Composting in the winter isn’t easy! As I dug my backyard compost bin out from underneath the snow this past October, and then again in November, I began to wonder if vermicomposting might provide a cold weather alternative. Vermicomposting is the process of using worms to turn food scraps into a black, earth-smelling, nutrient-rich material...
A large crowd turned out at the Legislative Office Building in Concord as the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) announced the award of 24 matching grants to conservation projects across the state. The projects will help protect 13 historic structures and 4317 acres of land, including 233 acres of farmland.
Speakers all pointed out...
It's approaching harvest time for a great variety of fruits and vegetables across the state. With that in mind, Governor John Lynch declared August New Hampshire Eat Local Month. Activities are scheduled throughout the month to enjoy the bounty of the state's farms and gardens.
The month long celebration is being put together by the Read More »
On the Bee Thankful Farm in Deerfield, the heirloom tomatoes are protected from aphids and tomato horn worms by diatomaceous earth – an organically-approved powder of the finely-crushed shells of tiny organisms called diatoms – and by natural predators like ladybug larvae and wasps. Against fungus, they're sprayed with organic fungicides like potassium bicarbonate.
But every...
This morning, I moved a dozen trays of seedlings off of the heating pad where they spend the night, and out into the sun, before I weeded between a hundred or so rows of lettuce, rolled up the sides of the high tunnel (a greenhouse heated solely by sunlight) to keep the tomato and pepper plants from...
You don't know who grew the food you buy in a supermarket, or notice when they have a good or a bad season. Even at farmers' markets, most people don't know how well or how badly a crop did. But as a CSA member, you notice because it's your harvest.
A CSA (Community Sponsored Agriculture) is a farm where...
There's nothing more fresh, and delicious, than food straight from the farm. New Hampshire's Farmers' Markets make that farm connection to the best in locally produced food easier than ever.
A few markets operate year-round, bringing a variety winter produce and other local goodies, even though it's cold out. And once summer rolls around, you'll be able to...
