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Do you have your own vegetable garden or do you prefer to buy vegetables in the store, in any case you will definitely have to solve the question: "How to store beets?" After all, this tasty and healthy root vegetable is needed in the kitchen all the time, and at least a few things should be at hand, in case you want to cook salad, vegetable cutlets or borscht.
Ways to save beets in the winter at home
You can buy a kilo of beets every time you need them and store them in the refrigerator for a while. But zealous housewives know that it is much more profitable to stock up on the necessary amount of root crops in the fall so that it will last until next season. In spring, as a rule, the retail price of beets rises and their taste becomes much worse. All that remains is to figure out how to save the beets for the winter so that the money is not wasted.
For the owners of summer cottages living in high-rise buildings, the problem of how to store beets in an apartment is no less relevant: it takes so much time and effort to grow these root crops in a season that it will be just a shame if half of the crop decays ahead of time.
Ideally, storage of beets in winter should be carried out in a special storage, in a cellar or in a basement. In these rooms, it is convenient to maintain the desired humidity level and a suitable temperature for beets. But what should the residents of city apartments do that have neither a cellar nor a basement? Fortunately, at home, you can save beets until spring - choose the most suitable method!
Beets are best preserved at temperatures up to +2 degrees, but the humidity of the air, on the contrary, should be high - up to 90%. At high temperatures, beets will quickly sprout tops, the roots will wither and deteriorate.
Ideally, storage of beets in winter should be carried out in a special storage
How to keep beets in an apartment:
- put the roots in plastic bags (just do not tie them) and put them where the temperature is cooler - next to the balcony or outer door;
- in the presence of a glazed balcony, beets can be taken out there for the winter, laying them in layers in wooden boxes, and generously sprinkling each layer with sand, shavings, or dry sawdust - root crops should not touch each other;
- so that the beets on the balcony do not freeze in frost, the boxes are covered with old blankets on top;
- if you store potatoes in bags on the balcony, beets can be poured on top of it - from such a neighborhood, both those and other root crops will only benefit.
Due to the thick skin of the beets, the moisture from the roots evaporates rather slowly, so even at room temperature, the beets can be safely stored for at least a week. The main thing is to keep root crops as far away from heating appliances as possible.
To prevent the beets on the balcony from freezing in frost, the boxes are covered with old blankets on top.
Storing beets at home is also possible in the refrigerator, but no longer than a month, while the roots should be wrapped in plastic wrap or put in a plastic bag with holes made in it. Make sure that condensation does not form in the bag.
What needs to be considered to extend the shelf life of beets?
Whether the roots remain as firm, tasty and sweet in spring as they were after harvest depends not only on how you store them, but also on the original quality of the beets intended for storage. Therefore, in addition to knowing how to properly store beets in winter, you need to stock up on the knowledge which root crops can be safely left until spring, and which are better to eat right away.
Dry the entire harvested crop a little under the sun, gently shake it off the ground with a dry cloth and sort
So, if you grow beets yourself, pay special attention to the choice of the variety - plant those varieties that are characterized by increased keeping quality and give root crops about ten centimeters in diameter. Too small vegetables dry out faster, and too large beets have a weak taste and are fibrous.
When digging up the beets, be careful not to damage the skin. Dry the entire harvested crop a little under the sun, gently shake it off the ground with a dry cloth and sort, removing dented, damaged, rotted and other diseases. The tops should be trimmed with scissors, leaving no more than 1 cm.
Video about storing beets at home
When storing beets in an apartment, be sure to look through it from time to time and immediately remove the spoiled, rotten roots in order to prevent the rest from rotting.
If none of the listed ways of storing beets suits you, for the winter you can simply grate the root crops and put them in a bag in the freezer or pickle the beets, so that they can be added to dishes later if necessary.
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How to keep the harvest in the apartment
Store potatoes in a cool, dark place. Collect sun-dried potatoes in wooden crates without mixing the varieties. It can be stored in the closet or in the entrance, if this is permissible. On the balcony, it will freeze and be sweet.
You can use the Finnish way of storing potatoes. For this, the potatoes are cleaned of clods of earth and placed together with dried sphagnum moss in boxes. This type of moss can be collected in the swampy forest next to the dacha. With this method, the bactericidal property of moss will protect the potatoes from rotting.
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Carrots in winter. Rules for laying carrots for storage
I would like to note that late-ripening varieties may not have time to ripen in the conditions of Russia. It all depends on the region you live in. Therefore, varieties with an earlier ripening period are best suited. For example: Incomparable, Nevis F1, Nantes 4, Nantejska, Mango F1, Canada F1, Gribovchanin F1 and other varieties.
Ripening dates for carrots. It is advisable to calculate the harvest time in advance, in the spring. Why does this question arise? Yes, because the carrots that were pulled out ahead of time do not have time to collect in their composition a sufficient amount of sugars. This means that the taste will be an order of magnitude lower.
Conversely, when we overexposed the vegetable. Here, there are too many sugars and amino acids. This, in turn, also affects the taste of root crops. Also, such carrots attract pests such as mice.
Further, we note that not all carrots can be stored for a long time in winter. For storage, there are special varieties that can be stored for a really long time without losing their taste. For example: early ripening (Bangor, Laguna), mid-ripening (Vitamin, Samson, Shantane), late ripening (Flaccoro, Queen of Autumn, Carlena).
Carrots are harvested when the lower leaves begin to turn yellow. And yet, we stop watering 2 weeks before harvesting. As a result, root crops are much better stored in winter.
Trimming the tops
Pruning leaves. This is a very important stage. Here, we carry out the work in 2 stages, where first we cut off the tops just above the head, and then the second time we cut off the head completely together with the growth point (1 cm). Pruning according to the rules does not allow carrots to sprout in the winter. And therefore, root crops do not wither.
Drying of carrot fruits. The question "how to store carrots" will be successfully resolved if the drying process is done correctly. It looks something like this. We dry in the sun for 2 hours - 3 hours. Further, within 8 - 12 days, drying takes place under a canopy, where the temperature should be within 10 ° C - 14 ° C above zero (this is important). The process is the same as when preparing potatoes for storage. At the same time, the vegetables seem to reach the desired state, where the wounds are healed and diseased fruits appear.
Before we put the carrots for storage in the basement (or somewhere else), we carefully examine them and remove the spoiled fruits.
The best conditions and methods for storing beets
Beets are best stored in sand boxes in a cool, dark place. Conditions that need to be created in it:
- humidity level 95-90%
- temperature 0 ... +2 о C
- natural ventilation is desirable.
Under such conditions, root crops can be stored until spring and even longer. The most important thing is to maintain the temperature, especially the first 1-2 months after laying the beets, because if it rises to at least +4 o C, the vegetables will begin to sprout tops, and this will significantly reduce the shelf life. Also, the temperature should not be allowed to drop below 0 o C, otherwise the roots will freeze. Then, again, they will not be saved for a long time.
It is impossible to create such storage conditions for beets in an apartment - only in the basement or cellar. The sand in the boxes should be clean sifted river, preferably washed and calcined in the oven or dried in the sun. We put it on the bottom of the container with a layer of 8–10 cm. Then we put the vegetables so that they do not touch each other. Sprinkle them with sand on top, making a layer of 2-3 cm above them. So we lay the beets to the very top of the box. The condition of the root crops should be checked every month. Those that have begun to deteriorate must be removed, and the regrown tops must be cut off. Here's how to properly store beets so that they will definitely stay until spring.
- In plastic bags with ventilation holes with a capacity of 35-40 kg. They are hung up and not tied tightly for air access.
- In a chest with potatoes. Place the beets on top of the tubers in 1 layer. The potato will give excess moisture to the roots that they need.
- Small pyramids (heaps) on shelves or in small boxes with holes for air circulation. Shelves and drawers should be at least 15 cm above the floor.
- In peat, table salt or sawdust. They, like sand, are poured over root crops, laid in layers in boxes. If in sawdust, then it is advisable to check the condition of the root crops more often than once a month.
