4 Things That Will Happen If You Don’t Rotate Your Crops
You cannot be gardening for long before someone, somewhere, insists you rotate your crops. It seems at times the go-to, catch-all answer for whatever problem you may have. For this reason, a small...
View ArticleMulch Your Weeds And Grass—The Right Way!
Mulch is a great gardening concept, but sometimes it’s oversold. I’ve seen many gardeners who’ve been misled into thinking that spreading a thin layer of any mulch over weeds or a lawn will kill...
View ArticleHarness The Sun To Kill Soil Pests & Diseases
Some of the best things in life are free, and the abundant energy of the sun is one of them. This is very good news for garden and agricultural soils, which are home to hundreds of thousands of crop...
View Article3 Mulching Mistakes You Should Never Make
If you’re not mulching in your garden, it’s about time you started. Every gardener needs the aid of mulch to keep the gardening growing its best. When used correctly, mulches: help maintain soil...
View Article5.5 Garden Chores You Can Skip This Year!
Most people who garden love it, and some who don’t really love it do it from necessity, but it’s probably fair to say that if you truly hate gardening, you’re not doing it. Still, there are those...
View ArticleOccultation: Weeding With Tarps
Successful vegetable growing is about successful weed control. If you do not keep the weeds in check, the vegetables will suffer, the farmer will suffer and the farm will follow. That said, it can be...
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To No-Till Or Not To No-Till
As someone who’s worked on farms all over the world, you’d think I would have some experience with an organic no-till farming system. I actually have none, and that’s always bugged me. I read about...
View ArticleGet Rid Of Weeds For Good!
Whether or not you like weeding, there’s one frustrating aspect of this garden chore: You pull up the weeds (or at least you think you pull up the weeds), and two days later, there they are growing in...
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Save Time In Your Home Garden With Plasticulture
This summer, I knew that between my two jobs I’d be clocking 60 working hours a week. Still, as with every year, I wanted to have a productive vegetable garden. I needed a mode of cultivation that...
View ArticleFighting Weeds With Fire
Fire has been a driving force in nature for millennia. It shaped the Earth’s landscape and favored some plant communities over others. Humans learned to use fire to their advantage: Native Americans...
View ArticleThe Season’s Not Over—10 Garden Chores To Prep For Fall
By midsummer, our gardens have reached their zenith. We can almost watch our squash vining, tomatoes ripening and corn stretching for the sky. While we begin to enjoy the fruits and vegetables of our...
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Learn To Love Knotweed
The common invasive knotweed is one of the plants people love to hate. So, of course, I’m irresistibly drawn to get to know it. What I’ve learned about this plant much more complicated than just one...
View Article6 Essential Tools For Weeding Your Garden
One professional grower's key tools for upping your cultivation game. The post 6 Essential Tools For Weeding Your Garden appeared first on Hobby Farms.
View ArticleLearn To Read Your Weeds, Improve Your Farm & Garden
Pay attention to the signals unwanted plants are sending, and you might find these weeds are quite perfectly suited for their environment. The post Learn To Read Your Weeds, Improve Your Farm &...
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