Lorain SWCD Plant and Seedling Sale Under Way
The Lorain Soil and Water Conservation District opens its 2011 plant and seedling sale with prepaid orders at 42110 Russia Road Elyria. Pick up is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 15 at Grobe's Fruit Farm. Seedlings include pines spruces evergreens and decorative perennials and new 3–4 foot fruit trees. Plat books are $20 at the district office. Spring fish stocking delivery is planned for May 10.
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Fish Hatchery offers species and CRP signup details
Fenders Fish Hatchery of Baltic provides largemouth bass bluegill channel catfish shellcracker yellow perch minnows and white Amur with orders due May 6. USDA CRP general signup runs March 14 to April 15 for whole farms with 10 to 15 year contracts enrolled to grass or trees as wildlife habitat. Lorain FSA at 42110 Russia Road Elyria reachable at (440) 326 5830 for details. Karl Schneider NRCS District Conservationist.
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Close cropping a cheap way to boost garden space
Gardeners shrink budgets by crowding plants and using close cropping to maximize yields. Native practices like Three Sisters and massed plantings help urban gardeners fit more produce on patios and balconies. Ben Sturtevant of Johnny's Selected Seeds notes crowding changes planting methods and spacing.
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Space Saving Gardening Tips From Experts
Extension experts explain how to maximize yields in small plots with air flow and rich soil. Techniques include vertical trellising for cucumbers and tomatoes, succession and inter planting, massed lettuce rows, container gardening, and buying bush or dwarf varieties.
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Linda Chalker-Scott
Washington State University
Puyallup Research and Extension Center
Congressmen seek broader credit access for farms
Three congressmen from Connecticut and New York introduced legislation to widen Farm Service Agency loan eligibility. The bill would allow family farms that reorganize into separate ownership or operating entities and those partly owned by another business or trust to qualify for federally backed loans.
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