Category: Farming
Cucumber harvest looks promising with an early start
Most are shipped to the US for processing
Mahon: There have always been ‘ghosts in the machine’
When I see collections of old but working farm equipment on display at this time of year, at fairs and events, I often think about the ‘ghost in the machine.’
For area farmers, summer rain is great. But this much?
London-area vegetable farmers are facing delayed harvest and lower yields after the rainiest July on record.
Mahon: Is it time for farms to start tracking invisible assets?
For all the experience that we may have, maybe we don’t even recognize the worth of things on our own farms.
This old farm: One London-area family, nearly 200 years of history
From a bucolic photograph of a family out haying on its farm came questions – and a backstory about determination to stay on the land.