all of our raw materials from sustainable sources.
VIVE is a voluntary, continuous improvement sustainability program for ingredient supply chains, covering all operations and activities through to end users that have a bearing on sustainability. The program consists of five modules that, in combination, cover all the operations and activities that contribute to the sustainability of ingredients supplied.
In addition to this, the companies involved need to confirm that none of their agricultural suppliers convert or damage land with high biodiversity value. By joining Buyers Supporting VIVE, we have demonstrated our commitment to responsibly sourcing sustainable ingredients and implementing traceability throughout our supply chain, from farms to our seven bottling plants. None of our bottling plants are located in protected areas, so our main contribution to biodiversity will come through projects that evaluate and mitigate our impact throughout our value chain, such as VIVE.


Master Gardener Kathy Cropp’s guest for this episode is Darcy Cropp. Darcy holds a horticulture degree and runs two businesses, including King & the Cropp Farm in North Carolina. Together they’ll make your seed buying experience easier by explaining the … Read Article
Whether you’re growing edibles among your ornamentals or you have a landscape full of trees, shrubs and flowers, winter is the time to take a close look at what you have and what you want for next year’s garden. Master … Read Article
Garden color in winter—yes, it’s possible! Whether you want bright red punctuating the bones of your garden or to see glorious greens outside your window, your host, Kathy Cropp, along with her guest, grower Chris Hansen of GreatGardenPlants.com, have just … Read Article
Garden How-To: Master gardeners, Kathy Cropp and Barbara Royster discuss the process of winter sowing. It’s interesting and much easier than you think. With their easy-to-follow tips, you’re sure to become a better seed starter.


Pacific Northwest spring. This season we have had little rain allowing for some good ole' fashion garden back-breaking work. I'd like to say I'm one of those year round gardeners. You know the kind. The garden is tilled, mulched, and cared for no matter the time of year. But I am not. You'd be surprised though, what some diggin' in the dirt gets you.


The Anderson Shelter, a feature of the armed forces allotment
(Taken by Thomas Bryer)
Tindall Street Allotments is spearheading a project to create an allotment specifically for armed forces veterans in Salford.
The project is in its infancy. Construction of the veterans’ allotment is being undertaken by existing members of Tindall Street Allotments, as well as local veterans who hope to occupy the allotment in the future.
Vinny, Secretary of Tindall Street Allotments Group, said:
“The reason why we’re setting up an allotment just for veterans because many of them are in sheltered accommodation.
“They don’t have access to gardens and many have mental issues such as PTSD.
“It’s better for them to be out in the fresh air and to have a community of like-minded people to talk to.
“This is a project I’m very passionate about. I’ve had the idea for a long time.
“It’s all happened so fast it’s unreal”
Vinny seems hopeful that the allotment will help veterans, other residents and the environment.
“We have a Facebook group that has almost 20 members already, we’ve only been working on the allotment for a few days.
“There’s lots of nice people on the other allotments too, there’s a wealth of knowledge from gardening to construction.
“We’ve been given money for a new shed and a new greenhouse. People can come and have a brew, they don’t have to be stood out in the cold all the time.
“No matter what experience you have just come down and see if you can learn something about gardening.
“There’s always excess food being grown that we’re happy to share.”
Tindall Street Allotments aims to impact the environment as little as possible. As such they implement measures such as collecting rainwater to reuse and using a composting toilet.
The veterans’ allotment features an air raid shelter called the Anderson Shelter, which is a direct replica of its WW2 counterpart.
Don, Chairman of the Salford Allotment Federation, discusses how his work at a previous allotment led to the Anderson Shelter being brought to Tindall Street:
Tindall Street Allotments welcomes new members regardless of experience or skill in gardening.
If you are interested in participating in the veterans’ allotment or any other allotment on Tindall Street email: firstname.lastname@example.org


