There is something very satisfying (and surprisingly easy) about growing your own tomatoes at home. Here are some tomato growing tips!
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Summer tomato farming – a second try
Seagate is currently farming in the area of Ojos Negros in northern Baja California. We have been somewhat restricted due to the ongoing drought that has caused many wells to run dry. In addition, we try locate our operations in remote areas, away from other farms so as not to risk contamination from operators using…
Sometimes farming has its issues
Seagate has been farming since 1997. Most of the time things go smoothly and the vegetables and trees produce without any problem. However, we also face many challenges: summer daytime temperatures regularly stay above 100F; we farm in a very dry climate; there are occasional very high winds exceeding 80 mph during the Santa Ana…
Preparing tomato farm land
Due to the unusually cool weather this Spring, we had delayed planting our tomato crop until now. During the past three years, the weather in the area where we farm would have already been in the +100F range during the daytime. While this is good for our farm crops like broccoli and artichokes, it put…
Friday’s Farm Fact
Did you think that growing vegetables organically is easy? The soil is healthy, the plants are strong and the fertilizer is pure and nutritious. However, the hard work on an organic farm is controlling weeds without the use of herbicides. Monsanto and friends are not allowed to visit. The result is that the weeds are…