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Comment on CROP FAILURES by Joe

Joe — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:37:09 +0000

How did harvests finally work out given the story about crop failures in this story?

Comment on Time to grow rice? by sorghumco

sorghumco — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:21:32 +0000

and cheers to you!

stan

Comment on Time to grow rice? by sorghumco

sorghumco — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:20:53 +0000

Yes, I am well aware of Fukuoka’s ideas and books.

thanx, stan

Comment on Bee Swarming by Alline

Alline — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:34:02 +0000

I LOVE these photos – especially the one of you in your suit!

Comment on Time to grow rice? by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:13:58 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on CROP FAILURES by sorghumco

sorghumco — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:19:42 +0000

yes

Comment on CROP FAILURES by Joe

Joe — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:26:53 +0000

Are neighboring farms experiencing problems like you describe?

Comment on Sorghum harvest by Chris

Chris — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:43:48 +0000

Hi Doug,

I too am growing a small crop of sorghum to try my hand at syrup making. For a press I am planning to use a heavy duty pasta mill / press. This is basically two metal rollers with a nice crank, very similar to what soghumco describes. You can probably find one of these at a super Walmart or a mall kitchen store like William’s Sonoma.

Good luck!
Chris

Comment on Organic Farming conferences by sorghumco

sorghumco — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:43:44 +0000

Come to the Missouri Organic Association’s annual conference – usually in February.

Comment on Organic Farming conferences by Emily

Emily — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:35:37 +0000

Hi,

I grew up in MO but moved away a few years ago. I have been farming organic vegetables in MN for several years either on CSA’s or for non profits. Thinking about moving back to MO to farm organic veg there and am in the process of learning about the organic movement there. What conferences do you recommend in MO? Is there a market for organic veg?

Comment on fruit harvest by sorghumco

sorghumco — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:03:51 +0000

Reba

I think your guess is what i would guess as well: that the tree reverted back to root stock; our Red Haven peaches are generally large – 3″ -4″ in diameter and reddish – kinda the classic looking peach you find in grocery stores. Also they are very juicy and sweet whereas our native peaches are more what you describe your fruit being.
oh well, at least you have peaches!
we have had several different varieties over the years; Red Haven is my favorite.

good luck, stan

Comment on fruit harvest by Reba

Reba — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:58:45 +0000

Five years ago I purchased a Red Haven peach tree from K Mart. I’d guess it was 2-3 years old at the time, being 5 feet tall. I planted the tree and it survived the winter. However, in the spring, it got eaten down to nothing by the neighborhood deer. I left it alone and “it” came back, stronger each year. The tree has produced fruit for two years now. However, I don’t think they are Red Haven peaches growing. The fruit is light green, fuzzy, oblong plum shaped, and no more than two inches in diameter. The flesh is semi sweet and light green. I think that maybe this tree may have reverting back to the graft stock tree that the Red Haven was grafted to. Any thoughts on what I have? Thanks, Reba, KC MO

Comment on growing grains on a small farm by CLEAMIEROCA

CLEAMIEROCA — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:38:17 +0000

Interesting writing – hope to come back again..

Comment on A Hard Time for Honey Bees by sorghumco

sorghumco — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:28:20 +0000

For a worker (female) bee, it is 21 days.
for a drone (male), 23 days

Comment on A Hard Time for Honey Bees by Richard Oja

Richard Oja — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:53:58 +0000

I would like to know is how long from the time the egg is layed that a new bee is born?

Comment on The Trials of Spring by alline

alline — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:20:00 +0000

Patience is the hardest thing about gardening for me – I always want instant gratification! On the plus side, I’m finding that after waiting through two years of not harvesting, NOW, in the third year, I am LOVING growing asparagus. They seem to pop up overnight, making me feel like a genius gardener! Even in the rain…

Comment on growing grains on a small farm by sorghumco

sorghumco — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:29:20 +0000

Martin
That sounds mighty ambitious – but hey, after all, someone originally came up with it.
For info, i just googled: allis chalmers combine “60″ – there is a wealth of information (I just learned a whole bunch in 2 minutes). This combine is also called the “All Crop”, which is one of the things i like about it – you can harvest virtually everything with it (except corn).

good luck, stan

Comment on growing grains on a small farm by Martin Holmes

Martin Holmes — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:40:14 +0000

Hi.
The combine you describe sounds very effective.
I am starting a small garden and a field of oats and a field of wheat (I think it will be 2 acres in total).
I was thinking of harvesting by hand however I am very capable of making machines so that I thought I might make something of a combine, or at least something to perform the thrashing and winnowing.

Appreciate any knowledge you could provide of the machines operating mechanism, speed of the grain and its path through the thrashing and winnowing would be very useful.

Thanks,
Martin Holmes

Comment on Failures by sorghumco

sorghumco — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:11:28 +0000

Yes, we have talked to Univ Extension – they did some of the lab analysis.

Comment on Failures by Joe

Joe — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:47:52 +0000

Have you talked to folks at Univ Extension about problem?