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It seems that you can’t keep a good organization down when it comes to helping the community learn more about sustainable foods. Thanks to the Common Good City Farm, they have extended their Edible Urban Garden Tour outreach to include CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). This is a new event program that targets those in Washington DC that allows supporters to share the local goods that are grown locally.
What is the CSA program all about?
We first learned about the Common Good City Farm group way back in 2015 and are one of the few garden community groups that Prince Charles had toured in 2011. His awareness tour for inspiring the “Future of Food” from his visit helped to put Common Good City Farm on the map. As times have changed, they have once again joined forces with other local DC community farming organizations and families they now feature their 2022 garden program.
This program runs from June to October 2022 through the desired level of share donations. Each week, those who have invested in this project can reap the harvest starting in June and collect 7-10 produce items at CGCF and other participating fame communities. Their main partners include Dreaming Out Loud’s Food Hub and Franklin Sustainable Farms. The added bonus is this supporter-based program also includes a new added bonus. At No Takeout, we support local farms.
They have further thrown in an option for Add-On items that are not limited to just vegetables. Now the add-on list also extends to fruits, meat, cheese, and eggs that are all organically grown and farmed in the DC area. This program will run an estimated 22 weeks with one scheduled pickup that sponsors will need to arrange. There are bi-weekly pick-up dates and monthly pick-up options available as well.
It’s worth noting as well that all add-on items are specifically priced within their own category and pick-up time that’s selected. For those who are looking to experience a more involved experience, they also allow Workshare programs. This will let anyone who wants to become a member receive a reduced discount of 50% by helping to perform work duties at one of the participating garden community group locations.
This program is perfect for families who are struggling financially or simply want to spend their time helping others. The fact that these vegetables and fruits are all responsibly grown using organic pesticides to ensure the flavors are much better than store-bought produce. It’s also a healthier alternative if you happen to love Farmer’s Market freshness that cannot be beaten.
How to get more info?
If you’re living in the DC area and are looking to feel good about helping local farming communities thrive, you can find more info on their main website. They have several options for their CSA program and will allow you to customize your shares and add-on selections. The overall cost-effective savings that are created from this program will help families save more by getting involved before tickets start to sell out.
We’re glad to follow-up on Common Good City Farms that is taking the concept of Edible Urban Garden Tours to a whole new level. We encourage you to take a closer look at helping support this program, even if it means a longer drive across town.


De Bolster Beetroot "Egyptian Platinum Round"
Early ancient beets
Features & Advantages
- Lat. Beta vulgaris var. rubra
- Grows above the ground
- Easy to harvest
Item no.: DB-11040, Content: 8 grams, EAN: 8717202600045
An early variety with a sweet taste! The beets grow above ground and are easy to harvest. They make healthy raw foods and can also be cooked.
The leaves can be used similar to chard. The plants love sunny and nutrient-rich soils, that were fertilised with compost a year before being used.
Planting: plant in February / March under glass. From April to June, reseed outdoors. Space your rows at 30 cm, then thin to 7-10 cm. Do not transplant!
|Sowing Schedule:||February, March, April, May, June|
|Planting Distance:||ca. 30 x 30 cm|
|Harvest:||May, June, July, August|
|Where to plant:||Outdoors, Cold Frames & Greenhouses|
|Content sufficient for approx::||5 m2|
|Available As::||One portion of seeds|
|Light Requirements:||Full sun|
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FS17 mod edit Cotton bale trailer
Grand day everyone!!
Today I have for you a FS17 mod edit release of a Cotton bale trailer edited by Neale Greene of Farming Simulator 17 maps and mods!
Yes, I said a trailer that picks up cotton bales!
This trailer picks up cotton bales (9), square (42), round (40/1.537) 33/1.4 , hd bales (306), big bales (21), timber (8), and pallets (16).
So yes, this trailer still picks up other products, just now cotton bales can be as well!
The trailer is a Wilson Step Deck, the mod has not been edited, it’s still the same mod.
There is a new edit UAL, so the trailer can auto load Cotton bales!
That is super cool! 🙂
Neale would like to thank Winston9587 and Joshua Dunn for getting him started with modding, and teaching him how to mod and make maps!
Also a big thanks to Winston9587, who helped Neale get all the errors and cotton bales to auto load!
I think that is great other modders helping other up and coming modders learn and grow!
I would like to thank Neale Green of Farming Simulator 17 maps and mods for allowing me to write about his work!
Stay tuned everyone, we have much more coming!
As always guys and gals, have a good one!
Mod on Modders! 🙂


