Resources
Seed Starting
Starting your own seeds for transplanting to your garden is cheap and easy!
Resources: NebGuide on Seed Starting and Cornell Extension's Guide to Seed Starting
For all-season harvests of many crops it's necessary to plant multiple successions throughout the summer. This guide walks through the steps of creating a plan.
Planning and Laying Out Your Garden
Resources: Square Foot Gardening
How To Start A Vegetable Garden
How to Plot and Make Vegetable Garden Beds--a video in a series by Ed Bruske. Lots of good information.
Vegetable Garden Calendar - Zone 5-- a good summary of what to do in the garden throughout the year.
Farm Business Planning
Thoughtful planning is important before starting a market farm. Writing a plan lets you take risks on paper before implementing the plan, and is a document that can easily be given to others for feedback. And it's essential if you are seeking a loan. This outline provides an overview of the categories that need to be addressed in your plan.
Beginner's Guide to Selling at Farmers' Markets
Interested in selling at a local farmers' market? Here's a list of markets in the Lincoln area. Tracking sales at market is easy with this template.
Product pricing can be tricky for beginners. This guide offers tips and resources for setting prices.
Also check out these resources: Missouri Extension Guide to Selling at Farmers' Markets and ATTRA's guide to selling at farmers' markets
Selecting and Installing Drip Tape
Drip irrigation is an excellent way to conserve water resources while efficiently delivering water to your plants' roots. Here's the handout from the summer class to help guide you in deciding how to set up your system.
Backyard Poultry
Community CROPS offers occasional classes on how to keep chickens in a
city yard. Here are the materials from class.
Handout
PowerPoint Presentation
Farm Supplies Sourcing
This spreadsheet gives a variety of sources and prices for farm materials. It is not comprehensive, and you should check the pricing to make sure it is up to date, but this will give you a starting point.
Organic Supplies in Lincoln
A limited number of organic products are available in Lincoln. This handout tells what to use each product for and where to find it. It's also available in Spanish. Many other products can be found online. The website groworganic.com is one place to find what you need.
Solar Ovens
Make your own solar oven and use it all summer long to bake breads, cookies, and cook rice, vegetables and more! Using designs from www.solarcooking.org, each person made their own solar oven to use at home.
Whole Grain Bread Baking -- Workshop materials
Resources for class include: King Arthur Flour's Yeast Bread Primer, No-Knead Bread (from the New York Times) and Speedy No-Knead Bread
