I had a fun morning last week working with my fellow Rockwall County Master Gardeners to look at their problem soils under the microscope. I’d done a brief class about the Soil Food Web at the February meeting. Last week’s […]
Food For Thought: Don’t Be Fooled – Stay Educated About Your Food Purchases – Last updated March 22, 2017 As Spring gets underway, roadside produce stands and farmers markets will be booming with customer traffic. These can offer excellent opportunities […]
Our Barking Cat Farm Day is part of HMI’s Open Gate Learning Series. Open Gates are peer-to-peer action-based learning days with short presentations and small group exercises geared for participants to share discoveries and management techniques with guidance from experienced facilitators and producers. Whether you […]
Did you know that healthy soil is alive & brimming with biological activity? Do you know what you call soil that has no life in it? Dirt! The soil food web is the community of organisms living all or part […]
Probably the most important thing that happened to us in 2012 was that we were selected to be in the first class of Beginning Women Farmers and Ranchers in Texas conducted by Holistic Management International. Only 33 women were selected so […]