Early spring. It is full of hope and promise. Birds are returning from their winter homes. Snowstorms are subsiding. Daytime temperatures are warming. Greenhouses are filling with plants. ...
When planting onions you have several options: sets (small immature onion plants), bulbs, or seed. Onions started from seed store better than sets, but mature later. Many folks start seeds in flats...
Sugar cane, sugar beets, agave, brown rice, barley, Sugar Maple, sorghum, and stevia, are all plants that can be grown for their sugars. Among these, stevia is the sweetest. A good quality stevia...
Garlic can be planted in the spring for a late summer harvest or in the fall for an early summer harvest. Most people plant it in the fall in order to utilize otherwise fallow crop space over the...
Purslane (Portulca oleracea), also known as Pigweed, Little Hogweed or Verdolagas, is cropping up everywhere in my cultivated areas right now. Instead of viewing it as a pesky weed though, I have...
Calendula (Pot Marigold) is a powerful yet gentle medicinal plant that is a beautiful addition to any garden or landscape. There are many varieties to choose from, all of which are easy to grow...
Cajun Grain is a 150 acre farm outside of Kinder Louisiana, and is the product of 30 years of rice and cattle farming. Roughly 15 years ago, Kurt and Karen Unkel decided to make the move to farm in...
“One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener’s own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the...
By Vasco Schmidt I recently was invited for dinner by some very good friends and was surprised to see that they fed their cat tuna. This resulted in a debate about why we should avoid eating tuna as...
Harvest Moon Farms began growing lavender in 2000, after our founders,K.C. and Martha, attended a lavender festival in Sequim, WA at Purple Haze Lavender. They were bitten by the lavender bug and...