This year I've held off tidying up the garden as I'm trying to help out all the wee beasties overwintering above and below ground. It's driving me a bit mad though, as there are so many weeds I'd like to pull out and fallen leaves I'd want to compost.
Instead, I've pruned the climbing rose as that really will go crazy if I don't do it now. I'm not totally sure what I'm doing but I try to follow what it says in my gardening book. The plant keeps growing and flowering each year so I can't be doing too badly.
A few snowdrops are coming up, but most things are still dormant.
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JOHNSTON, IA – Chuck Schneider, Regional Business Development Manager for AgVenture, Inc. has been elected as the president of the Indiana Crop Improvement Association (ICIA). Schneider has served in leadership roles with the ICIA during the past four years.
AgVenture D&M co-owners Mike Davis and Mike Mullen talk about what sets AgVenture apart and why it's been successful for 35 years.
Insights on seed, product performance, and profitability at AgVenture McKillip Seeds’ Educational Field Day
WABASH, INDIANA (September 16, 2016) — AgVenture McKillip Seeds, Inc. recently welcomed more than 300 producers from across northeast Indiana and western Ohio to their annual Customer Appreciation Educational Field Day event.


On this episode of Our Ohio Weekly:
Learn about an amazing group with a mission of introducing veterans to agriculture. The Farmer Veteran Coalition was founded by Michael O’Gorman in 2008 with a handful of veterans looking to begin their farming careers. Today, there are 20,000 members and the organization is paving the way for more and more returning veterans to make the transition from the battlefield to a field of a completely different nature.
00:00 – Farmer Veteran Coalition CEO Michael O’Gorman
23:50 – Ohio Farmer Veteran Shane Wood tells his story “To the Beat of Agriculture”.
32:20 – Ohio Farm Bureau’s Kelsey Turner shares the results of the 2020 Ohio Youth Capital Challenge.
42:20 – Remembering Yvonne Lesicko.


Ristras of jalapeños, other chili peppers, and garlic at a market in Montreal
A ristra (/ˈriːstrɑː/) is an arrangement of drying chile pepper pods, garlic bulbs, or other vegetables for later consumption. In addition to its practical use, the ristra has come to be a trademark of decorative design in the state of New Mexico as well as southern Arizona. Typically, large chiles such as New Mexico chiles and Anaheim peppers are used, although any kind of chile may be used to construct a ristra.
Garlic can also be arranged into a ristra for drying and curing after the bulbs have matured and the leaves have died away.


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Over the past week, since the first Open Studio weekend, I have managed to do a bit of catching up in the veggie garden, mostly watering and weeding.
I pulled out half of the ‘Flanders’ Poppies. They are really beautiful. I love them to bits, such a great explosion of bright colour. They self sow every year and fill every space where I don’t weed them out. I need the space now to plant out more summer vegetables, so out they go. Well, half of them. I still want to keep the rest as long as possible.
The French beans are all up and doing well. I have no idea where I found the time to plant these during the hectic work load that we had up to the opening of the studio sales?
Half the poppies are gone to the compost heap to make space.
In their place there are now sweet basil, tomatoes and spinach, Further back, there are cucumbers and pumpkins.
I took a little bit of time out from gardening and weeding this week to glaze the last of the bisqued pots and get a stoneware firing done in the bigger electric kiln, fired entirely on solar energy from our new PV panels and battery. The results are good, just a few more lovely pots to refill the gaps in the gallery shelves from last weeks sales.
We are open this weekend each day from 10 till 4 – ish. on Saturday and Sunday , and also for the rest of the summer by appointment. Please ring or email first to make sure that we will be home.
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Flowering exterior: 8-11 weeks
Flowering indoor: 6-9 weeks.
Harvest exterior: September-october
Production indoor: 350gr/m2
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Height indoor: 120cm
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After a hail storm, the sun is out at the Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers Market. Correspondent Gillian Ferguson talks to chef Alain Giraud, who is teaching, consulting and cooking for private clients. Although he makes a weekly list, Giraud says he rarely follows it when he gets to the market, opting to buy what's fresh. This week, he gets his hands on blood oranges for a salad with asparagus, radishes, and rhubarb, which he cooks with sugar and tops with Chantilly cream.
Julia Tamai has lived in Oxnard her entire life. Swaths of her family's business, Tamai Family Farms, are getting soaked, including rows of strawberries, which are sitting in 2 feet of water. Tamai says that this year, they'll have to discard approximately 85% of their harvest. Normally, she brings about 100 boxes of berries to the Wednesday farmers market but this week, she had only a dozen or so. With the sunshine, you can expect more berries in the upcoming weeks. Tamai recommends not giving the fruit a wash until you're ready to eat it. Also, expect imperfect berries since they've been pelted by hail.


