Strawberries and Caneberries

Spotlight on Farming Strawberries Indoors

August 19, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
It looks like even the Wall Street Journal has caught the urban farming bug. Link to article below out of their "The Future of Everything" series, followed by my comments. https://www.wsj.
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Armyworm on strawberry

Armyworms on the March

July 31, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
Interesting farm call this morning. A strawberry grower near Watsonville reported a large group of worms (caterpillars) migrating north out of the mixed cover crop including barley and mustard.
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Best to feel out the rocks while crossing the river lest one get washed away.

Crossing the River While Feeling the Rocks

July 21, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
I don't write too much about it in this space because it tends more in the area of "shop talk" for us in extension, but a great interest of mine is how one successfully executes a program of extension.
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