Coping with Rampant Food Inflation

Posted on October 24, 2012 by bmarkham

Official inflation numbers don’t take the costs of food and energy into account. But the cost of food is rising fast as the following table demonstrates: Just LOOK at that!  The price of potatoes has quadrupled and the prices of many other things have doubled or tripled. Crazy!  No wonder people are feeling broke on […]

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Squash, cucumbers and Other Vines in Raised Beds

Posted on April 29, 2012 by admin

One benefit of having a website with a contact form is that I get a lot of feedback and questions. One question that has come up a few times is how to handle vining crops in raised beds. This is a good question because grown traditionally, a single acorn squash plant could take over an […]

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