Book Review: The Self-Fed Farm and Garden, Eliot Coleman. Chelsea Green. November 2025. 208 pages, $29.95 USD, $40.00 CAN Eliot Coleman has been one of my vegetable-growing gurus since he wrote The New Organic Grower in 1989, and his latest book, The Self-Fed Farm and Garden, confirms our alignment once again. Biologically based agriculture … Continue reading "Book Review: The Self-Fed Farm and Garden, Eliot Coleman"| Sustainable Market Farming
Cover crops, employed strategically, can target soil health, production, decrease erosion, address weed pressure and provide increased ecosystem diversity, but the first question a grower must answer is “what are you trying to accomplish? to achieve the highest benefits.| Farmtario
Did you know that you can use oats as a cover crop this fall for your garden and raised beds – and never have to worry about tilling them in … The post How To Use Oats As A Garden Cover Crop – The Perfect No Till Way To Protect & Power! appeared first on Old World Garden Farms.| Old World Garden Farms
Resilient crop yields can be maximized by improving soil health, which is enhanced with cover crops. Long-term advocates have found that adding cover crops to their rotation adds a critical amount of additional carbon to the soil.| Field Crop News
I wrote in this post in May, saying that we are trying some Molokhia (Egyptian Spinach) this year as a hot weather leafy green. It is recommended as a versatile, continuous-harvest vegetable…| Sustainable Market Farming
A donated farm near Tiverton will allow the Ontario Farmland Trust and other organizations to demonstrate best management practices.| Farmtario
Early this week, I got together with Drs. Tom Barber (University of Arkansas) and Jason Bond (Mississippi State University) for a discussion on Italian ryegrass management. You can access the podcast episode at Weeds AR Wild Podcast S3 Ep19. Multiple-herbicide resistant Italian ryegrass infesting a field in the southern piedmont of North Carolina. ...| cotton.ces.ncsu.edu
Molokhia (pronounced “mo-lo-HEY-ah”), Egyptian Spinach, Corchorus olitorius (Jute) is a summer cooking green that grows quickly to a multi-stemmed plant with a height of 6′ (2 m) or mor…| Sustainable Market Farming
Last summer, Canadian Cattlemen caught up with Graeme Finn, rancher and founder of Union Forage, at Ag in Motion. Here’s what he had to say about| Canadian Cattlemen
Now I no longer need to work on the new edition of Sustainable Market Farming, while it rains I am tackling some other indoor projects that need attention, (2” in 2 days – we got off lightly compa…| Sustainable Market Farming
Creating a sustainable garden means that we’re focusing on soil health year round. Find the perfect summer cover crop and how to use it in your garden.| Southern Exposure Seed Exchange | Saving the Past for the Future
You can now watch video recordings of all of the full presentations from the 2025 Nitrogen Conference and the 2025 Nutrient Management Confe...| blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu
See how to revive your garden soil by planting a green manure crop early this spring. Recharge your soil and bring it back to life!| This Is My Garden
Cover crops are a cost-effective way to improve soil. Select appropriate spring cover crops to increase soil fertility, add organic matter, and suppress weeds.| Southern Exposure Seed Exchange | Saving the Past for the Future
In November, I wrote about tackling some summer perennials, especially quackgrass (couchgrass), wiregrass (Bermuda grass) and mugwort. In October I covered winter annual weeds, mostly Henbit, Groun…| Sustainable Market Farming
First an updated link. Use not eOrganic.org which I linked to previously. In September I wrote about Late Summer Weeds, chiefly purslane, velvetleaf, flower of an hour, horsenettle, fall panicum an…| Sustainable Market Farming
Strip tillage and cover crops are two techniques being tested in southern Alberta applied research trials, seeking practices that will help reduce the| Grainews
8 ways to build climate change resilience in the garden. Regenerative gardening techniques to curb and adapt your garden to global warming.| BC Farms & Food
When vegetables are not growing in your garden, planting a cover crop can be an excellent option to both protect and improve your soil.| joe gardener® | Organic Gardening Like a Pro