- Loose in a separate chest, the bottom and walls of which are lattice, with cracks.
Saving root crops in the cellar
These methods, if properly performed and maintained in the required conditions, can also save vegetables until spring.
Before storing the beets, it is advisable to powder it with sifted wood ash or roll it in chalk powder. This will protect root crops from diseases and slow down the spread of spoilage from one to another. It is better to store small vegetables separately from large ones.
Is it possible to keep beets in the fridge or freezer
Within 1 month, beets are successfully stored in the refrigerator. Some root vegetables may last longer, but should not be kept longer. Over time, they lose moisture and vitamins.
Preparing vegetables for storage includes simple steps:
- Pre-selected medium-sized fruits must be carefully cleaned of dirt, but not washed.
- Wrap each fruit separately in parchment paper or cling foil.
- Fold into the vegetable compartment.
For about the same time, beets are stored in the refrigerator in plastic bags. You need to wash the roots and put them in bags with holes. Plastic containers can be used for this purpose.
An alternative storage method is freezing vegetables... To do this, chopped or chopped vegetables are packed in plastic bags or food containers and put in the freezer. This method is best used when there is no way to apply other storage methods. With this approach, root crops lose most of the nutrients.
Beet storage methods
In the cellar
The main ways to store beets in a cellar in winter:
- In boxes of sand. In boxes without slots, you need to fill in sifted (preferably washed) river sand, which must first be dried in the sun or calcined in the oven. Pour 8-10 centimeters of sand at the bottom of the box, then put the root vegetables on it so that they do not touch each other. Then fill them with sand so that there is a 2-3 cm layer above the vegetables on top. Then the entire box is filled in a similar way. The condition of the roots should be checked every month. Slightly spoiled ones should be immediately removed, and the growing tops should be cut off. With this storage, beets will easily lie until spring.
- In polyethylene bags with a volume of 35-40 kg with ventilation holes, leave the bags open so that moisture does not accumulate.
- In a box of potatoes. Above it, you can put one layer of beetroot, which will receive the missing moisture from the potatoes located below.
- In small perforated drawers for ventilation or in small pyramids on shelves. Drawers or shelves should be at least 15 cm above the floor.
- In peat, sawdust or table salt, which are poured over the roots, like sand in boxes. When storing beets for the winter in a basement in sawdust, check them more often than once a month.
- In boxes with cracks in the walls and bottom in bulk.
- In clay. Make a thick solution of clay, dip each root crop in it, then dry it thoroughly. Then all the beets are packed into boxes.
We offered similar options in the article about storing carrots for the winter. You can read them in more detail and learn something interesting.
Tips to Conserve Beets Better
- If, before storing beets for the winter in the subfield, sprinkle root crops with sifted wood ash or crushed chalk, this will protect them from diseases and prevent the transmission of spoilage from decaying specimens to healthy ones.
- It is advisable to store large and small root crops separately. If this is not possible, the smallest specimens are laid down, and the largest ones up.
- To protect the beets from the spread of fungi and other pathogenic flora, plants with phytoncidal properties should be placed near it: horseradish, radish, basil, bitter wormwood, peppermint, fern leaves, etc.
In the apartment
Despite the fact that this is the least reliable option, many can only decide how to properly store beets for the winter in an apartment. The maximum period that these vegetables can withstand here is 3-4 months.
One of the best options for storing beets in an apartment is a warmed loggia, but even there root crops run the risk of freezing in severe frost. And if you try to heat this room, it will be very difficult to keep the temperature in a narrow range from 0 to 4 degrees. But even the imperfect conditions of the loggia are better than indoor ones. And the storage technology is the same as in the cellar - low boxes sprinkled with sand. Throughout storage, the dryness of the filler must be monitored.
To prevent the roots from freezing on the balcony, you can place them in a homemade insulating box, insulated with foam, or cover them with a warm blanket during severe frosts.
Less successful places for storing beets for the winter at home can be called a pantry, a change house, any dark space under furniture, as long as it is located away from heating radiators.
If you store beets in the refrigerator, then only tightly wrapping each piece in parchment paper or aluminum foil. In this form, she can hold out for 2-3 months.
Another way to store beets is to place them raw or boiled in the freezer. It is better to grate a raw root vegetable, and either leave the boiled one intact or cut into cubes (if it is supposed to be used in salads or similar dishes in the future). Place the blanks in bags or plastic containers in portions so that there is enough beets in one container for one dish. Otherwise, when re-freezing, the beets will lose their taste and valuable properties.
If you freeze whole beets, then a lot of ice forms inside them, and when defrosting, it will be difficult to cut them beautifully.
Where and how do you store beets? Do you follow the recommendations or have you come up with your own way of long-term storage of this root crop? Share your experience in the comments, help advice to our readers!
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What is the best way to keep beets fresh and juicy in winter until the next harvest, to preserve their taste?
Beets grown in your garden or purchased from farmers will have to be stored somewhere. A vegetable, incredibly healthy and necessary for cooking various dishes, should be in the kitchen of every housewife.
How to save beets for the winter
Before laying a vegetable for long-term storage, you need to find out what methods of harvesting a root crop exist. Let's try to figure out how to properly store beets at home.
Beet varieties for long storage
Most vegetable varieties are not suitable for wintering. Keeping quality depends on many factors, but to a greater extent on the selected variety. If the gardener wants to save the beets for the winter, then when choosing seeds, you need to focus on the variety.
Important! If the harvest is good enough, it is not yet certain that the beets can be stored for a long time for the winter. It is necessary to take care of storage conditions, t mode, humidity.
It is better to store at home in winter that variety of beets that have a dense skin and are resistant to mold and rot damage.
The following varieties with good keeping quality are most suitable:
- Gribovskaya flat A473
- Pablo F1
- Cold resistant
- Late winter
- Red ball
Better and longer it will be possible to preserve the beets of mid- and late-ripening varieties... Often, gardeners are offered the popular Cylinder variety. However, you need to understand that it will not be stored for a long time in winter and is only suitable for canning and cooking for a month.
How to select beets for storage
Before you start storing beets for the winter, you need to pay attention to the correct harvest - on time. Harvesting time depends on the climatic conditions of a particular region, variety.
- The size of the root crop can be assessed visually.
- If the tops are dry and yellow.
- If formations are formed on the leaves and fruits.
You can start harvesting in October... It is better if the weather is dry without rain. If you miss the timely harvest, then this can lead to rotting of root crops.
- You need to collect beets at a time when t does not fall below zero.
- Dig up the vegetable with a pitchfork or a shovel under the root vegetable so as not to damage it. Stack in piles next to the garden bed.
- Trim the tops, leaving 0.5 cm.
- Clean the root crop from the ground and remove the side roots.
- Handle the fruits as carefully as possible in order to prevent the appearance of defects, cracks.
The fruits are ready to dry in the fresh air. To do this, lay them out on film or in boxes in one layer and leave them outside to dry for 5 hours. The weather must be sunny. If it is damp outside, then it is better to dry the vegetable indoors or under a canopy.
Interesting! Gardeners who trust the lunar calendar should know that beets are harvested when the moon is in the last quarter.
Processing technology is carried out immediately after drying. It consists of the following stages:
- Clean the vegetable from dirt, sand... You need to clean it as carefully as possible so as not to damage the peel. Microorganisms can get into the cracks of the beet and it will not work to preserve it for a long time.
- Vegetables should be sorted by examining each one individually.... If the root crop has damage, rot, then they must be used first.
- Choose medium-sized fruits for long-term storage, and use large fruits in the first months.
Important! Fruit storage must not be washed.
Optimal storage conditions
Storage conditions are very important for this vegetable. Therefore, it is advisable to answer the question - how to properly store beets at home. The root vegetable, which has good keeping quality, is well stored even at low temperatures.
The main aspects to which it is important to pay attention to when storing beets in winter:
- Temperature regime. The temperature at which beets can be stored should not exceed 2-3 С and should not fall below zero... Too low temperatures affect the quality of the plant, and t above 5 C makes it soft and activates the growth of tops. Already after a few weeks, such a root crop is unusable. The first time you need to maintain t 2-3C for at least 2 months.