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This slow feed hay net is perfect for round bales and large square bales. The Texas Haynet Round Bale Net helps prevent colic, founder, and ulcers by slowing down consumption to a natural pace. Regulating hay in take helps improve digestion, calms aggressive behavior, reduces herd stress, alleviates boredom and unwanted stable vices, prevents serious health problems caused by overeating and burrowing into the center of the bale.
With the Texas Haynet Round Bale Net, horses are no longer allowed to engorge themselves and frivolously waste expensive hay. The net is lightweight and easy to install - no heavy equipment required.
Use caution with shod animals. We recommend using a feeder with a solid barrier between the shoe and the net. Use caution with horned animals and animals with ear tags. Use caution with small hooves when using nets with holes larger than 1.75".
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hi all! my friends are tired of me talking about vegetables. i live in the bay area of california, with a moderate climate year round. i am just doing container gardening this year because i live in a big apartment building. luckily there were some unused planter boxes right below my balcony. i have been surprisingly successful with tomatoes this year. usually they turn red when they are about the size of a cherry tomato, even if they are supposed to be beefsteaks. i am growing one plant each of tiger-like, gold nugget, big beefsteak, and early girl tomatoes. i have had amazing harvests, especially from the gold nuggets (yellow cherry tomatoes). i also have french, purple, and pole green beans, some corn, two each of green zucchini squash and yellow zucchini, bell peppers, and basil. you can see pictures of most of it here. i would call myself an advanced beginner. anyway, i'm having a problem with my yellow zucchini squash. they got HUGE, and are very prolific. at any one time i probably have a dozen little zucchini growing on each plant. many of them grow up nicely and taste delicious. but for the past month or so many of them will get rotten on the end while they are still young. i thought maybe the flower was getting waterlogged and that was contributing to it, so i tried removing the flower earlier, but that didn't help. the end just sortof shrivels up and gets moldy looking, gray and brown. anyone know what this could be and how i could stop it?


Our classic seasonal mixed box. Australian grown certified organic fruit & veg carefully selected from our store. Staples are included plus the best available from farmers each week.
Box contents - 26th October 2020
Broccoli, Brown Onions, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Coriander, Lettuce, Green Apples, Kale, Pears, Potato, Red Apples, Rocket, Strawberries, Valencia Oranges, Tomatoes and Zucchini
That's our plan - but some items may change to bring you what's best on the day.


