Friday, March 25, 2011

From the Fields by Cade

This is a fun time at the farm. The flowers are blooming on the pickles , and you can hear the bees humming. Early in the morning you can smell the rich aroma of moist soil . All these things remind me that all the things we put in our soil have to come back out. At Long and Scott farms we have several people doing intense scouting for pests on a daily basis. This is important so we minimize the use of chemicals. We also use alternative methods of controlling pests such as beneficial bacteria and natural products that are harmless to humans and beneficial insects (bees).When you buy produce from Long and Scott you can be sure that it is fresh, safe and delicious.


Cade Easley
Integrated Pest Manager

2 comments:

  1. Very Interesting!What do the birds eat? Do they fertilize the pickels? Do you raise those birds on the farm? Steve

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  2. Those birds are fake, Steve. Cade got 'flocked' for his birthday. As a produce farm, we can not have domesticated animals anywhere on the property.

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