Root crops are a key player in year round local food availability, and can be incredibly productive and provide high levels of nutrition on modest amounts of land. Learn preferred varieties, planting times, expected harvest schedules, nutritional requirements, as well as disease and insect protection for a diversity of root vegetable crops. We will cover common crops such as beets, carrots, parsnips, and rutabagas as well as less common crops like salsify, Jerusalem artichokes, yacon and many more.
VIDEO: Root Crop Production with Pat Battle
Root crops are a key player in year round local food availability, and can be incredibly productive and provide high levels of nutrition on modest amounts of land. Learn preferred varieties, planting times, expected harvest schedules, nutritional requirements, as well as disease and insect protection for a diversity of root vegetable crops. We will cover common crops such as beets, carrots, parsnips, and rutabagas as well as less common crops like salsify, Jerusalem artichokes, yacon and many more.
if i increase the raptors habitat.. i imagine i can expect less chickens..unless i only run poultry tractors..electric fencing may not be sufficient without portable cover. all in all, i believe the raptors to be more of a benefit than hindrance, bats too
Id never use bio solids because people take drugs/medications…..and they don't exactly tell the truth about what they are taking. That stuff passes through to the manure….and who knows in what form, and what that does to the soil Food Web . No thanks.
what about expanded shale?
searched website: is the handout available?
My grandmother born in 1870s in old England told me that they used to put carrots in moist sand in their root cellars and they would not dry out all winter.. same with turnips etc.
32 0z.of castor oil for $18 bux. Put it in a small sprayer and streusel it over the bed.
I've seen cats eat rodents. My sisters cat loves hunting them.
Thanks for the great work I love watching your videos! I would love to acquire the paramagnetic materials you mentioned if still available. FYI Iron isnt a paramagnetic element. BUT paramagnetic expressions only occur in the presence of an external magnetic field. Iron is magnetic and can serve as (a catalyst?) for paramagnetic expression.
So if theres plenty of iron your soil it is a prime candidate for paramagnetic supplementation. If your soil is deficient in any of the first row transition metals (manganese through nickel) thats a great place to start w paramagnetics. Thank you again for helping us all keep it green!
When I was young I had a cat that brought us at least one vole every morning.
I find either a vole or mole head by my bed most mornings. Cat.
Ferrets, and in some cases minks, have also been used to control rooting pests. Alternative to bat houses I recommend putting owl houses around your property.
I have green sweet potatos I covered them back up and left them in the ground. Are they bad?
Here's my therory. Our yard is white clay soil. we did raised beds about 10 in. deep. I think when they hit bad dirt they pushed up as they grew and exposed to light turned green. I did not see them through the leaves. Just not sure if they'll turn orange or are just bad.
Good portion as always thanks Pat !! BTW The lady 29:35 asking about underground fencing, DAMN! you are gorgeous
Black salsify is one of my favorite garden veg. They are perennial and never get woody so you harvedt them anytime. They reproduce with slips, so when you harvest the root you can replant it. The greens are tasty fresh and cooked and the flowers smell like vanilla for a few hours after opening