SALEM – Water regulators are expecting a record amount of water to be pumped back into a southern Idaho aquifer this year, reaching more than double the annual recharge goal.
With high reservoirs and a slow-melting mountain snowpack, the Idaho Water Resource Board is expecting 530,000 acre-feet of water to seep back into the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer, the Capital Press reported Thursday.
The board’s goal is for 250,000 acre-feet of water to annually recharge the aquifer, which serves a large portion of the ranches and farms in the state. The amount this year surpasses last year’s record of 317,000 acre-feet.
An acre-foot is the amount of irrigation water that would cover an acre to the depth of a foot.
The aquifer was in decline for decades from increased allocation and groundwater pumping, causing the state to implement the Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan in 2009. The amount of available water had dropped by nearly 13 million acre-feet since 1952.
“We had to do something; we couldn’t just watch the aquifer be depleted,” said Vince Alberdi, a member of the water board.
The state has been trying to better balance the amount of water going into the aquifer with the amount leaving. The state plans to increase the aquifer’s water by about 3 million acre-feet by 2026.
“It’s going to take a combined effort to stabilize the aquifer and potentially build it back up,” said Wesley Hipke, recharge project manager for the board.
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Indo Gulf, the agri input business of Aditya Birla Nuvo, manufactures and markets urea, agricultural seeds and agrochemicals. Indo Gulf Fertilisers is the 8th largest urea manufacturer in India. The goal of the business is to become a 'total agri solutions provider' offering a full range of agri inputs - fertilisers, seeds, agrochemicals and specialties from sowing to harvesting.
Birla Shaktiman Urea - Neem coated and Gold continued to remain the products of first choice,for the farmers. Birla Shaktiman enjoys a market leadership position in entire zone of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, through excellent product quality and customer servicing. It is fulfilling aspirations of millions of farmers who reap a rich harvest of crops.
Indo Gulf's state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh is considered one of the most energy efficient plants in the country. It’s location at Jagdishpur - in the middle of the agricultural heartland of the Indo-Gangetic plains, gives it access to a large and growing market. The plant is operating at more than 100 per cent capacity utilisation and manufactured 10,21,447 tonnes of urea in 2014-15. Indo Gulf’s marketing activities span the entire Indo-Gangetic plain - from Punjab in North to Odisha in the East. A strong marketing, distribution and customer service network that includes the wholesalers' network, Birla Shaktiman accredited retailers and Birla Shaktiman service centres, helps the company sustain its leadership position.


Jerry Overton, farms just north of Minot, ND and is close to the Canadian bounder.
“This far north, I’m a wheat, canola and flax guy. I love flax. Lots of soybeans up here too but I don’t raise any. Flax is my choice. I make 30+ bushel flax. Market hasn’t flattened out …its sill hanging 10 bucks. But then I should know what I’m doing with flax…I’ve been at it for 59 years!
Very little fall tillage up here. We just run the anhydrous knives with very little soil movement. We’re not ripping and moving much soil…this way there’s virtually zero wind erosion from these strong winter winds. We go about 2 ½ -3 inches deep with the anhydrous; Then Spring time and we run the KWIK-TILL 10 mph and we’re ready to rumble. I had a 300-acre field of flax. Didn’t touch the ground until the spring when we spread UREA. Then we worked it really light with my KWIK-TILL disc; seeded it to wheat and had just wonderful results.
A couple years back I tried this new rig. I had been using a 38’ tillage tool…a good machine but I was limited to 5 mph. If you hit a rock with one the whole damn disc jumps out of the ground. With this new machine, I can go 8 to 10 mph; even up to 15. And no problem if you hit a rock…because each disc is individual and has a 9-inch rise. It’s just an unbelievable piece of equipment. I don’t have any negatives. With this unit, you don’t have to take the disc apart if you run out a bearing. Each disc has its own bearings…that is simply smart engineering.
I’m using a 40-foot KWIK-TILL. I have a JD 9560 power unit which revs up to 615 hp. I’ve also got an 8410 JD front-wheel assist. In the spring we run only 1 ½-inch to 2-inches deep for seed bed prep. I saw my neighbor running a 45-foot unit with front-wheel assist tractor. So that’s when I decided to hook up my 8410 and it rolls really nice.
I’ve got smooth blades; not the notched blades. For seed bed prep, I’m running only 1 1/2-inch deep. Last fall I went into some slew ground so I was running 4-5 inches deep and it did a nice job. You’ve got to have speed…for me at least 8 mph to leave that seed bed smooth and ready for the planter. If you don’t move enough dirt, you’re not doing a good job of getting that seedbed ready.
Last spring, the 1st year with our KWIK-Till, we spread fertilizer; then worked the field with the unit. It was absolutely a beautiful seedbed. Last fall my neighbors bought a 35-ft. unit and worked a soybean stubble field. I’ve never seen a prettier field. You could have seeded that field only ½-inch deep and it would have been perfect.
So for me nothing but good things to say about my tillage unit. It’s an amazing machine. I’m seeing a bunch of KWIK-TILL units up here. Guys tell me they’d never got back to any other brand; nor would I. With the KWIK-TILL that seedbed is just perfectly level. You feel good about the job you just did.
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Summary: “St. Louis Is the Silicon Valley of Agtech”
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An article titled St. Louis Is the Silicon Valley of AgTech from missouripartnership.com states that over the past decade, St. Louis has established itself as a major hotspot in the AgTech. The article cites St. Louis’ agricultural heritage, top-tier universities, booming startup culture, and AgTech giants like Monsanto and DuPont as the primary reasons why.
Along with these myriad contributors to the area’s AgTech success, the relatively new innovation community 39 North is also making waves. Covering nearly 600 acres across the state of Missouri, 39 North includes many of the top AgTech companies in the region and is designed to provide a work environment valuable to today’s scientific workers with residential and office space connected by walking and biking trails.
With technology in the AgTech field growing exponentially, Missouri companies, like Monsanto’s Climate Corporation, are leading the way in investment and innovation, the article goes on to say. The technology is a product of the state’s world-class graduates from Missouri Universities and the AgTech cluster that draws to the state the highest concentration of plant science PhDs in the world.
Ag Innovation Showcase is an event held annually in St. Louis that showcases the world’s best and brightest in the AgTech industry. The event held from Sept. 10-12 provides a venue for AgTech startups. For more information and to register for the event, click here.