- Indoor humidity should be at least 90%otherwise the vegetable will dry out and become soft and wrinkled.
- A place... Storage conditions for beets can be selected based on the place of residence: in an apartment or in a private house. The air should be cool and the room dark and ventilated. The main storage locations are indoor and outdoor. The root crop can be properly stored all winter in pits, basement, cellar, balcony, pantry. Keeps well on the floor, on the ground, in containers or bags.
You can save the beet crop in the following ways:
- to freeze
- keep a fresh root vegetable at home.
Features of storage locations
There are many places where you can store beets. The main thing is to comply with all the conditions in which a tasty culture retains its useful properties and remains tasty.
It is best to store beets for the winter in the following places:
- in the cellar
- in a refrigerator
- on the balcony
- in boxes of sand
- in the barn
- in the apartment under the windows
- in bags.
In the apartment
Of course, many people live in apartments rather than private houses. Therefore, many summer residents often think about the question - how to keep a root crop for the winter in an apartment?
It is worth noting that keeping fresh beets in the apartment for the winter is a little problematic due to the limited territory. However, you can adapt and create favorable conditions for the root crop.
Where can beets be stored in an apartment? There are several suitable storage locations:
1) Refrigerator... Due to the limited space, only a couple of kilograms of beets can be stored in the refrigerator for the winter. The temperature should be 2-3 C. At the same time, it will be stored for only a few months.
To keep the root vegetable in the refrigerator for the winter, you need to put the vegetable in a plastic box or cellophane bag, having previously made holes in it for air ventilation. It is better to choose fruits of medium or small size for the refrigerator.
2) Balcony or storage room... If the balcony is insulated, then beets can be stored in it in winter. You need to put the fruits in a wooden box with sand. When storing root vegetables in sand, it prevents the formation of mold, vegetables do not get sick and do not dry out, completely retaining their appearance. You can replace sand with sawdust and peat.
Medium-sized fruits can be placed in boxes or other containers. Another option for storing beets in boxes on the balcony is to mix the fruits with ash and chalk.
3) Under the windows... If there is no balcony in the dwelling, then you can store the beets for the winter right in the apartment under the windows, just not near the battery. It is convenient to put the root crop in a bag that holds 40 kg. A larger volume will not be very comfortable to store under windows. The main condition for storage in bags is to seal it tightly so that no light comes in.
Although it is a little more difficult to keep beets for the winter in an apartment than in a private house, it is quite possible. The main thing is to follow all the recommendations.
In a private house
In a private house, most often there is a cellar or basement where you can successfully store beets for the winter, because there is maintained the necessary humidity t to preserve the harvest.
In the first month of storage, it is especially important to maintain appropriate conditions. If t rises, then there is a rapid multiplication of bacteria, mold and fungus appear.
To properly store beets in the cellar in winter, you must follow the following rules:
- There must be good air circulation in the cellar... Natural circulation is done by raising the beet containers 15 cm above the floor. This will keep the fruit cool and prevent fogging.
- In the cellar, lay out vegetables in bulk directly on the floor... To do this, you can spread plastic wrap and sprinkle vegetables in one layer.
- Some gardeners make special bins, walls up to a meter high... At the bottom of such structures, a fine mesh is installed 5-10 cm above the floor. This will provide ventilation for the plant.
- Store on top of potatoes in bags or boxes... In this case, it absorbs moisture and prevents the potatoes from deteriorating.
If you want to keep the beets in the cellar until spring, then it's best to follow the tips above.
The fruits can be processed, mixed with the following elements:
- sprinkle with table salt
- treat crates with brine
- put fern leaves on top.
Mix any of the ingredients with root vegetables immediately during preparation for storage.
Popular ways to save
There are other storage methods. You can also properly save beets for the winter in several ways:
- Dry... Alternatively, some of the beets can be dried in small pieces to add when stewing vegetables or preparing other dishes.
- Canning... There are a huge number of ways to preserve, pickle vegetables. It is very convenient to store preservation in glass containers.
- To freeze... You can successfully store beets in the freezer for the winter. It is especially important to store frozen beets in grated form for cooking borscht. To do this, you need to peel, grate and pack the vegetable into bags or special plastic containers and place in the freezer.
- Leave fresh and save beets for the winter at home using the above methods.
General advice - how to save beets for the winter
Experienced gardeners recommend:
- If severe frosts and insulation have begun, and glazing does not save, then you need to cover the harvest with a warm blanket.
- If the vegetables are stored on the balcony, and the room allows, then it is better to lay out the beets in one layer. Thus, it can be protected from decay.
- Leave the tops 1 cm, without cutting them to pulp. The vegetable is preserved much better in this form.
- In order not to waste time on cleaning and cooking root crops, you can stock up on ready-made dressings for borscht in the form of canned or frozen in advance.
- Vegetables should be checked regularly for mold and rot. Remove spoiled fruits, and rinse and dry the wet ones.
- To keep the beets well, you need to pay special attention to watering when growing crops. Also, don't give too much nitrogen fertilizer.
- Waterproof synthetic spacers can be used to store large quantities of beets. They need to be placed between vegetables in a container.
- From all unsuitable crops, you can prepare seaming for the winter.
Common mistakes when storing beets
To keep fresh beets at home for the whole winter, you need to do it according to certain rules. Unfortunately, many people make annoying mistakes that take away the joy of eating a delicious red vegetable in winter.
Therefore, it is worth knowing the main mistakes that can be made when saving beets at home:
- Storing beets next to radiators and other heating devices... In this case, the vegetable will quickly lose its elasticity and taste.
- If you wash vegetables before storing, then they will not survive for several weeks.
- Tops cut to pulp leads to the fact that microorganisms enter the vegetable.
- To monitor the room temperature, it is better to install a thermometer rather than try to set t at random.
- Choose early maturing varieties for storage in the winter.
- If a do not sort out periodically root crops, that is, the probability of contamination of the entire crop (and not only beets).
If you store the beets correctly, then you can feast on the vegetable throughout the winter and even more than half of the spring. Correctly preserved mid and late ripening varieties can be stored until the next season. The main thing is to take into account all recommendations for conditions: grade, air temperature, ventilation, humidity, storage location.
Good luck in preserving the beet harvest until spring!
How to save beets for the winter.
Beets, like any agricultural crop, differ in varieties of early, middle and late ripening.
The growth period is about 50-100 days.
Early varieties removed from the garden at the end of July. They are not designed for long-term storage.
Beetroot mid-season can be removed from the garden in September, it is well stored in winter.
Late ripening varieties are stored until spring, they are harvested before the first frosts.
You should not rush to harvest the root crop - only in the last phase of ripening, useful substances accumulate in it. But you can't keep ripe beets until frost. If the part protruding above the ground is caught by frost, then the vegetable will not survive until spring.
The maturity of beets is determined by their appearance. Most of the crop should reach the average size of the variety being grown. The lower part of the tops of a mature plant is dry or has a characteristic yellow color. And one more trick of correct collection - it is worth removing the root crop with a pitchfork.
Immediately from the garden, you cannot lower the beets into the basement or put them in the refrigerator. It needs to be prepared for long-term storage.
The tops are cut in the garden, leaving petioles about 1 cm long. Longer tops will begin to grow actively by winter.
The harvested crop is dried, cleaned of dirt and sorted. Lateral roots must be removed to avoid damage to the root crop. Shorten the main root to a length of 7 cm.
You can store beets outside, but for this you need to dig a hole. Indoors, beets are stored in basements, cellars, dark rooms, in the refrigerator or on the balcony.
Storage containers can be baskets, bags or boxes.
It is better to store beets in a cellar or basement, where the temperature does not rise above +2 degrees.
An increase in temperature to +4 ° C causes the growth of tops, which negatively affects the preservation of the vegetable.
