Written by Lisa Dermer. Source materials include conversations with Ira Wallace. As the year begins we’re eager to start sowing seeds, but nervous about starting too early and having big, leggy transplants and nowhere to plant them. There are lots of crops we can and should start in January: bulbing onions, rhubarb, artichokes, celery and … Continue reading What to Sow in January
Artist Jessie Doyle, creator of the gnomes, toads, birds and bugs of Southern Exposure’s catalog covers for the last three years, has started her own artist’s blog – Jessie’s Art. We love reading about the techniques she uses in her gorgeous botanical illustrations and what she’s learning about these crops! A few of our favorite … Continue reading Southern Exposure artist on art, life, & heirloom veg
Exciting news from Minnesota! Last Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that damaging chemicals that cross property lines constitute trespassing. The Star Tribune reports on it here. This is great news, meaning that organic farmers can sue if negligent conventional and GMO farmers contaminate and thus destroy their organic crops via drifting clouds of … Continue reading Courts rule organic farmers can sue over contamination by pesticides and herbicides