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On We Grow: Looking Back & Moving Forward
Looking Back at 2023: The Year of the Pivot
2023 has certainly been an interesting year! We have enjoyed the ride of the first full year of adult use cannabis sales in Vermont. Setting up numerous cultivation facilities, and watching our legacy growers transition into the legal market has been a BLAST! We are honored to work with so many wonderful cultivators, and thank each and every one of them for making Growpro a part of their growing business.
In cannabis advocacy, we focused our efforts on hemp after receiving a cease-and-desist letter early in the year from the Vermont Cannabis Control Board, asking us to remove legal hemp products from our shelves. We fought to maintain access to affordable, high potency hemp products, and worked with the board to advocate for small hemp farmers. Unfortunately, the board went on to implement some of the strictest hemp rules in the nation, causing a fairly significant loss of hemp sales revenue at Growpro.
We tried like heck to get our expansion project off the ground at “Growpro 2.0” but were unable to break ground this year due to soaring construction costs and banking shenanigans. This delay, coupled with the effects of Vermont’s new hemp rules, required us to take a pause and pivot. Focusing on what we had in hand, we began redesigning the shop to add a cannabis dispensary, and began converting our legacy grow into a licensed grow facility.
Over the summer we raised our shelves up higher and moved just about everything in the store around. We built some partition walls for our new “store within a store” concept. This will allow us to keep Growpro open to minors shopping with parents, and have a 21+ only space for the dispensary. Miraculously we have not lost any inventory selection, and don’t worry, we remain committed to maintaining one of the best stocked grow shops in the state!
Our cultivation company, Easy Green Genetix, received it’s Tier 1 Indoor Small Cultivator License in October, and we recently completed our first legal harvest. Kendall is so excited to share his passion with our community, and boy oh boy, does he grow some amazing fire!
We received our dispensary license approval from the state on December 20th and are wrapping up approvals needed from the town. We look forward to launching The Hidden Grove, sometime in the end of January. You’ll find The Hidden Grove in our former “Pots & Containers” aisle. Yes, the irony of that is certainly not lost on us!
Looking Forward: On We Grow Into the Next Decade
As we grow into 2024, we look forward to celebrating TEN YEARS of business at White River Growpro! WOW! TEN YEARS! We look forward to adding to our amazing team – hey, we’re hiring for the dispensary! And we will continue to build on our vision as we work our way towards realizing our plans to build Growpro 2.0, a 4700sq foot building housing an expanded garden center and an indoor cultivation facility, with an epic permaculture teaching garden and community food resource located on the grounds. Side note, if you are interested to invest, or donate time to the community garden project, let’s chat!
We’ll be bringing on new fertilizer lines and introducing new bulk buy programs to help support our licensed cultivators and small hobby growers. We’ll be building out more cultivation facilities as our farmers find their footing in the new market. And we’ll be mastering the navigation of running not one, but two highly regulated businesses, allowing us to provide even better guidance and support to our farmer partners.
The Hidden Grove will provide a unique opportunity for us to share our cannabis ethos with the community. As we have always done in hemp, we will partner with brands who meet our standards for quality, affordability and ethics, brining you the best of the Vermont cannabis industry through our curated collection. We also look forward to offering clones for those who prefer to grow their own, a service our Growpro clients have been dying for. We can’t wait to provide you with an epic clone library to choose from!
The future is bright, the future is uncertain, but it will certainly be another wild ride. On we grow!


