ARTY'S GARDEN: Plant Bulbs to Brighten Your Garden

Originally published in the Oct. 2, 2013, issue

 

When garden centers receive their shipments of bulbs in the fall, I look them over and wish I had room to try every kind. Among the bulbs (and, technically, corms) that you may find now at Georgia garden centers are daffodils, jonquils, tulips, crocuses, Dutch hyacinths, Roman hyacinths, grape hyacinths, colchicums, snowdrops, snowflakes, alliums, triteleias, scillas, ipheions, Dutch irises, anemones, camassias and Spanish bluebells. If you’ve never heard of some of these, don’t let that hold you back from giving them a try!

 

Spanish bluebells

When purchasing bulbs, avoid the ones that are soft or that have become dried out and brittle. Autumn-flowering bulbs should be planted immediately. Wait until after Oct. 15 to plant spring-blooming ones, however. Keep them in the vegetable crisper until ready to plant, but do not store them with fruit. The fruit emits a gas that is detrimental to the bulbs.

 

As a general rule, fall-planted bulbs prefer well-drained soil. Clay soil can be amended by digging in organic matter such as ground pine bark mulch. Throwing a shovel of sand into a hole isn’t enough to help. If you want to use sand to amend red clay, you need to add enough sand so that it makes up at least 50 percent of the volume of the amended bed.

 

A good rule of thumb is that bulbs should be planted at a depth of 1.5 times the diameter of the bulb. An exception is the tulip, which should be planted six inches deep in very well-drained soil. Plant the pointed end up and the fatter, rounded end down. If you are unsure about which end goes up, ask a garden center employee.

 

Most bulbs benefit from fertilizing at planting. Work the fertilizer beneath the bulbs, but don’t set the bulbs directly down on top of a handful of fertilizer. Bulb Booster is a slow-release fertilizer developed specifically for bulbs and is a top-of-the-line choice. Bone meal, the traditional fertilizer for bulbs, is still OK, but is not a complete fertilizer. Most brands now lack the nitrogen they once had. If you are using bone meal, you need to add supplemental nitrogen. 

 

A horticulturist at your garden center can help you with your bulb choices and answer your questions. And don’t forget to check out the ads in the “Flowers for Sale” category in the Market Bulletin – you can sometimes find some interesting bulbs there.

 

Arty Schronce is the Department’s resident gardening expert. He’s a lifelong gardener and a horticulture graduate of North Carolina State University who encourages everyone to discover the pleasures of plants and gardening. 

Visit with a Vet: Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus

Originally published in the Oct. 30, 2013, issue

 

Visit with a Georgia veterinarian in this monthly feature. This edition comes from Dr. Jeremiah Saliki, director of the Athens, Ga., Veterinary Diagnostic Lab.

 

In April and May 2013, multiple Midwestern American pig farms were simultaneously hit with a disease characterized by diarrhea and vomiting. These symptoms led clinicians and diagnosticians to suspect the coronavirus transmissible gastroenteritis virus, or TGEV, as the cause. Testing fecal samples from sick piglets using standard laboratory techniques failed to confirm these suspicions.

 

However, when the same samples were examined under an electron microscope, coronavirus particles were detected. The unexpected discovery of coronavirus particles that were negative for both US swine coronaviruses – TGEV and porcine respiratory coronavirus – prompted further testing. Tests done at Iowa State University and the Federal Laboratory at Ames were done for exotic coronaviruses, and resulted in the confirmation of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus for the first time in the US.

 

Geographic distribution, transmission and clinical signs

 

Coronaviruses are highly contagious, and the outbreaks in the US spread rapidly. Within six weeks the virus had been confirmed in about 200 hog facilities in 14 states including Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.

 

Sporadic outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea were first identified in the United Kingdom in 1971, and this infection has become endemic in most Asian countries since 1982. There was one incursion into Canada in 1980, but it has not been reported in North America since then.

 

The virus is transmitted by the oral-fecal route, with an incubation period of three to four days. Contaminated personnel, equipment, or other fomites may introduce PEDV into a susceptible herd. The disease is difficult to distinguish from TGEV, with the main clinical sign being watery feces that may resemble tufts of wool and have an unpleasant smell. Vomiting may occur and dehydration is a secondary sign.

