Tuesday, May 10, 2011

We Found Another Beneficial Insect That is Working with Us- Euplectrus

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On Friday one of my new interns, Deanna, found these pupae on the leaf of the nanking cherry tree while we were picking. I placed it in a co...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Tomato Bondage - It's How We Roll!

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The tomatoes have been in the ground for a little over 2 weeks now. The yellow cherry variety is starting to set fruit. All of them are star...
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Monday, May 2, 2011

Vegetable Planting in 3-D - Creating a Zombie Proof Garden

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We want to maximize the use of all our space here at the Funny Farm. We live in a 3 dimensional space that has height, width and depth. Ma N...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Potato Planting - These ain't Free-range Taters

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Last year we planted potatoes in cages made from chicken wire. We planted about 25 of them and as the plants grew we covered them with straw...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Intern Wanted @ The Funny Farm

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Now that I have reached the age of the average American farmer i understand why there is such a strong effort to encourage more young people...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Time Plantings to Avoid Insect Pests

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I attended the insect biocontrol session at the Georgia Organics Conference a few weeks ago. Dr. John Ruberson was one of the presenters. H...
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The Funny Farm: Mindful Weeding- Learning From My Mistakes

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The Funny Farm: Mindful Weeding- Learning From My Mistakes : "I knew i shouldn't do it but i did it anyway. Back in February we had...