Confagricoltura, Fnsea and Dbv: immediate agreement on the CAP reform
The farmers of Italy, France and Germany are asking for it in defense of the sector
On the eve of a meeting between the Council, Parliament and the EU Commission (Trilogue) that could be decisive for the new Common Agricultural Policy, the presidents of Confagricoltura, Massimiliano Giansanti, FNSEA, Christiane Lambert and DBV-Deutscher Bauernverband, Joachim Rukwied, not only in representatives of French, Italian and German farmers, but respectively president, vice president and past president of COPA, express concern over the ongoing discussion on the CAP. "The CAP is, and must remain, an economic policy - argue the three presidents -, designed to stabilize and support the income of farmers, as stated in the EU Treaty, while addressing current environmental challenges at the same time". "At the moment, however, - underlines Giansanti - our sector is under attack by those who would like to unload the main responsibilities of climate and environmental changes on agriculture, without being aware of how indispensable agricultural businesses are for the good of all: without competitive companies and without agriculture we will eat synthetic food imported from countries that do not respect our production standards in terms of safety, quality and also of social and environmental rights".
Confagricoltura, FNSEA and DBV are asking for more flexibility in the implementation of the green architecture and no further administrative burden for agricultural companies, already struggling with heavy bureaucracy. The three associations support a greener, easy to implement, attractive to farmers and efficient CAP.
As regards social conditionality, the three presidents point out that France, Italy and Germany already have strict rules on labor law and welfare and that this further provision introduces further elements of bureaucracy. “In the future CAP - emphasizes President Lambert from Paris - the fight against climate change and environmental protection should be reconciled with the economic aspects. Farmers are committed to addressing these challenges. The instruments of the CAP can support them precisely for an even more sustainable agriculture”.
“It is essential for the primary sector - underlines President Rukwied from Berlin - that the new CAP allows European farmers to continue to produce safe and nutritious food, as well as protect biodiversity and the climate. For this reason, the income support function of the CAP is of fundamental importance, both to address the markets and to respond to ecological challenges".
EFA News - European Food Agency


Shaun hosts today’s show from the Bayer CropScience booth at Ag Expo in Lethbridge, discussing new weed control options for 2017, grain markets, the 120-year history of Ag Expo and more.
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Hello everyone, my name is Clariden. I'm a newly registered member and also new on taking care of plants. I don't have what they call a proper garden so I'm starting with potted plants. Right now I have 3 pots of Aloe Vera and a couple of Bacularis indoors. Hoping to improve my skills. Glad to be part of this community.


