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Mountain Rose Herbs Builds Relationships with Farmers

by OGS | Jan 16, 2015 | OGS News, Organic Farming

This is reprinted, with permission, from the Mountain Rose Herbs Blog: Herbs, Health, & Harmony for Natural Living. The original can be found here. Growing Our Relationships with Farms and Farmers While we love working with our international farms, growing herb...

CRAFT TOUR: Ivy Creek Family Farm

by Cameron Farlow | Nov 24, 2014 | Events & Programs, Organic Farming

Ivy Creek CRAFT Tour October 11th, 2014 Cost-Benefit Trial of 3 Season Extension Mechanisms on 4 Varieties of Salad Greens For our last CRAFT tour of the season we gathered at Ivy Creek Family Farm to see a cost-benefit trial they are performing on three season...

CRAFT TOUR: Bluebird Farm

by Cameron Farlow | Nov 24, 2014 | Events & Programs, Organic Farming

Bluebird Farm 3-Season Homemade Haygroves September 14, 2014 It was a beautiful day for our September CRAFT tour at Bluebird Farm in Morganton, NC. Three Season High Tunnels in the form of homemade Haygroves was our topic of choice for the day. Marie Williamson and...

CRAFT TOUR: Mountain Harvest Organic Farm

by Cameron Farlow | Nov 24, 2014 | Events & Programs, Organic Farming

Mountain Harvest Organic – Farm Fencing 101 CRAFT Tour August 17, 2014 This August we ventured to Spring Creek in Madison County for a farm tour at Mountain Harvest Organic Farm on Farm Fencing 101. Julie Mansfield and Carl Evans having been farming for 14 years...

Ask Tom: Spring Aphid Control with Beneficial Insects

by Tom Elmore | Nov 17, 2014 | Organic Farming, Organic Home Growing

Dear Tom – I seem to have trouble with aphids in cold frame crops in March and April each year. Do you have suggestions? Thanks Bill in Old Fort Dear Bill – Aphids are a pest for us too. We see them in early lettuce and on tomatoes in our heated greenhouse. On lettuce...

Ask Tom: Tomatoes for Winter

by Tom Elmore | Oct 13, 2014 | Organic Farming

Dear Tom, You sell a lot of tomatoes. How do you can them when so much is going on in the middle of the season? Paul in Pawpaw Dear Paul – I will leave to Extension the details of the canning process but I will be glad to share a few ideas that help us save some time...