Farm manager Josh Nash adjusts loose-weave jute netting over tender vegetable seedlings to protect them from the afternoon heat at 29 Palms Inn’s Faultline Farm in Twentynine Palms. Gilmer wrote a book about dry, hot farming in 2015 and Nash, a native Tennessean who learned about farming on the East Coast, has been growing organic fruit and vegetables in the …
Queensland strawberry farmers are counting the costs after half a million young plants died soon after being purchased and planted. Key points: Strawberry prices could rise after half a million young strawberry runners died soon after planting They came from a supplier in Stanthorpe Samples have been sent to a private laboratory for testing Queensland Strawberry Growers Association President Adrian …