Ideas, experience and practical knowledge for healthier soils, resilient crops and better farming.

Browse Topics

Cover Crops · Fruit · Fruit and Nuts · Our Articles · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Health · Wine Grapes
I am a fifth generation farmer and agronomist from Portugal. I worked as farm manager, mostly in vineyards and wineries for some
Apples · Our Articles

Some apple varieties are quite susceptible to apple scab, while others are resistant. Plant sap analysis indicates the resistant varieties are much

Apples · Fruit · Fruit and Nuts · Our Articles

Supposedly when terminal buds are set on new growth shoots, that is all the new growth that will occur for the remainder

Fruit · Fruit and Nuts · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · Plums

This grower believes he has exceptional leaf size on his plums. And it is true, he does. He also has visual indicators

Fruit · Fruit and Nuts · Peaches

In this post, I am not including a photo in the post itself, but only as a featured image. I am presuming

Fruit and Nuts · Wine Grapes

Working with wine grape growers is a lot of fun, and could be even more fun. It is a lot of fun,

Cherries · Cover Crops · Our Articles

From the podcast interview with Mike Omeg. A longer read, and very much worth the researched perspective. John: Can you tell us