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Small Farms: Perceptions vs. Realities
Many commonly-held perceptions about small-scale agriculture are examined against reality.
Alternative Agriculture
During the eighties, the buzz word we all heard a lot was alternative agriculture. Horticultural crops, particularly vegetables or "truck crops" gained the most attention. I was a horticulture student at OSU in the mid-eighties and I rode that wave of alternative ag and all that it promised.
Schedule Vegetable Plantings for Continuous Harvest
When developing a planting schedule, keep in mind there is no schedule that can guarantee a continuous harvest. Assuming your crops survive multiple assaults there will always be annual variance in soil temperature and moisture content, air temperature and sunlight availability.
Summer of 1980 Revisited
If you lived in these parts during 1980, no doubt the summer left quite an impression on your mind. Every living thing suffered through one of the hottest summers on record. Could such an extreme summer happen in 1998?
Using Surface Water for Drip Irrigation
Many growers have no choice but to rely on pond or stream water for irrigation because groundwater is too deep to justify the cost of drilling or the quality is too poor to be used for irrigation.
Using a Chicken Moat to Grow Fruit, Vegetables and Raise Poultry
A chicken moat is an enclosure built around an area generally used for some form of fruit and vegetable production. The main purpose is to provide a barrier between your agriculture crops and predators, including insects, rabbits and deer.