A plant variety that has been produced through selective breeding is referred to as a cultivar. Let’s take garlic, for example. There are hundreds of cultivars of this one plant species. Each has been bred to have different clove size and taste characteristics, largely due to the different climates and soil types in which it has […]
Most of you seasoned local foodies know the names of certain varieties of vegetables you like. Peaches and Cream sweet corn and Black Krim or Green Zebra tomatoes, for example, are some varieties that taste awesome. On our end, we want to plant the varieties that you are looking for, but we have to take […]
There are so many reasons to raise animals as they were meant to be raised, outdoors and on pasture, not confined to a warehouse-like building or bare-dirt feedlot and given synthetic feeds. One of those many reasons why organic farming is so important is something that you have probably heard about in the mainstream media: […]
The words fecundity and fertility are often confused, but there is a subtle difference. Fecundity is the ability of an animal or insect to produce offspring. Species with high fecundity tend to be those whose offspring are less likely to develop into adults. In cases where few eggs are laid, fertilized, or hatched, the adult female is biologically […]
It’s hard to imagine how many thousand species of bugs there are that call Elmwood Stock Farm home. Only a handful would be considered pests, in that they show up in large numbers and wreak havoc on an otherwise-stable ecosystem. Farming basically creates unique environments, like a field of corn or rows of vegetable plants […]
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