Online Guide with All Information about Agriculture

Growing Mushrooms in Winter Outdoors

January 1, 2012

It’s a little late to start growing mushrooms outdoors at this time of the year, but it can be done on beds of straw or wood chips if you start the process in the fall. You can also grow mushrooms such as shiitake and oyster types on logs which have been impregnated with mushroom spores [...]

Guide to Growing Leeks in Winter Conditions

December 17, 2011

Leeks are a popular winter vegetable belonging to the onion family but they are much easier to grow as compared to onions. They are available for consumption when most other vegetables are expensive, scarce or short in supply. Here is a leeks guide explaining how to grow leeks in winter conditions discussing various aspects of [...]

There “Mite” Be a Problem: Getting Rid of Spider Mites

November 19, 2011

If there is one thing a garden hates, the title would fall upon spider mites. While these “bugs” are tiny, the damage they can cause to a garden is immense. It is estimated that spider mites cause roughly 5-7 percent of agricultural damage around the world. If you take a stroll through your garden or [...]

Guide to Growing Carrots and Care

October 20, 2011

Carrots are a great vegetable to grow however; one must follow certain guidelines if he/she wants his/her carrots to be the best in appearance and taste. Rich in vitamin A, carrots are best flavored when they are fully mature and therefore deeply colored. The right time to sow carrot seeds is early spring when the [...]

Seasonal Care in Apiculture

October 8, 2011

SPRING CARE
In order to take the desired yield from apiculture, it is important to consider the works necessary to be carried out every season. The works are densely carried out in spring season.
The aim of the spring controls is to check what the bees do in winter season, current food amount in hive, presence and [...]

A Complete Guide How to Fertilization and Choosing Best Fertilizers

October 4, 2011

Plants need to be nurtured like humans and animals in order to grow and bear. Substances which plants use in the formation of their own roots, branches, leaves, fruits and crops are called “plant nutrition substances”. Plants take their nutrients from under the soil through their roots and from atmosphere through their leaves called green [...]

Some Facts you may not have known about: USA Agriculture

September 10, 2011

The USA is one of the world’s major food suppliers, growing crops such as wheat, soybeans, oats, barley and sorghum. Agriculture is one of the biggest industries in the USA and activities classed under the agricultural umbrella include ornamentals and trees for gardens, parks and other public places, as well as nut and fruit production. [...]

Agricultural Pollution : What it is and its effects ?

September 9, 2011

Agricultural pollution is one of the greatest threats to the world’s drinking water supplies. Agricultural practices are governed by demand and supply; the world needs food crops and there are many pressures on agriculturalists to meet the demands we place upon them.
There are several causes of agricultural pollution and these are mainly the pesticides, herbicides [...]

Sustainable Forestry and Forestry Management

September 5, 2011

Sustainable forestry and sustainable forestry management are part of the much larger concept of sustainable development. Sustainable Development was defined in 1987 in the World Commission on Environment and Development report (also known as the Brundtland report) as “meeting the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own [...]

Advantages and Disadvantages of Organic Farming Methods

August 12, 2011

With the emergence of Organic Farming methods a number of farmers in USA, UK, Australia, and India and across the world have been diverted to it from traditional farming. The rising demand of organic food is also a factor which influences the farmers to use this technique. If you are interested in this type of [...]

Vertical Farming Advantages and Disadvantages

August 1, 2011

Vertical Farming is a great idea with the help of which one can minimize the land usage while still feeding the masses. It is not difficult to adopt this idea; just find a fertile urban land, create blocks through concrete and glass and then start farming the vegetables, pigs, fruits, poultry, and fish on it. [...]

Sustainable Farming Practices in United States, Canada and Australia

July 25, 2011

Sustainability which here can be termed as the ability to sufficiently cater to the needs of the present society and also be successful in preserving the necessary resources for the benefit of the future. The idea of achieving this sustainability has crept into the farming practices in US, Canada and Australia and is increasingly becoming [...]

Tattooed Greenies – What’s Really Lurking Under Your Skin?

July 23, 2011

Several of my friends have gotten inked throughout the years – all for distinctly different reasons. Whether to honor their inner rock star, defy their middle class (possibly) pedestrian upbringing, dive head-first into the elite cool-club status or some variation therein, they’ve all shared one thing in common – they’ve all braved the chair and [...]

Organic Raspberry Production Guide, Revisited

July 23, 2011

Organic Raspberry cultivation requires sufficient amount of care to be taken care by farmers. It should be planted in a place where harvest seasons never overlaps with rainy days. It is advisable to have plantation performed in autumn or spring seasons. Organic fertilizers can yield better results to the farmers.
Advancements in field of irrigation and [...]

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