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Category Archives: spinach
Peer-reviewed: you can grow no-till spinach after winterkilled forage radish
I love a good story; in fact, we all love a good story. Scientists have shown that narratives hold a sort of “privileged status” in human cognition over logical communication, which is the form that most science writing takes. A … Continue reading
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No-till in New England: spinach results and carrots sneak peek
We’ve entered our first heat wave in Maine, and the spinach has done what spinach does in the heat– hurry to reproduce. Before it bolted, I was able to get two successive harvests of pretty nice looking spinach (if I … Continue reading
Posted in carrots, Cover Crops, peas, Radish, spinach, Vegetables
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