Beets are lowered into the basement and stored in bulk.In this case, it is better to lay a wooden crate on the floor, and make small ventilation recesses in the walls of the room.
Another way to retain moisture is to store it in sand boxes. But the sand needs to be roasted in the sun. Pour the beets so that there is no contact between the vegetables, and the top layer covering the root crop should be more than 2 cm. Instead of sand, you can use kitchen salt or wood ash.
To exclude the possibility of infection during storage, sprinkle with chalk powder on the beets. Peat, shavings and sawdust are considered suitable for storage.
Beets can still be packaged and stored in plastic bags, but they must not be tied to allow free air access.
You can store beets in an apartment from three to four months. Beets can be placed in a sand box. In severe night frosts, the box with beets is covered with a cotton blanket.
During the entire storage period, the sand should be checked so that it does not become wet.
FROM guard with intramural beets can also be used with clay. To do this, you need to prepare a solution of water and oily clay. Add clay to the water so that the mixture is like sour cream.
Then each beet is dipped separately into the solution and allowed to dry. After the first layer has completely solidified, the procedure is repeated. So the beets will last until spring.
If you properly prepare the beets and organize storage, then you can use the harvest until the next summer season.


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Most people associate earthworms with nutrient-rich soil, healthy gardens, and compost piles. It turns out these creatures, which can be so helpful to backyard gardeners, may be harming North American forests.
Researchers suspect that the last ice age wiped out the vast majority of earthworm species in North America; almost no native earthworms can be found living in parts of the continent once covered by glaciers. European settlers reintroduced earthworms to regions that had developed worm-free ecosystems for thousands of years. Many of the worms likely hitched a ride in the soil used for ship ballast and in potted plants Europeans brought to farm in the New World. Other settlers intentionally brought worms to help vegetable gardens grow. Burrowing by worms lets air and water penetrate dense soil, and the worms break down nutrients so that some plants can absorb them more easily.
But hardwood forests are very different from gardens and farms. Before earthworms showed up, fallen leaves decayed slowly on the forest floor, creating a thick layer of organic matter (called the “duff” layer) that allowed many species of ferns, flowers, and saplings to grow. After worms have invaded a forest, they mix the duff layer into the soil and break down organic material much more quickly. Native plants and flowers can have a hard time adapting to this change and usually just die off, often supplanted by other invasive species, such as buckthorn. It’s easy to tell the difference between a worm-free forest and a wormy forest: the former has a thick layer of small ferns and shrubs, and the latter has nearly bare, hard packed soil.
Earthworms also change the chemical consistency of soil. A faster decomposition cycle in a forest’s soil allows active bacteria to release more CO2 into the atmosphere, and worms increase the overall pH of the soil making it harder for native species of plants and insects to survive. They also add potassium and phosphorous, which benefit some plants (especially crops) but not trees.
Northern states have begun asking people to be mindful of what they dump in forests to avoid the spread of earthworms. Fishermen in particular are cautioned not to release unused worms into the soil. Next time you dig up a plant in your vegetable garden and grasp a handful of black, wormy soil, remember that those tiny burrowers are also foreign invaders.
For more about early-American soil chemistry, check out this magazine article.
By Jacob Roberts
Image: A 1998 chemistry set for testing soil quality in CHF’s collections. Photograph by Gregory Tobias.


But the bulk of his accomplishments have been glossed over in popular culture, until now. Grist recently published an excellent overview of the real contributions Carver made, and why they have largely been ignored.
George Washington Carver died on January 5, 1943. Just a few months before his death, he published Nature's Garden for Victory and Peace, his contribution to the victory garden conversation during the Second World War.
Carver knew that access to land meant access to food, and even if Black families were denied access to land to grow gardens, they could forage in the wild public spaces or unclaimed verges of roads, edges of fields, etc. Still coming out of the Great Depression in 1941, people were eager to supplement often meager food supplies however they could. Free food was worth the labor to collect and process it.
Nature's Garden lays out not only the common and botanical names of many wild-growing and native greens and herbs, some with accompanying line drawings, but also advice for harvesting and processing, recipe suggestions, and advice on drying garden produce for long-term storage - cheaper and easier than canning, which required expensive equipment and jars.
Carver also includes references to Indigenous food uses, such as the use of sumac in making "lemonade," and directions for how to make "Lye Hominy," using the nixtamalizing process invented by Indigenous peoples in Mexico to hull corn and make the naturally-occurring niacin in the corn absorbable by the human body.
The booklet was given away free - one copy per person. Additional copies could be acquired at the cost of printing.
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It reads: "A simple, plain and appetizing salad made be made thus:
1 pint of finely shredded young dandelion leaves
1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
2 small radishes, finely chopped
1 tablespoon of minced parsley
1 tablespoon of sugar (can be left out)
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"Moisten thoroughly with weak vinegar or mayonnaise, mix, place in salad dish and garnish with slices of hard boiled egg and pickled beets. This is only one of the many delicious and appetizing salads that will readily suggest themselves to the resourceful housewife."
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- George Washington Carver Exhibit, National Agricultural Library, USDA
- "The land-healing work of George Washington Carver" on Grist
- "Carver’s Food Movement: How the famous botanist paved the way for today's 'sustainable agriculture'" in The Common Reader
- "Dr. George Washington Carver Biographical Information" - George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center
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Conventional clothing is killing our habitat: the textile industry is the 2nd most polluting on Earth, following petroleum.
One commercial cotton t-shirt requires 2 pounds of toxic pesticides applied to the ground. Cotton represents 5% of the world's farm land yet 25% of its pesticide use. A reasonable and practical way to avoid contributing to this ecological devastation is by choosing clothes that encourage farmers to transfer more acreage every year to organic/sustainable methods and crops.
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The manufacturing process is "closed-loop" meaning there is little to no waste. The eco-impact of this fabric is just 1/20th that of Cotton (including organic cotton).
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The SIAFD exhibitors showcase the latest technology, equipment, machinery and ideas so Ag-technology can continue to sustain the world’s growing population while working efficiently with the latest farming advances.
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Lots of people today are only interested in consuming organic food. They don’t eat other stuff because it’s been sprayed with pesticides. Doctors and the media are both are telling us that the traditional way our food has been grown, in an attempt to grow it quickly and protect it from damage, is resulting in an accumulation of pesticides and contaminates to consumers. There is even a market now for companies like Whole Foods that make it possible to buy food that has not been so touched and contaminated by man.
People have been spraying pesticides on vegetables and fruits for years in an attempt to fix a problem. But in the process, we have just created a new problem. These same pesticides are full of chemicals that are very damaging when introduced to the human body. The irony is that the less that mankind tampers with the process by means of pesticide use, the healthier the plants are. God takes care of it all without us messing it up.
Let’s make this application: At one time or another we have all allowed mankind to spray the pesticide of this world onto our souls, and then we’ve wondered why the hearts didn’t work correctly. When we fill our souls with worldly things instead of the peace that God offers us in Jesus, anxiety, bitterness, wrath, and things like these abound. But if we’ll stop being double minded and turn back to God and fill our hearts with His Word instead of the cares of the world, we’ll find out that our God knows just what He’s doing.
How did people eat before we started spraying all of this stuff? God knew what He was doing before and He knows that He’s doing now. All we have to do is allow Him to do His thing and stop trying to contaminate what He’s in the business of perfecting.
“Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.”
– James 4:8 NLT


As another season of aerial herbicide spraying begins, citizens of the Annapolis Valley are once again gathering to protest the use of glyphosate-based products on lands surrounding their communities.
On a dirt road in Burlington, King’s County Thursday evening, about 50 people, mostly locals, gathered next to a 45-hectare plot of land at the top of the North Mountain to protest planned spraying of forest there. A small faction of that group is setting up camp on the plot, intending to prevent spraying until Freeman and Sons Ltd. – which holds the application under the umbrella of ARF Enterprises, Inc. – or the provincial government says herbicides won’t be used.
