Farmflash:
Food = Expensive.
Kenya questions value of organics. (But did the study they cited test pesticide residue, or just nutritional content?)
Even England (not exactly renowned for its cuisine, and I say this with all due affection for roast beef and Yorkshire pudding) is jumping on the local food bandwagon: an author solicits help for a [...]
It’s not one hundred percent pest proof, but it’s pretty darn good. While our brassica mix attracts flea and cucumber beetles like none other — which I found interesting, since it’s considerably more spicy and slightly tougher than this mix — our awesome Johnny’s Seeds lettuce mix is surprisingly resilient and mostly beetle-free. [...]
They’re radishes, only slightly less boring. Oblong, with a pink base fading to a white tip, occasionally they have a pretty blush of pink inside when sliced in half lengthwise.
Are they truly idiot-proof to grow? Pretty much. A few growing notes: flea beetles will punch holes in the tops, but who cares? They’re a bit [...]
I think it’s safe to put the Armenian cucumber in the ’successful’ category now, although I might be jinxing myself here.
The winter squash may be dying, but the Armenian cucumber is as healthy as can be. (Knock on wood.) Heck, we keep stepping on the tendrils that spill over into the path–they keep [...]
It’s not something I ever would have thought of growing myself. But when Emmett and I were wwoofing on a small family farm in New Zealand, our hosts had a few quinoa plants going. They were healthy, bushy, beautiful things, and their grains were just starting to dry.
So, when we were on our [...]
