Category: Blog Posts
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Posted on July 6, 2014
Insect management in organic potato
July is here, and so are the bugs! Two insect species are notorious pests on growing potatoes in mid-summer: potato leafhoppers and Colorado potato beetles. […]
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Posted on March 17, 2014
Spring update
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Just a quick update today, to share the poster I presented at the Organic Farming Conference last month. It was a […]
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Posted on February 26, 2014
Off to the Organic Farming Conference
Are you ready for the MOSES Organic Farming Conference this weekend? I am off to La Crosse, Wisconsin tomorrow, eager for three days of organic […]
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Posted on February 17, 2014
Heirloom and specialty varieties in our collection
Thanks to our collaboration with Seed Savers Exchange, we have a large collection of specialty and heirloom varieties that we maintain in a tissue culture […]
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Posted on February 11, 2014
A source of minitubers for heirloom and specialty potato varieties
If you’ve visited this blog before, you probably know that we maintain a large collection of heirloom and specialty potato varieties, many of which originate […]
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Posted on February 10, 2014
Potato varieties for on-farm trials in 2014
EDIT – I have updated this list by striking out the varieties that are no longer available. We have limited seed, and some requests have […]
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Posted on January 28, 2014
Maintaining potato varieties in tissue culture – and why variety trials are important
Apologies for the late post – I have been struggling with image alignment in my posts. Sorry if things are a little askew! Today we […]
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Posted on January 20, 2014
How old is your potato?
Last week, I talked a little about questions to consider when ordering seed potatoes. What about how to handle those precious spuds when you receive […]
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Posted on January 13, 2014
Purchasing seed potatoes – what to consider
As I look out my window this morning, all I see is grey and white – a clouded sky, snow banks, and leafless trees. Much […]
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Posted on January 6, 2014
Notes from the freezer
In the deep freeze that the Midwest has become this week, I’m thinking back to the warmth of last summer, and especially to all the […]