by RobtheHortGod | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Continuing on the topic that I introduced last week, this is the second half of the interview about farm financial management blips that you might encounter, whatever your experience level. For this topic, I interviewed my dad, who is president of John Spencer and...
by RobtheHortGod | Nov 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Looking at the title of this article, and perhaps knowing a bit about me, you might short circuit a little bit and wonder why I (horticulturist, plant nerd and plant disease guy) would ever think that I would have the qualifications or knowledge to write on such a...
by RobtheHortGod | Nov 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
If 2020 (the Lord Voldemort of years) and the COVID global pandemic have taught us anything, it is that we do not HAVE to be face to face, breathing the same air as someone, in order to learn from them. We have been forced (in some cases, dragged kicking and...
by RobtheHortGod | Oct 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every year, there are materials and inputs that are used up through the normal course of producing a crop. Some supplies can be purchased in such quantities as to stretch over several years before requiring replenishment. Others must be tracked and replaced regularly,...
by RobtheHortGod | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
For years, I have had a strange connection to decay and rot. Around 22 years ago, I plunged into my graduate studies, with a focus on evaluating a potential treatment for the prevention of post-harvest potato pathogens and their associated diseases. It was the start...
by RobtheHortGod | Oct 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
We have had a pretty nice fall, the first that I can recall in recent years. I know that open falls have occurred in recent memory, but the last 2 were so awful as to obliterate all memory of a better example. Despite the good run that we have had, the cold weather...