 

Morbidity and mortality can surpass 90 percent in suckling piglets fewer than 14 days old, but gradually decreases with age. During necropsy, histological examinations – where thin pieces of tissue are mounted on slides and viewed under a microscope – show the small intestine is inflamed with shortened villi, which indicates nutrients are not being properly absorbed, causing diarrhea.

 

Diagnosis

 

The most useful diagnostic specimen is feces or a loop of small intestine. A variety of diagnostic tests, including negative-staining electron microscopy, fluorescent antibody staining, immunohistochemical staining and virus isolation, commonly used for TGEV diagnosis are available in our laboratory for presumptive PEDV diagnosis. However, a test known as polymerase chain reaction is the only technique that can differentiate between TGEV and PEDV. The diagnostic labs in Tifton and Athens, Ga., offer a PCR technique that can detect both viruses, and  a positive result is followed by an additional test – sequencing – for definitive diagnosis.

 

PED and Georgia

 

The rapid spread of PED across the US and its occurrence in neighboring North Carolina raise concern for its possible introduction into Georgia. Fortunately, we are poised to rapidly detect the virus if it was to enter the state. The vigilance of swine practitioners and animal owners is key to detecting its incursion into our state. We recommend that PEDV testing be requested for all cases in which an acute TGEV-like disease is observed with high morbidity.

 

Some information in this column comes from the USDA Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Technical Note and the 2012 publication “Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus: a comprehensive review of molecular epidemiology, diagnosis, and vaccines.”

Consumer Q&A: How Does the Garden Grow?

Q: I planted a seedling loquat several years ago. It has not produced fruit yet. Does it need another loquat to pollinate it in order to set fruit?

A: Seedling loquats may take eight to 10 years to bear fruit. Yours may simply not be old enough. Most loquats are supposed to be self-fruitful -- they don’t require a different variety or another non-identical loquat to pollenize or “pollinate” each other. However, research shows that even though considered self-pollenizing, most loquats have increased fruit set with a different loquat nearby. Some named varieties definitely need another variety nearby to act as a pollen source. However, named varieties are hard to find except from specialty nurseries. Two seedlings would suffice to pollenize each other since they are not genetically identical. Also, remember that since the tree blooms in the fall, a cold winter could also destroy developing fruit. 

Q: My peanut plants are beautiful. How long will the pegs get? My plants are knee high, and I have pegs all the way to the top. Do I force the plants closer to the ground or will the pegs get long enough to produce?

A: It is best if you can get the pegs as close to the ground as possible. Gently bend the plants down if necessary. If yours are just starting to produce pegs in the early fall, the plants won't have time to produce a crop.

Q: Should the rows in my vegetable garden run east-west or north-south to maximize sun exposure?

A: There is not universal agreement on this, but most people hold that north-south is better for a little more sun exposure. However, if your garden is on a slope, make your rows across the slope rather than up and down it in order to reduce soil erosion. That will be more important than orienting the rows to the sun. Also, do not plant tall vegetables such as sweet corn, okra and tomatoes where they will block the sunlight from shorter vegetables.

Getting maximum sunlight is just as important, or more important, for a fall vegetable garden as it is for one in the summer. However, many gardeners grow some of their fall vegetables such as leaf lettuce, radishes, turnips and various greens in patches rather than rows, and there are not many tall vegetables to worry about – the tallest being collards. 

Q: What kind of soil is best for a night-blooming cereus cactus? When is the best time to transplant one?

A: This gangly cactus from the tropics likes a potting soil that drains well and is high in organic matter. A regular potting mix should do just fine, but if you like, you can add about 10 percent sand to the mix. 

Spring and summer are the best times to transplant cactuses. You should go ahead and transplant now if your night-blooming cereus is in a container or in a soil mix that is detrimental to its health.

Make sure there is at least one drainage hole at the bottom of the pot so water does not accumulate and rot the roots. When you water the plant, do so thoroughly. Allow the top third of the soil mix to dry before watering again. The plant requires much less water in winter than in summer. It doesn’t like much fertilizer, but during summer it appreciates a monthly feeding of liquid fertilizer at half the recommended rate. Do not fertilize in winter.

Q: Is it safe to set out snapdragons in the fall? I see them for sale at nurseries. I thought they were planted in the spring.

