This book was not my introduction to CSA. I first heard about Community Supported Agriculture in a Principles of Ecological Agriculture class in University and then I worked on a few CSA farms. That gave me an understanding of some of the basics of CSA (especially from a consumer perspective.). But I was mostly viewing … More Farmer Book Club: Sharing The Harvest
Community Supported Farms – Farm Supported Communities is the subtitle of this book. And it sums up my hopes for the world. This is also the vision that underlies all of Farms of Tomorrow Revisited by Trauger Groh & Steve McFadden. Published in 1998 by Biodynamic Association, this is a CSA handbook written about 10 … More Farmer Book Club: Farms of Tomorrow Revisited
It’s time to wrap up these seed inventory spreadsheets. So here’s one more tab – a seed order tab. It’s linked up with the seed inventory tabs you’ve been setting. If you enter the seeds you need from your crop plan, this sheet subtracts the seeds you have in your inventory, and then tells you … More FSA Tip #46 Link Your Seed Order To Your Seed Inventory
Another way to store seed is in a squash 3 important considerations 1?? I’m obviously not saying to put seed in a squash for better storage. The insides of fresh squash are pretty moist environments and generally horrible as seed storage containers. But if you haven’t extracted your squash seed yet, no big problem. It … More Another way to store seed is in a squash
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown is a book about the value of starting with good seed. The unnamed narrator starts with 10 sunflower seeds. And recklessly sows all 10 into the garden, holding none back in case they need to reseed the crop. The 10 seeds are faced with a number of challenges as they … More Farmer Book Club: 10 Seeds
And then there’s those seeds that seem to store forever. I’m thinking specifically of those that we stored in rubbermaids in a closet in our apartment before we moved the seed office to the farm. We didn’t have much sophistication in our temperature control systems – blinds on the windows and a couple of fans. … More Those Seeds That Seem To Store Forever
Here are the 4 groups when you’re first sorting your seed stash: 1?? Next year’s seed 2?? Backup seed 3?? Remnant seed 4?? Chicken feed/compost Once you’ve sorted those seed, then you can organise your seed inventory! Here’s the spreadsheet for this tip. Here we go … Next Online Workshop – Thursday Jan 6
The Garden Seed Inventory by Seed Savers Exchange is this week’s entry for the #farmerbookclub It’s got the perfect name for Seed Inventory month at the Farmer Spreadsheet Academy. Now technically, this month we’re exploring how you can take stock of your own seed inventory. This book is not about how to do that. This … More Farmer Book Club: The Garden Seed Inventory
Your seed inventory is more than just how much seed you have on hand. There’s a lot more information you might want to know such as … Where did you get the seed? Is it organic? Is it hybrid or open pollinated? Is it … Well, there are all kinds of things you might want … More FSA Tip #44 Add Seed Details To Your Seed Inventory
Counting seed germination tests. Right side of the tray – a petri dish with moist sand. 100 melon seeds were seeded into this dish and then sat in our germination chamber for a few days. Now they’ve sprouted. (Notice the masking tape on the dish with the product code for our seed store (SQ004), the … More Germination Tests In Action