Their concern: the carcinogenic dangers of glyphosate to community health, as well as the health of their surrounding forests and wildlife. And they want to see the product and practice banned.
“I find it very disturbing that there’s any thought of spraying in this area, or really any area in the province,” Leo Glavine, the spokesperson for the protestors, told the Halifax Examiner in an interview. “We now can go about selective harvesting. We don’t need to spray so only coniferous trees will go up… and of course, they’ll be clear cut.”
“To come and spray and create a monoculture adds to one of the greatest threats in our province – and nationally and globally – and that is the loss of biodiversity.”
Glavine, the province’s former health minister, who spoke against Glyphosate-based spraying when he was MLA for King’s West, also said people are concerned about the health effects of the chemical.
He and the protestors want to see the province ban the product. But glyphosate is approved as a herbicide by Health Canada, under federal jurisdiction, as an Environment and Climate Change spokesperson pointed out to the Examiner by email — as such, the department did not comment on whether it would consider a ban on glyphosate. And no province has taken it upon itself to ban it outright, though Montreal has stopped its sale over the counter as a weed killer.
So protestors in Kings County have contacted their local politicians.
Municipal councillor for the area Dick Killam was at the rally in support of a ban.
MLA Chris Palmer did not attend. He told the Examiner in an email he’d “continue to engage” with his constituents about their concerns, but the land is privately owned and has been approved for spraying in accordance with Health Canada guidelines. Similarly, Chris d’Entremont, MP for West Nova, said he’d rather not see spraying happen, but needed more information to be dissuaded from the “rigorous guidelines” that surround a practice that’s been going on for decades.
The province hasn’t approved the practice for Crown land in recent years though.
It did approve three new applications in August for aerial pesticide spraying on private lands, covering 2,306 hectares across the province which includes the land where protestors have set up camp in Burlington (The site is listed under Victoria Harbour on the provincial list). The approval holders, aside from ARF Enterprises, are JD Irving Ltd. and Wagner Forest NS, Ltd., and the proposed timeline for spraying ends Sept. 30, though approvals don’t expire until Dec. 31.
All three applications will use glyphosate-based herbicides, either Timberline or Vision Max.
Herbicides are dumped from a helicopter above the targeted land, killing unwanted trees and vegetation.
Rosemary Mapplebeck lives down the road from the site in Burlington. She was at the rally Thursday and said she’s worried winds and heavy rains could spread aerial spray beyond the bounds of the approved lot.
“We live on the mountain, right? And my concern is the water,” she told the Examiner. “Yesterday we had some pretty heavy rains. And if [the spray] is up there, and it runs down…and into the brooks. Usually the water would run down the field and underneath the roadway and then across and down into a pond behind the other neighbours, right? And it runs down through our land as well.”
The federal government warns users of the following “environmental precautions,” among others, when using Timberline herbicide, the spray being used in Burlington:
- TOXIC to aquatic organisms and non-target terrestrial plants.
- To reduce runoff from treated areas into aquatic habitats, avoid application to areas with a moderate to steep slope, compacted soil or clay.
- Avoid application when heavy rain is forecast.
Glyphosate is a probable carcinogen, according to the World Health Organization, and numerous studies have pointed to the potential harmful health effects of the chemical in wildlife. A recent University of Arizona study found prolonged exposure to glyphosate can lead to neurological damage that may lead to Alzheimer’s.
The Examiner reported on the effects of glyphosate in 2020 (and as far back as 2016), when Kings County locals protested similar spraying in the area. Those protests ultimately prevented the use of herbicides on the same land where residents rallied Thursday.
Aside from the potential side effects, there are also questions about the actual aim of glyphosate-based herbicide spraying in forestry. When harvesting softwood, glyphosate is used to kill competing hardwood species. This makes it easier to harvest the remaining softwood through clearcutting. The practice creates a monoculture of trees, diminishing biodiversity.
Similar concerns have inspired others in Digby and Annapolis Counties to take action against approved spraying near their communities.
Keith Joyce is camped out on one such site in Digby County, and plans to stay there as long as spraying is approved.
“There’s myself and two other people who have been camping out here overnight. And we expect more on the way,” he told the Examiner in a phone interview. “I’m just stunned they’re still allowing these toxins to be sprayed on the environment.”
Spraying on newly approved sites in Digby and Kings Counties is planned to begin after Labour Day, but camped out protestors hope to delay it until the proposed timeline passes at the end of the month. At that point, they believe they’ll have stopped spraying at a few locations for another season.
Spraying in Annapolis County was also planned to start next week, but a lack of public notice caused by an error – Annapolis County was accidentally left off the list of areas to be sprayed – pushed back the start date to Sept. 19.
The Examiner emailed Freeman and Sons to ask whether an alternative to herbicide spraying could be considered, but had yet to receive a response by the time this article was published.
But Glavine is optimistic that Freeman and Sons, like Five Islands – the company that sold the land after protestors prevented spraying there in 2020 – will decide against using herbicides.
“I believe they will respect the people of this community, who are against having the section of the North Mountain become a monoculture of coniferous trees, and respect the natural area that these people live in and work every day.”


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A family in Sugar Creek, Missouri has been given four days to tear out their entire vegetable garden or face a fine from their municipality.
Their terrible offense? Planting vegetables in their front yard.
What makes the situation even more unfair is the fact that the ordinance under which the city is fining Nathan Athans and his family was just passed on March 28, 2016. Because of that remarkably convenient timing, Athans believes he is being personally targeted.
He would move the garden to the backyard but it doesn’t get adequate sunlight, so the vegetables can’t grow there.
The new law says the garden has to be at least 30 feet from the road, which isn’t possible on Athans’ property.
That last word is what makes this all so ridiculous: It is, in fact, private property.
A front yard vegetable garden might not be to everyone’s taste, but that doesn’t justify using the government to force gardeners to comply with other people’s preferences.
Unfortunately, Sugar Creek is far from the only city to pull this sort of invasive nonsense. While vegetable gardens were once actively promoted by the government, in the last few decades they’ve come under fire in many municipalities around the country:
— An Orlando family was threatened with fines as high as $500 per day for their front yard vegetable garden—apparently they’d run afoul of a city ordinance requiring people to plant grass, shrubs, and other “traditional landscaping” options on their properties.
— In Miami Shores, FL, a couple was forced to uproot their 17-year-old vegetable garden in the face of city fines of up to $1500 per month.
— In Oak Park, MI, a woman was threatened with 90+ days of jail time for her vegetable garden. After she hired a lawyer, the case was temporarily dismissed, but could be renewed at any time.
— In Tulsa, OK, city officials actually destroyed a woman’s garden for the “crime” of having non-tree plants taller than 12 inches in her front yard. She was out of work and had been relying on her garden for food while money was tight.
— And then there’s Oakland, CA, where you can grow all the fresh vegetables you want… but if you want to sell any of them, be prepared to buy a pricey permit from the city to do so.
All of these anti-garden laws are born out of two dangerous convictions: First, that the government should be allowed to regulate peaceful, voluntary activities that people do with their own property. Second, that not liking something is ample justification for banning it.
Both of these are dead wrong. While vegetable gardens may not seem like a big deal, allowing this type of state invasion into our personal lives sets a terrible precedent for governance.


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Frequently asked Questions about improving and breaking up clay soil answered on this page.
What is clay soil? What are the problems associated with having clay soil in a garden?
What's good about clay soils? How can I improve and break up clay soil?
When is the best time of the year to dig clay soil ?
Recommended tools and materials further down this page.
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Tips to improve and break up clay and improve the structure and drainage of heavy clay soil.
Improving clay soil and digging tips.
How to improve clay soil for growing plants in my garden.
If the clay is not causing water logging but you want to improve the structure and break up hard soil to make digging easier, these tips may help.
Clay soil can be a good thing, a lot of plants grow well in it.
Clay soils are hard to dig but retain moisture better than sandy soil, clay is also rich in the nutrients plants need to grow, holding calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Improving the soil to make it easier to dig is a better and cheapest option than replacing it.
