Late Blight is a water mold that infects plants and can devastate a farmer's tomato or potato crops. Knowing how to identify late blight in your garden or field is a crucial skill. It's important to always be aware of the spread of late blight. You can monitor current … [Read more...] about Treating Late Blight
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Recognizing Late Blight
Late blight is a plant disease that mainly attacks potatoes and tomatoes, although it can sometimes be found on other crops, weeds and ornamentals in the same (Solanaceae) botanical family (New York State Integrated Pest Management Program). This disease is a water mold, and so … [Read more...] about Recognizing Late Blight
Full and By Farm: Only Good News
It's a sheer delight to walk out into wet soil. Everything seems to be standing a little taller and happier after the rain from the past week. The pastures are greening back up and there is even talk of a second cutting of hay coming soon. Beating Back the Blight So far the … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Only Good News
Full and By Farm: Late Blight Update
We're back on the hay wagons again. Since there isn't any second cut hay in sight we've returned to first cut, making squares out of some overly mature grasses that will keep the horses well fed this winter. Long ago seem the days that we dreamed of getting three cuttings off of … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Late Blight Update