Bring in your houseplants, folks! Fall is just around the corner, and don’t you let the 90-degree days tell you otherwise. Can’t say I’m a huge fan of 35-degree hikes in temperature within 6 hours, but while September was added to the calendar to vex me, I will not be letting that ruin this last[Read More…]
We are at the official halfway point of the CSA this year! With the 3-day weekend, it’s a bit difficult to compress the usual week update into 2 days and change, so bear with me folks! Meigs, one of our fellow research farms, is gearing up for the Mechanical Weed Control conference on the 11th[Read More…]
Hi, I’m Kennedy. I am a senior in Sustainable Food and Farming Systems, with minors in Horticulture and Plant Biology, and a certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. This past summer was my second season at the Student Farm. I am also the unofficial collector of some of the “mutant” vegetables that pop up on the[Read More…]
GOLDWEEK: Well, things are certainly quieter this week, seeing as I’ve been abandoned by my fellows for secondary education. If Jane has the email next week, it’s because I’ve wasted away from neglect. Not a huge amount to report this go around! Lots of watermelon, and peppers (as some of you may have noticed). Cucumbers[Read More…]
BLACK WEEK Hello! Our resident rabbit catcher/freelance writer, Jane, has left us defenseless, so it’s Nellie here, back in action after a brief sojourn to stress my way through summer finals – I apparently picked an eventful couple weeks to be away. I missed the beginning of sweet corn season, a deer corpse, and DNR[Read More…]
After the Small Farm Field Day last week the IMPACT^2 Team met with a group of small farmers and Extension educators to pilot two serious games. These games help farmers and educators think through the impacts of climate change on agriculture and what management strategies they can use to help mitigate those impacts. HLA folks[Read More…]