A: You can plant snapdragons in the fall as well as in the spring. Snapdragons are quite cold hardy. If you plant in the fall you are likely to get blooms in fall and sometimes even in the warm parts of the winter, and your fall-planted snaps will have a jump on the ones you plant in the spring. For colorful beds or containers in fall, winter and spring, combine snapdragons with pansies, violas, ornamental kale and cabbage, dusty miller, dianthus and curly parsley.  

Q: What are some tips for succeeding with pansies?

A: Prepare the bed beforehand by adding compost, especially if you have heavy clay or sandy soil. If planting in containers use high-quality potting soil and the largest containers possible. Make sure the containers have a drainage hole at the bottom. Plant the pansies where they will receive at least four hours of unfiltered sunlight each day. Provide morning sun if possible. To fertilize, use a balanced fertilizer such as 10-10-10 and follow directions on the label. It is always better to under-fertilize than to use too much. Water your plants, especially those in containers, before a hard freeze. Keep the old flowers pinched off so they don’t produce seeds. This is called deadheading and encourages the production of more blooms. 

Q: What are some vegetables I can grow in pots on my deck?

A: Almost any vegetable can be grown in a container if you keep it watered. Due to the limited root space, the plants are going to dry out more quickly than those planted in the ground. They will probably also need more fertilizer. The best options for growing in containers are vegetables with smaller fruits or those that have a smaller stature and don’t spread out much. Some good possibilities include leaf lettuce, radish, eggplant, garlic, carrot (round or short-root varieties), tomato (determinate varieties will stay shorter), hot and sweet peppers and bush varieties of summer squash and cucumber. Use the largest containers possible as they will provide more root-room and make the plants less vulnerable to drying out or getting blown over.

Q: I want to grow sprouts for salads. Can you offer advice?

A: Perhaps the easiest and most reliable method for raising edible sprouts is with a wide-mouth jar and screen of some type. Screw-on screen lids are readily available at health food stores and other companies. You can make your own screen with cheesecloth and a rubber band, but it is messier and ultimately more expensive. A wide-mouth quart canning jar is a good choice. A quart mayonnaise jar also works well.

To start the sprouting process, place two to three tablespoons of small seeds, such as alfalfa, or one-fourth to one-half cup of large seeds, such as beans, per quart into a glass jar. It is best to start with a smaller amount of seeds to see how the process goes. Fill the jar two-thirds full of lukewarm water, place the screen over the mouth of the jar and soak seeds for eight to 12 hours or overnight.

After soaking, drain the seeds and lay the jar on its side. During the next three to five days, rinse the seeds with lukewarm water once every morning and evening. Drain off all excess water after each rinsing. Keep the jar at temperatures between 65 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Some people like blanched sprouts that develop in darkness or indirect light and are not exposed to any sunlight. Placing the seed-sprouting jar on top of the kitchen counter and covering it with a small towel will provide an excellent environment during the sprouting process. To create green sprouts, place the jar of sprouted seeds in a sunny window for a few hours. If in the sun too long, they can become tough and bitter.

The eating size of the sprouts will vary with the type of seed and with your individual preferences, generally one-quarter inch to two inches long. Once the sprouts have reached the desired size, place them in a bowl of water. The seed sprouts will sink to the bottom and the loose seed hulls will float to the top. Skim the hulls off. Remove the sprouts and allow them to drain. You can use them immediately or store them in closed glass or plastic containers in the refrigerator for later use.

Some of the seeds you can use for sprouting are alfalfa, broccoli, buckwheat, cabbage, clover, fenugreek, mustard, radish, sesame, sunflower, millet, chickpeas, lentils, green pea, wheat, rye, triticale, onion and various beans including adzuki bean, soybean, kidney bean and mung bean. Seeds for sprouting may be purchased from mail-order seed companies, health food stores and some garden centers. Do not use seeds that have been treated with fungicides or other pesticides.

Because seeds have different sizes and growing habits, experiment to find the best way to handle each kind and to suit your tastes and needs. If you become really involved in sprouting, there are devices for quantity production.

Sprouts need not be limited to salads but can be used in sandwiches, soups, stews, omelets, bread (mixed into dough) and stir-fry dishes.

