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#69 August 2008: Sustainabilty Projects at the Farm

IN THIS ISSUE Dear Organic Gardeners Bees on the Farm Farmhouse Gardens Late Summer Fertility Farm Report Product Highlights Farmer Interview Book Review Biodiesel Production News & Views

Dear Organic Gardener, The epic rains in the Northeast have finally abated. Here in Maine, where I live, and with the collaboration of Joe Gonzalves, trial hundreds of Seeds of Change varieties every year, it has been a challenging gardening season, to say the least.. If it wasn’t for the diversion swale that we dug around the upper contours of our gardens, with the intention of getting us into the garden a little earlier in the spring, I feel like the entire enterprise would have succumbed to the flooding and just rotted and floated away. As it was, heavy downpours flattened corn, onions and other plants to the ground, while the incessant cool wetness caused fungal diseases on many of the beans, lettuce and greens... Read More Write to with comments and ideas. Thank you! Printable PDF Version: eNewsletter #69 Text only, 204 KB, 16 pages. Unable to open it? You may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

#68 June 2008: Succession Planting, Research Farm History, Composting Toilet Project

#67 April 2008: Carbon Neutral, New Team Members, Asparagus, Soil Testing

#66 March 2008: Terra Preta, Chicken Power, OSA Conference

#65 December 2007: Chef Profiles, Discover Diversity, Compost Tea

#64 November 2007: Carbon Sequestration, Don Tipping, Urban Agriculture

#63 September 2007: Alan Kapuler, Agroecology Class at UCSC

#62 May 2007: Nash Huber, Seed Give-away, Healthy Fundraising

#61 March 2007: Farmer Interview, Sustainable Cacao, Plastic or Papper

#60 January 2007: 2007 New Intros, Gardening for Nutrition

#59 November 2006: A Green Winter, Carrots, Chef Karen Todd Interview

#58 October 2006: Fall Gardening, Gourds, Farmer Chef Field Days

#57 July 2006: Kale, Plant Disease, Compost and Compost Tea

#56 June 2006: Dad's Guide to Gardening, Broccoli, Tepary Beans

#55 April 2006: Gardening with Kids, Companion Planting, Bio Control

#54 March 2006: Organic Design, Lettuce: A Garden Essential

#53 February 2006: Fermentation and Tempeh, Asian Vegetables, Organic Seed Conference Report

#52 December 2005: Colored Carrots, 2006 New Introductions, Onions

#51 October 2005: A Seeds of Change Chef's Garden, Extend the Season, Cabbage

#50 September 2005: Southwest Gardening, Stock Seed, Lavender

#49 August 2005: Weed Seeds, Seed Quality, Worms

#48 June 2005: European Gourmet Greens, Corn Sex, Beets

#47 May 2005: Farming With The Wild, Culinary Herbs, Hanging Baskets

#46 April 2005: Southern Kitchen Gardens, Cover Crops, Selling Tips for Market Growers

#45 March 2005: Brother Placid, Spinach, Gaia's Garden, Seed Borne Disease

#44 December 2004: Seed Saving, Chile Primer, On-Farm Trials

#43 September 2004: Corn, Potatoes, Jesse Cool, Your Organic Kitchen

#42 July 2004: Ecology for Gardeners, David Holmgren, Melons

#41 May 2004: Garden Tools, Germination, The Bountiful Container

#40 March 2004: Spring Planting, Potatoes, Yacon, Greenhouses

#39 February 2004: Winter Inspiration and Summer Dreaming

#38 November 2003: Quinoa and Amaranth, Storing Your Harvest

#37 September 2003: Greenhouses, Garlic, Cover Crops

#36 July 2003: Herbs, Deb Soule, Steven Foster, NE Field Trials

#35 June 2003: Watering, Vandana Shiva, Seeds for Afghanistan

#34 April 2003: Direct Seeding, SHI, Permaculture, Andrew Jones

#33 March 2003: Seed Starting, Healthy Seedlings, Eco-Farm

#32 January 2003: Market Growers, Bulk Seed, CSAs

#31 December 2002: Standardizing Organics, Fatal Harvest

#30 September 2002: Harvest Party, Growing Garlic

#29 August 2002: Conversation with Frances Moore Lappe, Basil

#28 June 2002: Seed Saving & Genetic Preservation, Perennials

#27 May 2002: Direct Seeding & Transplanting, Cut Flower Trials

#26 April 2002: Bill Mollison Interview II, Seed Starting

#25 February 2002: Bill Mollison Interview I, Permaculture at Home

#24 December 2001: Seed Cleaning, Permaculture Books

#23 October 2001: Harvest Recipes, Soil Fertility IV

#22 August 2001: Growing Great Garlic, Soil Fertility III

#21 July 2001: Ben. Insects, Soil Fertility II, Succession Planting

#20 May 2001: Transplanting Party, Soil Fertility I, Foliar Feeding

#19 April 2001: Focus on Research, Direct Seeding, Transplanting

#18 March 2001: Eco-Farm, Amaranth in the Northeast

#17 February 2001: All About Gourds, Organic Food, Garden Planning

#16 January 2001: New Intros, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties

#15 November 2000: Cleaning Tomato Seeds, Seed Donations

#14 October 2000: Tomato Trials and Tasting, Organic Gardening 101

#13 September 2000: Seed Saving, Buffalo Bird Woman

#12 July 2000: Pest Control, Farmer's Lament, Our Organic Food

#11 May 2000: Plant Breeding, Donation Story from Ecuador

#10 April 2000: Farm Report, Garden Tips, Seed Donations

#9 March 2000: Gardening Tips, Sowing Seeds, Organic Seedlings

#8 February 2000: Farm Report, Wine Grape Posters, GMOs

#7 December 1999: Most Beautiful Garden Winner

#6 November 1999: GardenCycle Day Planner

#5 September 1999: Eco-Bulbs, Gardening For The Future, Pesticides

#4 July 1999: Thyme for Health, Pesticide Calculator

#3 May 1999: Organic Hall of Fame

#2 April 1999: Eco-Bulbs and Seedlings

#1 March 1999: Spring Products

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