A lot of things try to chomp, munch, consume, and destroy our crops. Before you can figure out what to do, it’s good to know what the problem is! My favorite reference on the subject is Diseases and Pests of Vegetable Crops in Canada, which is available as a print book. But it is also … More Identifying Diseases & Pests
Our annual open house is coming up. The full details are below. But one thing I’ll point out to all my seedy readers is that I will be giving seed and garlic tours during the event! Full Details Get out your calendars and reserve Sunday July 5th for our Open House. This also happens to … More Tourne-Sol Open House on Sunday 5 July, 2015
The last stretch of our June 2012 road trip took Emily and I through Maine. We planned on arriving in Maine just in time to catch the Restoring Heritage Wheat Seminar in Unity Maine. As it turned out, I thought the event was on a Saturday when it was actually on a Friday. This got … More Road Trip: Four Seasons Farm and The Good Life Center
On the second phase of our honeymoon/agricultural road trip we left Rimouski and drove down the Acadian Shore to border of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. We visited three farms in the Sackville – Tatamagouche axis. (Our road trip started with this blog post.) Nature’s Route Farm Ruth and Kent Coates run Nature’s Route Farm … More Road Trip: Sackville to Tatamagouche & Back Again
We are hosting a caterpillar tunnel building workshop for farmers. This event is being organized by the Quebec ministry of Agriculture (MAPAQ). Workshop Details Date: Thursday May 3rd 2012 (possible May 9 rain date) Schedule: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with 1 hour for lunch Lunch options: a. Bring your own lunch. b. The closest … More Caterpillar Tunnel Workshop At Tourne-Sol Farm
Lettuce is the other seeed crop that took me years to learn how to clean well (radishes being the first). The basics are like other dry seeded crops (thresh, screen and winnow ad nauseam) but to do a good job I’ve had to pay a lot of attention to the threshing and final screening. (If … More Cleaning Lettuce Seed
As I was getting a post together on some turnips Emily grew this summer, I started looking at photos from a 2009 turnip seed crop. So today, we’ll look at how to save seed turnip seed and Clear up all that confusion about turnips and rutabagas Explain how turnips need to be overwintered And show … More Saving Turnip Seed
Through the month of August, garlic occupies a large portion of my brain. And most of what I am thinking about is how to get the best garlic we can – garlic that looks beautiful, tastes great, and stores as long as possible. The key step in making this happen is effectively curing garlic plants … More Curing Garlic For Best Storage