Got a question? Visit our website, write to us at 19 MLK Jr. Drive, Room 128, Atlanta, GA 30334, or email arty.schronce@agr.georgia.gov.

Georgia Grown Profile: Georgia Farm Bureau

Originally published in the Oct. 16, 2013, issue

 

Grassroots organization delivers much more than insurance

By Jenna Saxon, public affairs office

Georgia Farm Bureau is the state’s largest general farm organization with independent chapters in 158 counties. GFB is a grassroots organization operated by members in each local community. Every county Farm Bureau office is affiliated with GFB, but operates under its own autonomy and is governed by a local board of directors.

 

For more than 75 years, GFB’s participation in local and state events has provided leadership and direction on issues that helped improve life in rural Georgia. GFB works to enrich the quality of life for many Georgians across the state by ensuring the future prosperity of Georgia’s No. 1 economic sector, agriculture.

 

Though the organization is known for its insurance services, a GFB membership supports programs in local communities to increase agricultural awareness, and programs on the state and national level to promote agriculture and preserve the rural way of life. GFB sponsors and supports youth programs such as 4-H, FFA and high school athletics as its way of giving back to communities across the state.

 

GFB has a strong relationship with the Department and works as a dedicated partner of Georgia Grown. GFB decided to partner with Georgia Grown because of its support for Georgia’s agriculture industry and the farmers in our state who sell locally grown food products. The program “runs parallel” with GFB’s Certified Farm Market Program, President Zippy Duvall said.

 

“Since 1985, GFB has offered the Certified Farm Market Program, which directs consumers to bona fide producers of locally grown products and agritourism activities,” said Brandon Ashley, GFB commodities specialist. “Supporting Georgia Grown is another way in which GFB serves our members and helps direct Georgians to locations to buy Georgia products.”

 

The markets are located across the state, he added.

 

"What we want to accomplish is to make people aware of local products they can buy directly from the farmer rather than buying products that come from out of state or another country," Duvall said.

 

Ray D’Alessio of the Georgia Farm Monitor and Department Home Economist
Marcia Crowley team up monthly to bring Georgia Grown "Meals from the Field"
to RFD-TV. Screenshot courtesy of Georgia Farm Bureau on YouTube

Another way GFB promotes Georgia Grown commodities is a partnership between its Women’s Leadership Committee and Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom Program, which will visit schools this year to teach students about healthy eating and the advantages of purchasing Georgia Grown products.

 

GFB also partners with the Department to produce a monthly cooking segment, called “Meals from the Field,” featuring Georgia Grown products. 

 

“These cooking segments highlight a different in-season commodity each month and spotlight members of the Georgia Grown and GFB’s Certified Farm Market Program,” Ashley said. “’Meals from the Field’ segments air on the Georgia Farm Monitor, which is seen all over the state and nationally on RFD-TV. These cooking segments are also posted to YouTube and featured in our monthly e-newsletter.” 

Feature Recipe: Gigi's Apple Crisp

Originally published in the Oct. 2, 2013, issue

 

Editor’s Note: This recipe comes to us from Gigi Evans of Macon, Ga., and embraces one of Georgia’s most popular pick-your-own fall fruits – apples! It was recently featured on an episode of “Meals from the Field” on the Georgia Farm Monitor. Visit www.gfb.org/recipes to view the video.

Ingredients:

6 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced

¼ cup water

Juice of one lemon

2 cups quick cooking oats

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 cups packed brown sugar

1 tablespoon cinnamon

2.5 sticks butter, melted

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Combine apples, water and lemon juice in a lightly greased 8x8-inch baking dish.

3. In a bowl, combine oatmeal, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Pour in the butter and stir to make a crumbly mixture.

4. Spread mixture evenly over apples and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the topping is crisp and browned.

Classified Advertising Category Guidelines

The following ad categories are not published on a regular basis, and as such are limited to 30 words: farm services, farm services wanted, handicrafts, farmland rent/lease, farmland rent/lease wanted and farmland for sale. All other ads are limited to 20 words. Word count includes name, city, phone number(s) or other contact information provided.

