Organic Gardening

More Pollinators and More Nitrogen: Planting Clover Cover Crops in Your Orchard The inclusion of a clover cover crop within orchards has gained momentum as a sustainable and beneficial practice. Adding clover to an orchard not only helps your fruit trees thrive, it helps bring in a host of pollinators.

Growing Herbs for Permaculture Gardening: Enhancing Sustainability and Flavor In this blog, we will explore the benefits of growing herbs in a permaculture garden, discuss the concept of companion planting, and provide valuable tips for cultivating popular herbs such as garlic chives, fernleaf dill, oregano, thyme, sage, chamomile, rosemary and parsley.

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Linear Food Forest | Permaculture for Farm or Yard | How it Can Be Applied Anywhere A linear food forest or linear permaculture design has so many applications! This method works well for larger homestead applications all the way down to small yards. Learn how Jane and Wink at EarthDance Farms use different tiers of crops under their fruit trees to create a permaculture design that also helps control water runoff. This design mimics a forest's edge and is ideal for low-maintenance and diverse yields!

EarthDance Organic Teaching Farm | Rooted in Community Earthdance Farm, in Ferguson, MO, has such an inspiring history and mission. Meet Molly and learn about their journey as an Organic Teaching Farm and how it's impacted the local community.

How to Control Armored Scale Insects Damage from armored scale insects can result in leaf drop or branch dieback, luckily these pests can be prevented and controlled.

How to get rid of aphids on your fruit tree WATCH NOW

How to Get Rid of Aphids on Apple Trees: Easy Video Guide Fruit trees are no stranger to aphids but can easily be controlled using simple methods. Easily identified by their small size and large grouping, aphids can come in many different colors.

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Planting Seed Potatoes in 7 Simple Steps – With Video Katie shows you how to easily plant seed potatoes in her home garden at the Howard Homestead in seven simple steps.

How to Prepare Seed Potatoes for Planting with Video

How to Prepare Seed Potatoes for Planting - With Video Katie demonstrates how to prepare your seed potatoes for planting, and talks about the importance of adding certified disease-free potatoes to your growing space. She shows cutting, healing, and callousing Caribou Russet, Dark Red Norland, and Yukon Gem varieties.

Getting to Know Your Food Source Following the year 2020, our country continues to face extraordinary challenges. Many of us are turning to backyard food production to both save money and feel secure about our food supply. Stark Bro’s has always taken our mission to educate and support the home grower seriously, and we’re still here for you today.