Tag Archive for: Specialty Crops
Practicing Resurrection: Using Green Manures on a Small Semi-Urban Homestead
By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist
The garden entrance…
How Sweet It Is: South Texas Citrus Stays Home to Delight Local School Kids
By Robert Maggiani, NCAT Agriculture Specialist
It's National…
Medicinal Plants at Blue Ridge Eco Fair: Introduction
Maya and Ed Skopal, the owners of I-TAL Acres, a medicinal plant…
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…
Equipment and Infrastructure Upgrading with Ellen Polishuk: When Will it Pay Off?
Scaling up a few crops and adding a wholesale channel can often…
Episode 163. Farming Medicinal Plants
In this episode, Devona Bell, NCAT’s Director of Sustainable…
Episode 154: Using Cover Crops in an Organic Walnut Orchard
In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT's Rex Dufour interviews…
Establishing a Wine Cap Mushroom Bed
Wine cap mushrooms can be grown in layers of straw and wood chips…
Wine Cap Mushroom Production: Getting Started
By Nina Prater, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
Last…
Improving Seed Viability and Germination
Vegetable growers are hustling to start seeds in order to have transplants ready to go in to the ground once the soil has warmed up and dried out.
By Andy Pressman
NCAT Northeast Regional Director
By Andy Pressman
NCAT Northeast Regional Director
Using Raised Beds to Increase Your Harvest
When I am faced with a less than ideal growing situation, rather than fight with Nature, I'll build a raised bed. I've built many of them over the years to suit different purposes.
By Justin C. Duncan
NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
By Justin C. Duncan
NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
Episode 144. A Flower Farm Blossoms
In this episode of Voices from the Field, Tammy Howard, an agriculture…