Farmbrite

JUNE 19, 2023

Starting a Fruit Orchard on Your Farm Growing fruit trees or nut trees on your farm is a great way to be more self-sufficient and a great way to add items to your CSA, use the unwanted fruit to supplement feed for your animals, sell at your local farmers market or for personal use. Fruit trees need lots of sun and space to grow properly.

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Caff

MAY 2, 2024

On April 10th, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) hosted a field day at Heartwood Farms in Linden, CA with farmers Franz Eilers and Emma Wade to discuss all things compost and pest management on their biologically-integrated walnut and cherry orchards. The compost created from ground-up walnut prunings and cover crop mowings.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 1, 2023

Woolly aphids, belonging to the Eriosomatinae family, are intriguing insects that can wreak havoc on plants in gardens and orchards. Here are some specific control methods: Pruning and Sanitation Regularly prune and remove heavily infested plant parts to prevent the spread of aphids to healthier sections of the plant.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

They had tasted the hit-or-miss wild varieties that grow in the fertile soil along the Susquehanna River, but got hooked during a visit to Deep Run, a Maryland orchard with a range of pawpaw cultivars among its 1,000 trees. Now, Horn Farm Center runs the show. The Allegheny’s yellow flesh brings a pop of citrus flavor.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 1, 2023

Woolly aphids, belonging to the Eriosomatinae family, are intriguing insects that can wreak havoc on plants in gardens and orchards. Here are some specific control methods: Pruning and Sanitation Regularly prune and remove heavily infested plant parts to prevent the spread of aphids to healthier sections of the plant.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Basements and garages have long been fertile ground for innovation, with a host of well-known companies including Apple, Amazon and Harley-Davidson tracing back to humble residential roots. One of Kupu’s two employees, she started orchard farming at 16. Kaʻinapu Cavasso agrees.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Plant a holly orchard and let nature do the work for you,” read one brochure. From the late Middle Ages until very recently, “out of place” meant anywhere that might inconvenience agriculture: “The noisome weeds, which without profit suck; The soil’s fertility from wholesome flowers,” as the Gardener said in Shakespeare’s Richard II.

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