Hello friends, strangers, and spam commentators. Lets talk about roots today. Roots are really cool. They hold the plant in place, take in water and nutrients for the plants, they can graft plants together, allowing them to communicate and share, and they can form relationships with bacteria and fungi to further provide for the plants. […]
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Ramblings of a Grower: 6
Hello my avid readers and spam commenters! I know its been a while since I last posted but I’ve been busy harvesting away. Today I want to talk about sprouts. For those of you who don’t know, sprouts are basically just baby plants. They are kind of like microgreens, but they are grown for significantly […]
Ramblings of a Grower: 5
Hi again my avid readers and spam commenters. It is hotter than Hades here at the farm, both inside and outside of the greenhouse. I can’t decide if moving or sitting still is hotter its that hot. Things in the greenhouse are going well. We got some lacewings in to feast on our wonderful pest […]
Ramblings of a Grower: 4
Hello my avid readers! I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather we are finally having after seemingly endless rain. It is currently about 98 degrees in the greenhouse right now with standard greenhouse humidity, aka its extremely humid too. Its really fun, I am currently sweating out of literally every pore on my […]
Ramblings of a Grower: 3
Hello my faithful audience! I have FINALLY finished sorting through all of the spam comments on the website. I deleted well over 8000 spam comments, 8000!!!! Out of all of those comments, 1 got approved. That’s it, one tiny little comment from a man doing hydroponics in India. But man is it a good feeling […]
Ramblings of a Grower: 2
Hi everyone, me again. Today I want to write a bit about spiders. I can tell you that I have been absolutely terrified of spiders since I was little. Hate em do not want them, respect them- yes, but hate them. For the most part they are creepy and ugly and hairy and just gross. […]
Ramblings of a Grower: 1
Hi everyone, Alexa here. First off, do not get any wild expectations for this blog series, it quite literally will be whatever ramblings I have for that moment. Also know that I haven’t written for funsies since college, so this may be a little rough around the edges until we get a good flow going. […]
Meet Our Ghost Pepper
In the next few weeks on the YB Blog, we’re deviating from our “Meet Your Lettuce” series to discuss something just as important – hot peppers! You can expect to gain a whole lot of spicy knowledge as we’ll be exploring the benefits, flavors, and differences between them all : the Jalapeno, the Habanero, the […]
Meet Your Lettuce : Romaine
A wise man once said “Lettuce is like a conversation.” You know WHERE your food comes from and you know WHO your food comes from, but what about the WHAT? We know that you know greens are good for you but when it comes to choosing them, how does one decide what to eat? WHAT matters? […]
Meet Your Lettuce : Kale
You know WHERE your food comes from and you know WHO your food comes from, but what about the WHAT? We know that you know greens are good for you but when it comes to choosing them, how does one decide what to eat? WHAT matters? WHAT do these greens contain? Every green is unique in […]