What is Late Blight, and How To Control It – Videos

Heard of Late Blight but not sure how to determine if plants in your garden or farm have it? This short two part video series will help you identify
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CSA Farm Planning Software

Whether you are new at starting a CSA farm, or already have experience, these downloadable tools can help simplify your planning. The Fantastic Farm & Garden Calculator handles all
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6 Tips for a Successful Start

By Jim Sincock So the local food or farming bug has got you, and you want to start your own farm! Before you dive right in, there are many
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2011 Grant for Seasonal High Tunnels for Food and Other Specialty Crop Production

Natural resource benefits from using tunnel structures may include: improved plant quality, improved soil quality, and improved water quality through methods such as reduced nutrient and pesticide transport. During
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Upcoming Permaculture Design Courses in Colorado

  The 24th Annual Permaculture Design Course at CRMPI (Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute) in Basalt, Colorado Sunday, September 12th – Sunday, September 25th,  2010 With Peter Bane, Adam Brock, Sarah Montgomery,
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Organic Ant Control – Grits!

I started getting several ant hills around my yard here in the mountains, with some in or next to my garden. One fairly large hill was right next to
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The Trials & Tribulations of High Altitude Gardening

This spring I had grand plans of thoroughly documenting my use of the Fantastic Farm and Garden Calculator to plan my small (100 s.f.) garden here in Eldora, Colorado
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Food Preservation Workshop – July 31st, Lafayette, CO

Hearteye Village CSA in Lafayette, CO will be offering an affordable workshop on food preservation. This workshop will cover a variety of food preservation methods. Food dehydration, freezing and
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Introduction to Small Acreage Farming

Sorry for the short notice on this, but if any of our readers are in Washington state, or interested in traveling there this week, there is an Introduction to
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CSA Co-op and other news

We have added information on the site about our upcoming "Grow Your Own CSA Co-op.  We at Colorado Local Sustainability and LandShare Colorado are in the process of forming
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