What is clay soil? Clay soil is composed of mostly clay particles. Soil that consists of over 50% clay particles is referred to as heavy clay.
Carry out this simple test to find out if you have clay soil: if the soil sticks to your wellies, garden spade and fork like glue and forms big hard lumps of soil that are difficult to break up and the garden surface cracks up in dry weather, it's clay.
What is bad about clay soil in my garden. Clay soil can be a nuisance, even if it's not waterlogged. Hard clay soil is hard to dig and although many trees and shrubs grow well in clay, the roots of the some annuals, perennials, and vegetables, especially root crops like carrots and turnips can't grow their way through heavy clay. Clay soil is slow draining, slow to warm up in spring and compacts easily into large hard lumps of soil making it difficult for plant roots to grow. In dry weather the surface cracks up.
What's good about clay soils?
Clay soils retain moisture better than sandy soil, handy during long dry spells. It's also rich in the nutrients plants need to grow, holding calcium, potassium, and magnesium.See the note below to understand a little more about calcium, potassium, and magnesium in garden soil.
How can I improve and break up clay soil? It's possible, with some hard work, to make clay soil more workable and suitable for planting and growing most plants and at the same time keeping the good things about clay such as nutrients essential for plant growth. Clay also has moisture retention properties.
Improving Clay Soil.
Improving your clay soil will take a lot of digging but will improve the structure of your soil and make it easier to work with. Their are two main stages: the hard work to change and improve the clay soil, followed up with the easier but just as important once a year maintenance, needed to continue improving your soil. Two simple ways to improve clay soil and maintain the improvement further down the page.
When is the best time of the year to dig clay soil ? The best time of year to improve clay soil is late Spring or early Summer, right after the frosts have finished and the clay has warmed up.
The best tools to use digging clay.
Cheap spades and forks are not much use when digging clay soil, the handles bend and break and the fork prongs bend, I have broken more than i care to remember.
For just a few pounds more I recommend the "neverbend" spades and forks I have listed below, most good gardening equipment shops stock them or you can buy now from Amazon.
Don't try digging frozen, frosted or baked clay. It's impossible even with these tools.
This TreadedDigging Spade has a solid forged carbon steel head and long lipped socket, riveted for added strength. The head has a tread to make digging in clay more comfortable.
The spade is designed for garden professionalials using tools in the most demanding conditions. If you are digging clay, this spade is worth the extra few pounds.
Blade/ Head Size - 290mm x 190mm (11½" x 7½") Shaft Size - 710mm (28"
Correct rake for raking and breaking up clay soil.
Over the years I have broken more ordinary garden rakes raking clay than I care to remember I have used this Heavy duty all steel garden rake for years and its still being used by my team.
It is strong enough and suitable for raking and breaking up heavy clay soil. Its 1500mm long heavy gauge tubular handle is designed for raking tarmac and is almost unbreakable even on clay soil.
This Fork has the same heavy duty construction features as the spade, making it a Ideal fork for digging clay. It also has extra wide tines to lesson the chances of clogging up like an ordinary garden fork.
The fork is aimed at the garden professional using tools in the most demanding conditions.
Features & Benefits: • Solid forged carbon steel head and socket • Extra wide tines for lifting potatoes • Hammer finish epoxy coated head for improved resistance to rust, scratches, humidity and alkalines in the soil • Weatherproofed hardwood shaft for greater durability Specifications: Blade/ Head Size - 280mm x 180mm (11" x 7") Shaft Size - 710mm (28")
Grit sand for breaking up and improving heavy clay soil.
It's extra work but worth spreading a one or two inch layer of grit sand across the clay soil before spreading the organic matter and digging the whole lot in at the same time. This will help break up even heavy clay soil. You will need to work at it over the years by repeating the process though. Baked clay is almost impossible to break up, rotivate or dig, it's easier to spread the organic matter and grit and wait until the worms have done some of the work for you.
This is the Sharp Sand I use its composed of grains of rock, with a high percentage of larger grain sizes making it ideal for improving clay soil. Use this calculatorto work out how much you need.
Bulk bags weigh a minimum of 850kg, cost under £70 with free delivery.
The best way to improve and break up clay soil long term.
There are no short cuts. Digging out and improving a small area or a planting hole doesn't work. The plant will be ok for a while but as it starts sending out roots that hit the hard clay, they will start circling around in the planting hole, just like in a flowerpot and will become pot bound.
The other problem with just improving a small area is the surface water draining from the clay into the area you have improved and subsequently water logging the area.
So it's best to improve an entire planting area, decide how much of the garden you want to improve and dig out any plants you want to keep.
1 You will need to cover the entire area with about 8" of organic matter. This could be anything that hasn't been treated with chemicals, compost from your compost heap, rotted manure or lawn cuttings.
2 Now the hard bit, this can be done over several days. Dig the organic matter into the top 10" of the clay soil, trying not to compact the dug soil. Digging in with a spade is the best way but using a rotivator works ok too. Be careful if you are going to use a rotivator, it's likely to bounce off the compacted clay until you have got the hang of it.
The garden bed will be a couple of inches higher when you have finished improving the clay soil and will settle down over a season.
3 Add more organic matter to the top of the garden bed each year, as the clay soil improves, this can be left on the surface for the worms to take it down into the clay for you.
How soon can I plant in the improved soil. As soon as you have recovered from digging it all in. And remember - try not to compact the freshly dug soil.


Grandpa always said in gardening, a crop grown in the same field year after year wouldn’t yield successful crops. We too believe a soil change is good. And, metaphorically, that’s what we have been up to for the last few years.
Here’s grandpa in 1926 at age 6 picking cucumbers with his wagon. Farming, growing things and family have been a staple in our lives from the beginning.
The last six years have been the best and most consuming journey of our lives. The crazy-good support we have had from the community, our customers, friends and family is overwhelming. The time has come for our soil to be churned up a bit. True to our roots all along, anyone who really knows us, also knows we have wanted a farm for a long time. And we bought one in September.
Since our humble beginning 2012 on Jefferson Street, we have grown unbelievably fast thanks to our loyal friends and customers. When we began this journey, our goal was to simplify our life and slow down our crazy world filled with two full time jobs, chaotic sports schedules and lots of corporate travel. Our kids were just beginning middle school and life seemed to be speeding up, even as we were trying to slow it down.
What’s most important to us is to continue to be a small part of each person’s story where they are in their journey. We also want to testify that God is most definitely using us as a way to serve others. So our sweet little version of a farm began planting roots in mid October moving our family, with a vision of planting our pumpkins, and seeding our flowers and living a bit off-the-grid.
Keep up with us here to share in our ever-evolving story. This has been a dream come true thanks to all of the love and support of our monkey followers, friends and family.


WHERE WE COME FROM...
Bill Mattick, born in Saskatchewan, moved to
Victoria with his family shortly after losing an arm
in a farming accident.
After graduating high school in Victoria, Bill
worked as a farmhand on W.T. Edward's strawberry and
daffodil farm. This ultimately led him to the
decision of becoming a farmer, rather than labour
for others. He then rented the Mitchell Farm on
Ferndale road and purchased 24 hectares of land,
which is now known as the main campus of the
University of Victoria.
After selling the UVic farm, Bill Mattick
purchased, christened, and cleared Mattick's Farm,
on which he grew flowers and vegetables.
In the following years, Bill became very
prosperous by partnering with
Geoff Vantreight to expand their daffodil sales to
eastern Canada. After deciding it was
unnecessary to sell produce through a
middleman, Bill built a log cabin and the
main market building with a parking lot
attached to sell his produce. He opened a
roadside stand in 1957 where our place is
today, added a tea garden, and over the
decades the business grew here at
Mattick's Farm into
premiere shopping destination with over
15 shops and boutiques to chose from. If you
are expecting shopping to be fabulous, we
can guarantee you will find that one of a
kind discovery, so come and explore and see
what we have to offer.


