Learning About Leek Moth
by: Growing Magazine
Adult leek moths are speckled brown, white and black with a white spot halfway down the outer wings and measure about 3/8 inch long. They are …
Growing Kona Coffee
by: Growing Magazine
Mules have been replaced by trucks, but some things have not changed in more than 100 years since coffee beans were first packed in burlap bags …
Strawberries in the Northeast
by: Growing Magazine
Culinary options abound with beautiful berries. A local collaboration between Vanillen Dairy in Ovid, N.Y., Seneca Lake-based Eremita Winery and Seneca Breeze Berries resulted in a …
From Potatoes to Mustard Greens
by: Growing Magazine
Dale Gies says of growing mustard greens,” We didn’t start this project to eliminate the use of chemicals. It was thought that it could help, but …
Organic Apples in New York
by: Growing Magazine
Organic apple production has expanded in the U.S. since the turn of the century. The state of Washington, especially, has added organic apple acreage. According to …
Bringing Up Baby Potatoes
by: Growing Magazine
Bringing a new crop to market can be difficult for a farmer or even a group of farmers. However, a group of potato growers along the …
A Beauty of a Ranch
by: Growing Magazine
Pears, peaches and much more A dirt road leads up a hill to Blum Ranch in Acton, Calif., where the Blum family has been growing peaches, …
Risk Management Tools
by: Growing Magazine
Making tough decisions easier When it comes to making decisions for orchard management, it’s no longer a simple matter of removing a McIntosh block and replacing …
The Quest to Save Soil
by: Growing Magazine
No-tillage production helps in southern Illinois Since the first cooled railcars carried strawberries to the population market in Chicago, southern Illinois has produced fruits and vegetables …
