Farmers First
Let’s Hear It For the Girls
Male or female, we’re all farmers, right?
Posted on February 1, 2026
Happy International Year of the Woman Farmer, farm family! If someone had told me a decade ago that there would be an International Year of the Woman Farmer, I likely would have said something to the effect of, “Well, that’s the most unnecessary, gender-discriminatory thing I’ve ever heard of.” Some...
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How much time do we have?
Posted on January 1, 2026
Happy New Year, farm family! As I type these words, I find myself straddling the space-time continuum in a way that I don’t often do. The change from one year to another has heightened my awareness of both the nature and passage of time. What is the nature of time? In my writing present, it is still...
Farmers First
jkarkwren 
Posted on October 1, 2025
Hello, farm family! Are you farming out of scarcity or abundance? I’m not talking about the balance in your bank account, the number of people on your payroll or even the pounds of product you sold this week. I’m talking about your mindset. The Scarcity Mindset A scarcity mindset starts from the pre...
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by Karl H. Kazaks 
March 2, 2026
When Rusty Mangrum recently built a new house, he wanted to plant shade trees in the yard – magnolia, serviceberry, 'Autumn Blaze' red maple. To find ...
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by Enrico Villamaino 
March 2, 2026
Water is waning and landscapes are feeling the squeeze. Lawns and landscapes are increasingly left to languish under water use limits. In response to ...
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by Sally Colby 
March 2, 2026
A recent shift toward more restrictive weed control measures along with new, mandatory pesticide application rules has been mandated by the EPA. Wesle...
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by Enrico Villamaino 
March 2, 2026
At the Cultivate Conference in Columbus, one presentation invited landscape professionals to loosen their grip and embrace a little chaos – with purpo...