Picture Sundays: A Native Bee Hotel

December 16, 2012

...Don’t know much about this native bee house other than that it’s near Paris. For more info on native bee habitats, see our post from earlier this year. Update: reader Drew left a comment to say that this habitat is in the Jardin des Plantas in Paris which is attached to the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (http://www.mnhn.fr/le-museum/). Thanks to David Dalzel for the tip....

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Extension Service Webinars on Organic Agriculture

Mr. Homegrown

March 21, 2013

Gardening

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When it comes to doing research for articles and books I lean heavily on research based advice from our Cooperative Extension System. It’s a great resource. I just discovered a treasure trove of Extension Service webinars on organic farming practices that you can watch here: http://www.extension.org/pages/25242/webinars-by-eorganic. You can watch archived sessions or sign up to participate live. While the webinars are aimed at small farmers, ther...

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How to Plant a Fruit Tree

Mr. Homegrown

January 16, 2014

Fruit Trees, Gardening

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tttq3M739YA It’s bare root fruit tree planting season here in California and this video, from the Dave Wilson Nursery, shows you how to plant your trees once they arrive in the mail. One quibble–it’s been proven to be not a good idea to amend soil when you’re planting a tree. Other than that, this is how we’ve planted our trees and they’ve all grown well. And I wish that I had done the radical pruning you see at the...

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Organic Seed Growers Webinar

Mr. Homegrown

January 23, 2014

Events

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...OP guidance document on organic seed, and demonstrations of new tools and resources. Speakers: Theresa Podoll, Prairie Road Organic Seed; Erica Renaud, Vitalis Organic Seeds; Zea Sonnabed, CCOF and National Organic Standards Board; Chet Boruff, Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies (AOSCA) Friday January 31, 2014 1:00-3:30PM Research Update: Small Grains and Corn The scientific field of organic plant breeding continues to expand. This s...

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