HCG Diet & Natural Wellness Blog
The Importance of Grass Fed Beef
|January 22, 2014|
Grass Fed Beef is the Healthiest Choice for Beef on the HCG Diet and in Everyday Life
Food is just not the same as it was 100 years ago. The processing that goes into many of our food sources seriously changes its nutritional value. I have found that many of our patients do best on a paleo type of diet. When it comes to animal products and meats I strongly feel that grass fed animals are the safest and purest meat available. It is important to look up the food chain at the diet the animals we consume may be eating and to be aware as to how their diet actually changes the nutritional content of their meat, milk, etc. We like to educate our HCG Diet patients about the quality of meats and help them to make the healthiest choices possible in their diet on the program and in every day life.
What do Conventionally Raised Cows eat? Seriously ... it is BAD!
Conventionally raised cows eat a diet that is rich in GMO corn and soy. In many conventional farming practices, they fatten up their feed with additional sugar from GMO sugar beets & cottonseed as well as added proteins, CLA from GMO rapeseed or canola oil as well as omega 3 fatty acids. They have to add these extra nutrients in as the cows are not getting them naturally from the grasses. Cotton is generally treated as a textile and not a "food" crop and therefore has less restriction around the pesticides that can be used. In other words, conventional farmers feed their animals a lot of GMO toxic material. These foods are mainly laboratory produced with no long term studies. Short term animal studies using these foods have produced poor quality of life.
The Facts of GMO Foods and Livestock
More than49% of all GMO corn is given to our livestock and only 2% of the GMO soybeans grown become human food -- 98% of it goes to animal. I find this pretty horrifying. I would not want to be eating the meat from these animals especially when you realize all of the pesticides and posions and genetic modifications that are in these crops. These farming practices are also harming our environment.
Grass Fed Beef ... The way to go!
Grass Fed Beef has a perfect ratio of omega 3 to omega 6. Conventional beef has a higher omega 6 to omega 3 content which is known to be a ratio of imfammation. Grass Fed Beef has higher levels of Vitamin A, Vitamin K2, Vitamin E and trace minerals than conventional beef and is herbicide, pesticide, antibiotic and GMO free.
I'll take the grass fed please.
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Green Mann Stamps
Isle of Man – Isle of Man Post Office is pleased to present a set of six stamps which have been designed by Manx artist Nicola Dixon. The stamps celebrate the Island’s landscape, horticultural, farming and fishing heritage which has encouraged a rich and growing diversity of contemporary food producers on the Isle of Man. The collection is due for release on 27th April 2017.
The issue has accompanying text by Chris Collins, former Blue Peter head gardener and who more recently appeared as a judge on ‘Young Gardener of the Year’ and presented his own BBC4 documentary ‘Wonder of Weeds’. Chris highlights the benefits of local produce and describes the Isle of Man as a treasure trove in this regard due to the abundance of fruit orchards, fresh fish, farm products and fresh veg. He enthuses about the use of the stamps to promote and educate the Island’s population about its own locally grown produce and the benefits it provides.
In supporting Chris’ views, the Isle of Man Government has its own Food Matters strategy, which promotes the growth of the Island’s food and drink sector and assists businesses to start up and expand. For centuries, farmers, growers and fisherman have shaped the diverse landscape and rich heritage of the Island, which has seen consumers’ ever increasing purchase of local produce and farmers and food producers become more entrepreneurial. In 2016, 28 UK Great Taste Awards were won by 13 different Manx businesses ranging from fresh meat, ale and cheese, to bread, flour and spices.
The six stamps in the collection feature artist Nicola Dixon’s bright distinctive style interspersed with her use of Celtic interlace and spiritual elements, notably the triskel, a triple spiral and complex Celtic symbol which is often referred to as a triskelion. The first stamp, ‘Farm to Yarn’, shows the native Manx Loaghtan sheep standing on a rock with a triskel design. The second stamp, ‘Fish to Dish’, highlights the fishing industry of the Island and the rich rewards that are found in its waters. The third is called ‘Welly to Belly’ and depicts vegetables that are grown locally. The fourth stamp, ‘Cow to Cup’, has a table of dairy products produced on the Island from local cows. The penultimate stamp, ‘Tree to Table’, reflects the abundant orchards of the Island and the deep roots of the trees on the land. The final stamp, ‘Field to Fork’, depicts a combine harvester farming the fields and the produce that comes from it.
Commenting, Chris Collins, said: “It’s a privilege for me to be asked be a part of this wonderful project. Not least to promote and let the world know about the excellent fresh produce currently being produced by the Isle of Man but also to be working with such a friendly Island and its generous people.”
Isle of Man Stamps and Coins General Manager Maxine Cannon, said: “We are delighted to be able to showcase the Island’s rich heritage and contemporary food industry in this collection. We’d like to thank Chris Collins for his fantastic endorsement of the Island’s food industry and Nicola Dixon for her stunning artwork that brings the meaning of the industry to life.”
Issue Date: 03.05.2017
Designer: EJC Design
Process: Offset Lithography + spot UV varnish
Colours: 4 Colours
Size: 24 x 46mm


RL - MM Lawn Aerator
RL - MM - Lawn aerator MultiTool. Designed to uniformly perforate the surface of the lawn allowing air, moisture and nutrients to get to the roots. All attachments sold separately.
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- Hose length:25m.Tube diameter: 4mm.
- There are 30pcs mini spare head with 25m micro-pipe(For normal water pressure,it can supply 10-15m or more ,the remaining can be used for supplement).
- Easy to use: all-in-one drip system installs in as little as 15 minutes, so you can start watering your plants right away.
- This drip irrigation kits can covers up to a large square feet, allowing you to set up a drip system that will meet the needs of your flowerbeds, potted plants and gardens.
- The supply tubing are threaded just like a hose, making it easy to hook up and start using your system.
It is a widely use irrigation kits, hot selling garden watering system, good irrigation system, we can use it in automatic watering flowers,automatic plant watering,auto watering. It can save your time and water. Auto irrigation system, it is good at watering plants and flowers.This system also reduces water usage by up to 70% over traditional sprinklers by focusing water directly to the root.
-DIY micro drip set.
-Each dripper can be adjusted individually.According to the different water requirement of each plant,you can adjust the different drip rate,the minimum case can be completely closed ,so the drip will not drip .
-No pressurization, normal tap water can be used directly, if the wells or towers and other water, you need additional pressure.
-Installation is simple and convenient, connect the family faucet to use.
-Applicable to spray cooling, flower pots, flower pots, flower beds, trees and other watering, especially for potted plants watering.
Color: As the picture
Hose Length: Approx. 25m .Tube diameter: 4mm.
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29* tee joint
30* adjustable dripper
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2:Please put the connected part of the hose into the hot water for 10 seconds before assembling.
3:We provide adequate hose and other accessories ,so if there is any abrasion or damage during installation or using ,you can replace it at any time.
4:We provide 25m 4/7 mm hose,so you can intercept suitable hose based on your requirement and your water pressure.
5:For normal water pressure,it can supply 10-15m or more ,the remaining can be used for supplement.
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1. Article: Triple categorical regression for genomic selection: application to cassava breeding.
Submitted to Scientia Agricola
Genome-wide selection (GWS) is currently a technique of great importance in plant breeding, since it improves the efficiency of genetic evaluations by increasing the genetic gains. The process is based on genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) obtained through phenotypic and dense marker genomic information. In this context, GEBVs of individuals are calculated through appropriate models, which estimate the effect of each marker on phenotypes, thus allowing the early identification of genetically superior individuals. However, GWS leads to statistical challenges, owing to high dimensionality and multicollinearity problems. These challenges require the use of statistical methods to approach the regularization of the estimation process. In this regard, we aimed to propose a method denominated as triple categorical regression (TCR) and compare it with the genomic best linear unbiased predictor (G-BLUP) and Bayesian least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (BLASSO) methods that have been widely applied to GWS. The methods were evaluated in simulated populations considering four different scenarios. Additionally, a modification of the G-BLUP method was proposed on the basis of the TCR-estimated (TCR/G-BLUP) results. All methods were applied to real data of cassava (Manihot esculenta) with the aim to increase the efficiency of a current breeding program. The methods were compared through independent validation and efficiency measures, such as prediction accuracy, bias, and recovered genomic heritability. The TCR method was suitable for estimating variance components and heritability, and the TCR/G-BLUP method provided efficient GEBV predictions. In summary, the proposed methods should provide new insights for GWS.
