The Two Best Legume Cover Crops for Hot and Humid Climates

Cover crops can be an investment in your future soil health. And it’s legume cover crops that can deliver a lasting soil benefit that other cover crop options don’t: nitrogen.
By Colin Mitchell, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Medicinal Plants at Blue Ridge Eco Fair: Infused Oils and Salves

Maya and Ed Skopal, the owners of I-TAL Acres, a medicinal plant…

Medicinal Plants at Blue Ridge Eco Fair: Teas, Infusions, Decoctions

Maya and Ed Skopal, the owners of I-TAL Acres, a medicinal plant…

Medicinal Plants at Blue-Ridge Eco-Fair: Tinctures

Maya and Ed Skopal, the owners of I-TAL Acres, a medicinal plant…

Medicinal Plants at Blue Ridge Eco Fair: Introduction

Maya and Ed Skopal, the owners of I-TAL Acres, a medicinal plant…
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Fruit and the Freeze of 2021

Better Than I Feared but Worse Than It Looks By Guy K. Ames,…

Medicinal Plants at Blue Ridge Eco Fair: Dosages for Teas and Decoctions

Maya and Ed Skopal, the owners of I-TAL Acres, a medicinal plant…

Reclaiming Wood

So many of our projects on the farm require building structures out of wood. I’m always building a new raised bed or chicken coop or fences to keep the chickens from messing with my vegetables, but a recent trip to the local hardware store was a rude awakening. Wood prices were double what I paid six months ago. Why? They said it had something to do with the fires out west. After taking a moment to reflect on the inter-connectedness of everything, I paid for the wood I needed and went on my merry way. My trip home was merry indeed because I passed by an opportunity, literally: pallets. Stacks and stacks of pallets.
By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Juneberry: the Delicious Native American Fruit with a Thousand Names

Of the many names for this plant, "chuckleberry" is certainly my favorite, but I've only seen it in writing, never heard it spoken. Around the Ozarks where I live "sarvis" or "sarvisberry" seems to be the most commonly spoken, at least among the old-timers.
By Guy K. Ames, NCAT Horticulture Specialist

Episode 188. Perspectives on Agroforestry with Rowan Reid. Part 2

In this episode of Voices from the Field, the second of a two-part…