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Learn plant families for pest management – guidebook

Learn various sustainable pest control methods for common crop families. This guidebook has one page for each plant family, as well as pages for general pest prevention strategies. Created b...

Plant Families Poster

An 11 by 17 inch poster showing common plant families of crops grown on farms. Created by Sandelis Miller. Related Resources… ...

Plant Heights for Farm Design Handout

A handout to show heights of various crops. This way, you can plan for a variety of plantings in both the canopy and under story of your farm. A handout created by Sandelis Miller. ...

Sustainable Pest Management and Recordkeeping

This guide helps you keep good records about pest control and includes worksheets to track your progress this season. Learn what to think about when there are pests on your plants and what y...

Sustainable Pest Management Poster

This poster describes various organic and sustainable methods of pest management. Created by Sandelis Miller. Related Resources… ...

Sustainable Pest Management Guidebook

A guidebook to teach you how to manage pests in a sustainable way. It explains how soil health, plant diversity, and pest control are interconnected, and offers some solutions to help pest problems...

How to make a Solar Wax Melter

When beekeepers harvest honey, they also get beeswax. The wax is dirty. Learn how to make a solar wax melter to clean the beeswax and use it for other things. Wax is another important hive product....

Growing and Marketing Peonies

Learn how to plant, harvest, and market peonies, a perennial spring flower. Farmers who own their land, or have a long-term lease, can plant perennial crops to support their cash flow and bu...

Building Hügelkultur Beds

  Hügelkultur means “mound culture” or “hill gardening.” Although the name comes from Europe, growers around the world have used this method for many ...

Crop Planning: Microproducer Academy

The Microproducer Academy is a series of lessons developed by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) for very beginning refugee farmers.  This PointPoint discusses Crop Planning.  Growers will ...

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