Ag Seed for Sale

•  Advertisers must submit a current state laboratory report, fewer than nine months old, for purity, noxious weeds and germination for each seed lot advertised. Ads submitted without this information will not be published.
• If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, this report needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the report can be attached using the attachments button.
• Seed lots must be uniform and cannot exceed 400 50-pound bags
• Certain varieties of seed are protected from propagation unless they are grown as a class of certified seed. These include Florida 304, Coker 9152, Coker 9835, 6738 soybean, Haskell, Bennings and others.
• For questions regarding certified seed, call the Department’s Seed Division at 404-656-3635.

Alternative Livestock Requiring Permit/License

• Advertisers selling fallow deer, axis deer, sika deer, elk, red deer, reindeer and caribou must submit a current deer farming license with their ads. Ads submitted without this license will not be published.
• If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the license can be attached using the attachments button.
• For information about the deer farming license, contact the Georgia Department of Agriculture at 404-656-3667. For information on other hoofed stock, excluding llamas and buffalo, contact the Georgia Department of Natural Resources at 770-761-3044.

Boarding Facilities

• Advertisers must submit a current staple license in order to advertise boarding and breeding facilities. Ads submitted without this information will not be published.
• For questions regarding licenses and applications, call 404-656-3713.

Equine for Sale, Equine at Stud

• Advertisers in the Equine for Sale or Equine at Stud categories must submit current negative Coggins tests for each equine advertised. This includes horses, ponies, donkeys, etc. Buyers are urged to request verification of a negative Coggins from the advertiser before purchasing any equine.
• Negative Coggins reports are valid for 12 months from the date the blood sample is drawn.
• Falsification or altering of any Coggins results can result in fines and suspension of advertising privileges.
• If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the Coggins needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the Coggins can be attached using the attachments button.
• Generalized ads, such as “many horses,” “variety to choose from,” etc., will not be published.
• Equine at Stud ads will also require a current stable license in order to be published.

Farm Employment

• Farm Employment ads must be related to agricultural farm work.
• Ads submitted for domestic help, companions, baby sitters, housekeepers, etc. will not be published.

Farm Machinery, Farm Machinery Wanted

• Ads for the following items will not be published in the Market Bulletin: trucks, cars, sport utility vehicles, recreational vehicles, four-wheelers, golf carts, ATVs, RTVs, UTVs, bicycles or any other driven vehicle where primary on-farm use is not verifiable.
• Ads for accessories for such vehicles, including bull bars, will also not be published, with the exception of specific farm-use implements that can be attached to these vehicles, such as livestock trailers or pull-behind feed plot cultivators.

Farmland for Sale

• Realtors or anyone holding a real estate license, even if not currently a practicing realtor, are not allowed to submit ads in these categories.
• Farmland for Sale ads must include county and city the farmland is being submitted for.
• Advertisers can advertise multiple farmland plots for sale, so long as they all fit in one ad following the 30-word count limit for this category.
• Farmland advertised must be owned by the subscriber placing the ad.

Farmland Rent/Lease, Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted

• Realtors or anyone holding a real estate license, even if not currently a practicing realtor, are not allowed to submit ads in these categories.
• Farmland and pastureland available for hunting leases are permitted to be advertised in these categories.
• Farmland advertised must be owned by the subscriber placing the ad.

Farm Services, Farm Services Wanted

• Farm Services and Services Wanted ads must be related to agriculture.
• Wanted services must be performed on the farm of the individual desiring the service.
• Commercial contractors are not allowed to advertise services in this category.

Feed, Hay & Grain for Sale; Feed, Hay & Grain Wanted

• All feed, hay and grain ads must include the variety offered for sale.
• Ads for mulch hay will not be accepted in this category; they will be published in the Fertilizers & Mulches category.

Firewood

• Firewood must be cut from the advertiser’s personal property. Ads for firewood must use the cord when specifying the amount of firewood for sale.

Fish and Supplies

• Advertisers selling sterile triploid grass carp must submit a current Wild Animal License from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Ads submitted without this license will not be published.
• If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the license can be attached using the attachments button.
• For license information, call 770-761-3044.

Flowers Requiring Permits

• Advertisers selling officially protected plants must have a permit to sell such plants. Ads submitted without this permit will not be published.
• If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the permit needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the permit can be attached using the attachments button.
• For information on the sale or shipment of protected plants, call the Protected Plant Program at 770-918-6411.

