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Designing a Farm for Long-Term Crop Rotations (FSFS263)

Designing a Farm for Long-Term Crop Rotations (FSFS263)

FromFarm Small Farm Smart


Designing a Farm for Long-Term Crop Rotations (FSFS263)

FromFarm Small Farm Smart

ratings:
Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Nov 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When doing an initial layout design for your farm, how do you think about what goes where? What teacher-turned-farmer Chad Gard of Hole in the Woods Farm took into account during their initial planning phase were field blocks and crop rotation. Now, their field blocks are rotated in a 12-year cycle, intentionally switching out different crop families to promote diversity in their soils. Learn more about Hole in the Woods Farm.  Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment at https://www.paperpot.co/ Follow Diego on IG https://instagram.com/diegofooter Follow PaperpotCo on IG https://instagram.com/paperpot
Released:
Nov 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Weekly insights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably. The show is hosted by Diego Footer of Permaculture Voices. Each week I talk with a beginning, or experienced farmer diving deep into their story to find out what makes their market farm successful. I focus on farming challenges and struggles, sales and marketing, soil preparation, weed management, post harvest processing, appropriate technology, farm startup, market selection, and work-life balance.