Keywords: Genomic prediction, G-BLUP, BLASSO, genomic heritability.
R code: TCR CODE
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prune: [noun] a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation. May 22, · Here is how to prune a plum tree: 1. Start by cutting away any dead, diseased or damaged wood. Cuts should be made as close to the main limb of the tree as possible so as not to leave any stumps. 2. Next, remove branches that are crossing, growing inwards or clustered together, to thin the tree. Again, these cuts should be made as near to the. Jan 18, · Young plum trees (up to three years old) are best lightly pruned in spring. The most popular way to prune is to create a ‘bush’ shape with an open centre – like a goblet or wine glass. This means that light, air and sun can get to the developing fruits. Prune when the buds are just bursting, or when the tree is just beginning to flower.
4 Reasons Why Your Fruit Tree is Not Producing Fruit
Jul 26, · They range from the dwarf lemon tree, which can grow 2 to 8 feet to m), to standard trees that can reach 15 feet ( m) or higher. The Meyer lemon can be grown in a pot and still produce regular-sized lemons for its owner. Regardless of the size of your tree, you should learn how to prune a lemon tree to a suitable shape. Apr 28, · The ideal time to prune a crabapple tree is late winter or early spring, before the new set of leaves begin to appear. You can also get away with pruning in mid- or early winter, though this may make the tree more vulnerable to cold-related injury. Plant a Plum Seed. Jun 06, · It is best to prune when your tree is dormant- when the canopy is bare. Pruning keeps plum trees a manageable size and helps to energize new buds for fruiting. Why is the Santa Rosa Plum Tree More Popular than Others? Santas Rosa plum trees are the most popular plum tree for amateur gardeners, and for good reasons.
Prune to create an open center on young plum trees. Once you have established the open center with no central leader, you can cut back on your pruning in later. Peach, nectarine, apricot, cherry and plum are usually pruned as open center trees. In this system, at planting the tree is headed at the point where the future. As well, your tree may be putting a lot of energy into making leaves, so remember to prune the tree once a year, in early spring or late winter, to remove. Growing Fruit Trees: Prunes/ Plums. Proper Care of Trees for Noxious Pest Avoidance. Before Planting your Tree. Prune/ plum trees can only produce healthy. May 13, · The Stanley Plum Tree, also known as the Stanley Prune Plum Tree, is a showstopping, late September plum that has become the standard for which all plums are measured by. Easy to grow, beautiful to look upon, and a consistent producer, the Stanley Plum Tree is a must-have addition to your home orchard or edible landscape. Mar 27, · Create First Scaffold Whorl on the Plum Tree. The next spring, you have three different pruning jobs to perform: Remove all but the best branches, shorten these "best" branches, and head back to the leader again. Look over the plum tree and determine what its four best branches are at a level of about 18 to 24 inches up from the ground. A Reachables tree produces full-sized fruits, but on a smaller tree. That makes it easier to fit into your garden, orchard—or even a container. Thanks to state-of-the-art rootstock technology, these trees stay manageable allowing one person to prune, spray, net and harvest the tree—all while standing on the ground. No ladders required!


It is a pleasure to announce that from now on SAMCLA becomes part of the Scarabelli Group
After 20 years of experience, we think this is the best decision to give our brand the impulse it deserves and that the market and our customers demand.
We do it with a leading company in the distribution of irrigation products in the Italian market, with 50 years of history, with whom SAMCLA has been collaborating for almost 10 years and with whom we share a non-negotiable vocation of service.
Manel Claus and Jordi Samon, founding partners of SAMCLA, will continue leading this project with the highest ambition, as always, to make our products available everywhere, to improve the offer and above all, to guarantee the quality and service that Telemanagement systems demand. We would like to take this moment to thank all our clients, partners and collaborators for their trust during all these years, without which SAMCLA would not be what it is and without which this future project would not be possible. We hope to continue counting on your trust in this new and exciting stage that is just beginning.


体彩11选五开奖结果:Soybean production continues to rise in China
山东十一选五 www.rtbce.com By Wang Xiaodong | www.rtbce.com | Updated: 2019-06-26 15:44
Soybean crops in China are expected to exceed 8.6 million hectares this year, making for the fourth year of consecutive growth, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Wednesday.
Monitoring by the ministry showed soybean planting during both spring and summer this year has increased across China, with a greater increase in Northeast China, the primary soybean production area, Pan Wenbo, chief for farming supervision at the ministry, said at a news conference.
The ministry has carried out a plan to revive soybean production since the beginning of this year, aiming to increase domestic production to reduce the growing gap between supply and demand for the product in recent years, he said.
With the implementation of the plan, it is expected soybean crops in China will increase to 9.3 million hectares by the end of next year, and the production of soybeans per hectare will also increase.
With increasing domestic demand for protein and edible oil, demand for soybeans has been increasing in China in recent years. Soybeans are a major agricultural product import, with most soybeans consumed in China imported.


On May 2, 2017, Kingsville Public School (KPS) and the Primary School affiliated to Chinese Agricultural University (NDFX) held a Skype meeting on the theme of Chinese culture. Students and teachers from NDFX showed their KPS friends how to paper-cut the Chinese character “囍,” which means double happiness in Chinese. Teachers, students and principals from KPS actively participated in their online interaction with NDFX.
On June 15, 2017, the sister school held another Skype meeting for their students to exchange information about their garden project. KPS students introduced their garden to NDFX students and vice versa.The students deiced to share about what they are planting in their garden and how in their future Skype meeting.
At the Skype meeting on May 3, 2018, NDFX students shared with KPS students what they are planting in their roof garden and how using pictures and videos. In addition, KPS’s principal, Mr. James Cowper introduced Ontario’s special education program to teachers, students and principals at NDFX.
2018年5月3号，加拿大金斯维尔小学和北京农大附小进行了一次视频交流会。农大附小的同学通过视频和照片向加拿大的朋友们他们的顶楼种植园里面的植物，还有包括他们是如果种植这些植物的。校长Mr. Cowper 也向中方的老师和学生介绍了安大略省的特殊教育项目


ELANCO Source Water Collaborative
The Eastern Lancaster County (ELANCO) Source Water Collaborative hosted a workshop entitled, Protecting Your Water Begins with Your Land. The workshop invited government, the local farming community, and environmental organizations to co-mingle and learn about new findings in farming best management practices.
Although the theme of the workshop was farming best management practices, the underlying theme in each presentation was communication. Whether it was a member of a federal agency, a conservation organization or a representative of the Mennonite community, each person that spoke promoted respecting differences, seeing from all points of view and coming together to work towards a better balance of environmental conservation and profit maximization.
The event’s keynote speaker, Ray Archuleta promoted soil health in an informative way that simply made sense. Using fantastic demonstrations, he showed how conventional farming techniques strip the soil of nutrients and the ability to form aggregates and hold water. By improving the health of the soil, not only do we increase farmers’ yields, but we also prevent soil runoff and erosion, improving our water quality. Ray’s speech was so engaging that during the exhibition session, farmers crowded around him to discuss the topics further.
The workshop was an eye opener, not only for the community, who was there to learn about, or possibly criticize, the suggestions the workshop was providing, but to the educators, environmental activists, vendors and agency workers. No one in the room expected such a successful workshop and for so many different people to get along so wonderfully. It really inspired hope that we can work together on these critical issues.
If you’d like more information on soil health, you can check out some of Ray’s demonstrations on his Vimeo page at http://www.vimeo.com/channels/raythesoilguy.
The videos are short (about a minute for most) but really do say a lot.