Well we are officially 3 weeks in to the Great Potato Harvest, and the Yukon Golds are about done. They are sizing up nicely -with a few rare lunkers coming in at almost a full pound -each. With today’s take of 170 lbs we are officially at 575lbs in, and my best guess [...]
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I have passed on numerous intersting business models for smal scale agriculture, typically in Urban settings. And while getting more farming infrastructure in our cities is critical, equally as important is saving the rural, family farms of our country. While here in Jefferson County, WI we have enacted some very strong land use laws [...]
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One of the most perplexing challenges of my Sub Acre Agriculture project will be to consistently and sustainably increase fertility in the soils to optimize yields over time. While this can be done exclusively through green manure cover crops, it is more efficient to combine a planned cover crop rotation with livestock manures. [...]
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