What Are Pruning Shears and Why Are They Important?
Pruning shears are essential gardening tools that are used to trim and prune trees, shrubs, and plants. They come in different shapes and sizes, and some are powered by electricity while others are operated manually.
They are important for maintaining the health and beauty of your garden. Proper pruning helps to encourage healthy growth, increase fruit production, and prevent disease and pests from spreading.
In this article, we will discuss the different types of pruning shears, their benefits, and how to choose, use, sharpen, and maintain them.
Types of Pruning Shears: Manual vs. Electric Pruning Shears
Pruning shears can be broadly classified into two types: manual and electric pruning shears. Manual pruning shears are the most common type and are operated by squeezing the handles together. They are lightweight, easy to use, and ideal for small to medium-sized pruning jobs.
Electric pruning shears, on the other hand, are powered by rechargeable batteries or electricity. They are more powerful than manual pruning shears and are suitable for large-scale pruning tasks. They can cut through thicker branches with ease, and some models come with adjustable blades and extendable handles for added convenience.
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Benefits of Electric Pruning Shears: Why Consider Using Them?
Electric pruning shears offer several benefits over manual pruning shears. They are faster, more efficient, and require less physical effort. They also reduce strain on your hands, wrists, and arms, which is particularly beneficial for people with arthritis or other mobility issues.
Another advantage of electric pruning shears is that they produce cleaner cuts, which heal faster and reduce the risk of infection or disease. They also come with safety features such as automatic blade locking and safety switches to prevent accidental injuries.
How to Choose the Right Pruning Shears for Your Needs?
When choosing pruning shears, consider the size and type of plants you will be pruning, the frequency of use, and your personal preferences. Manual pruning shears are suitable for small to medium-sized branches, while electric pruning shears are best for larger and tougher branches.
Other factors to consider include weight, grip, and blade type. Look for pruning shears with ergonomic handles that provide a comfortable grip and reduce fatigue. The blade should be made of high-quality steel and be sharp enough to make clean cuts without damaging the plant.
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How to Use Pruning Shears Safely and Effectively?
Using pruning shears safely and effectively is essential to prevent injuries and damage to the plant. Start by wearing protective gloves and eyewear to shield yourself from thorns, debris, and flying particles.
Hold the pruning shears in your dominant hand and position the blade close to the branch or stem you want to cut. Use a smooth and steady motion to close the blades and make the cut. Avoid twisting or pulling the blades, as this can damage the plant or cause the pruning shears to malfunction.
After each use, wipe the blades with a clean cloth and apply a thin layer of oil to prevent rust and corrosion.
How to Sharpen Pruning Shears: Step-By-Step Guide
Over time, pruning shears can become dull and less effective. Sharpening them regularly can extend their lifespan and ensure they work efficiently. Here’s how to sharpen pruning shears in a few easy steps:
- Disassemble the pruning shears and clean the blades with a wire brush or sandpaper.
- Hold the sharpening stone at a 20-30 degree angle and stroke the blade along the stone in a circular motion.
- Repeat the process on the other side of the blade until it is sharp and shiny.
- Reassemble the pruning shears and test them on a small branch to ensure they are working properly.
Tips for Maintaining Your Pruning Shears: How to Clean and Oil Them
Proper maintenance is essential to keep your pruning shears in top condition and ensure they last for many years. Here are some tips for cleaning and oiling your pruning shears:
- After each use, wipe the blades with a clean cloth to remove any dirt, sap, or debris.
- If the blades are particularly dirty, use warm, soapy water and a brush to scrub them clean.
- Dry the blades thoroughly with a clean cloth to prevent rust and corrosion.
- Apply a thin layer of oil to the blades to protect them from moisture and prevent rust. Be sure to oil the pivot point and any other moving parts as well.
- Store your pruning shears in a dry place to prevent moisture from building up and causing rust.
Troubleshooting Common Pruning Shear Problems
Even with proper maintenance, pruning shears can sometimes develop problems that affect their performance. Here are some common issues and how to fix them:
- Dull blades: If the blades are dull, they will not cut properly. Sharpen them using a sharpening stone or have them professionally sharpened.
- Sticky blades: If the blades are sticky, they may have sap or dirt build-up. Clean them thoroughly and oil them to prevent future stickiness.
- Loose blades: If the blades are loose, they will not cut properly. Tighten the pivot screw using a screwdriver or take the pruning shears to a professional for repair.
Conclusion: The Importance of Investing in Quality Pruning Shears
Pruning shears are an essential tool for any gardener or landscaper. Whether you choose manual or electric pruning shears, investing in high-quality tools will make your job easier, safer, and more efficient. Remember to choose pruning shears that are suitable for your needs, use them safely and effectively, and maintain them regularly to ensure they last for many years to come. Happy pruning!
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