Herbs

• Advertisers selling ginseng must be registered with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and proof of this registration must be submitted with each ad.
• Ads for ginseng submitted without this registration will not be published.
• For more information, contact the Georgia Natural Heritage program at 770-918-6411.

Livestock, Livestock Wanted, Alternative Livestock

• All livestock must have been in the advertiser’s possession for at least 90 days before they can be advertised.
• Livestock listed must be for specific animals. Generalized ads such as “many breeds of cattle” or “want horses, any amount” will not be published.
• Ads for free or unwanted livestock will not be published.
• Ads for cats, dogs, reptiles, rodents and other animals not specifically bred for on-farm use will not be published.

Poultry/Fowl for Sale

• Mallard ducks must be at least three generations removed from the wild before they can be advertised. Advertisers must include this information in ads, or they will not be published.

Poultry/Fowl Requiring Permit

• Advertisers selling wood ducks must submit a USDA permit with their ad. Ads for wood ducks that do not have this permit will not be published. For information on these permits, call the US Fish & Wildlife Service Atlanta office at 404-679-7319.
• Advertisers selling quail must be accompanied by a copy of the commercial quail breeder’s license. Ads for quail that do not have this license will not be published. For information on these licenses, call the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division at 770-918-6401.
• If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the permit/license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the permit/license can be attached using the attachments button.

Swine

• Advertisers submitting swine ads must submit proof of a negative brucellosis and pseudorabies test from within the past 30 days. Exceptions are swine from a validated brucellosis-free and qualified pseudorabies-free herd; these operations must submit proof of that certification.
• If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the test needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the test can be attached using the attachments button.
• Buyers are urged to request proof of a negative brucellosis and pseudorabies test prior to purchase.

Things to Eat

• Advertisers submitting ads using the term “organic” require Certified Organic registration with the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Ads submitted without this registration will not be published.
• If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the registration needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the registration can be attached using the attachments button.
• For information on this registration, call the Organic Program Manager at 706-595-3408.

Timber

• Timber must be individually owned and produced by the advertiser on his personal property. No companies or businesses are allowed to advertise timberland in this category.
• Timberland advertised must be at least one acre.
• Timber wanted ads will not be published.

2014 Classified Advertising Deadlines

Print Date	Special Categories	Deadline Date All ads are due by noon on these dates
Jan. 8, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	Dec. 25, 2013
Jan. 22, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	Jan. 8, 2014
Feb. 5, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	Jan. 22, 2014
Feb. 19, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	Feb. 5, 2014
March 5, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	Feb. 19, 2014
March 19, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	March 5, 2014
April 2, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted	March 19, 2014
April 16, 2014	Handicrafts	April 2, 2014
April 30, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	April 16, 2014
May 14, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	April 30, 2014
May 28, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	May 14, 2014
June 11, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	May 28, 2014
June 25, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	June 11, 2014
July 9, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	June 25, 2014
July 23, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	July 9, 2014
Aug. 6, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	July 23, 2014
Aug. 20, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	Aug. 6, 2014
Sept. 3, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	Aug. 20, 2014
Sept. 17, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	Sept. 3, 2014
Oct. 1, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted	Sept. 17, 2014
Oct. 15, 2014	Handicrafts	Oct. 1, 2014
Oct. 29, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	Oct. 15, 2014
Nov. 12, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	Oct. 29, 2014
Nov. 26, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	Nov. 12, 2014
Dec. 10, 2014	Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Handicrafts	Nov. 26, 2014
Dec. 24, 2014	Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted	Dec. 10, 2014

 

Special deadlines for the following editions and published lists are below:

Special Edition	Deadline Date All ads are due by noon on these dates	Print Date
Farmland for sale (spring)	Feb. 19, 2014	March 5, 2014
Strawberry Pick-Your-Own	Feb. 19, 2014	March 5, 2014
Spring Crops Pick-Your-Own	April 30, 2014	May 14, 2014
Summer Crops Pick-Your-Own	June 11, 2014	June 25, 2014
Fall Crops Pick-Your-Own	Aug. 6, 2014	Aug. 20, 2014
Farmland for sale (fall)	Aug. 20, 2014	Sept. 3, 2014