ELKO — The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service plans to provide benefits to Elko County farmers and ranchers willing to go organic. Their programs bring improvement to a farm itself while also increasing its environmental positives. Signups for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program’s Organic Transition Initiative are open until 4 p.m. on Feb. 29. “The […]
Jammu, Feb 08: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday advised Agricultural scientists and technocrats to chalk out an effective scientific strategy for organic and integrated farming in Jammu and Kashmir. LG, who inaugurated the 6th J&K agricultural science congress on “diversification of agriculture for self-reliant mountain agro-ecology” at Sheri-i-Kashmir University of Science and technology (SKUAST) […]
Carrots are good vegetables in a garden. Cooler weather gives us time to plan for spring from inside our homes when we prefer not to be working in the weather outside. If we plan now to plant in the spring, we’re just that much further ahead. While many of us enjoy working outdoors in cooler […]
Members of the Escalon Farmington Community Garden Club have their February meeting scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 1. The session will begin at 1 p.m. and will be hosted at the Escalon United Methodist Church, 2000 Jackson Ave., Escalon. All gardening enthusiasts throughout the area are encouraged to attend. Guest speaker will be the head gardener […]