By Sasha Banks-Louise Organic farmers in Kansas have a particularly difficult time fixing nitrogen for equine forage crops. Spring rains and summer humidity levels can turn many nitrogen-fixing legumes such as alfalfa and red clover into breeding grounds for toxic fungi. These “mycotoxins” can wreak all…
By Amber Lehrman Planting perennials around the borders of raised vegetable beds is an ideal way to increase crop yields without costing a lot of money or expending much effort. Yet, many gardeners are still using wooden boards or clay bricks to create borders in their raised beds, resulting…
By Ben Stallings Rain barrels have become popular water collection systems, but limitations in capacity and problems with overflow, leaks, debris, and settling have many gardeners struggling to find a more elegant solution. One solution is to create a self-priming siphon system, which draws water from…
