Each year I generally collect soil samples for testing. Knowing the nutrients in the soil I can make informed decisions on the optimum compost, fertilizer, and other soil amendments. After testing the same field for a few years, I can look for trends and adjust my strategies to suit. With a soil sampling probe, the sample collection goes quickly.
Entries Tagged as 'soil'
Soil Testing. The Tools & Techniques of a Farm. Part 3
April 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Tools & Techniques
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The tools & techniques of a farm. Part 1: Introduction
March 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Farm Planning, Farm Work
What do you need to farm? If you were starting a farm from scratch, what would you need to pull together to make a go of it? As the year progresses I’ll look at tasks such as planting or weeding. I’ll show how to create a corn maze and how to set a fencepost. I’ll show some photos and describe our equipment and why we made the choices we’ve made. Every farm and farmer is different, this series will reflect my own personal experiences and biases.
A month of unforgiving deadlines and green releaf.
April 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Farm Folks, Farm Work
Here we are already, closing in on the end of April. I haven’t written here in a while, partially because we have been more than busy on the farm working to stay on schedule, and partially because my writing urges have been directed at Twitter. Now that my blog has this spiffy new home, I’ll [...]
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Today Spring Fever officially arrived at the farm.
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Farm Work
I’m sitting at my desk on a Saturday afternoon, trying to work on the greenhouse starts planting schedule, and making no progress at all. It feels just like Spring Fever back in high school days, but it is still February.
