Category: Dirt, Mud, and other Nonsense

  • What I Learned At My First Farm Conference

    What I Learned At My First Farm Conference

    An overview of the 2025 PASA sustainable agriculture conference.

  • A Professional (Or Home Garden) Germination Setup

    A Professional (Or Home Garden) Germination Setup

    The seed-starting season is kicking off in earnest here at Good Dirt Farm, and while the fields are still deep in snow, our indoor germination setup is providing the perfect conditions for seeds to start growing. Our system is about as cheap and simple as it gets, yet it allows us to germinate several hundred…

  • An Ode To Garlic

    An Ode To Garlic

    In the bitter cold of February, it is the lone brave soul daring to pop out of the ground through the snow and ice. It powers through the spring, always the biggest and greenest member of the garden through May, usually at least a foot higher than all other growth. Then, the relentless heat of…

  • How to Direct Seed Vegetables Like a Pro

    How to Direct Seed Vegetables Like a Pro

    If you’ve been following us here at Good Dirt Farm, you probably know that we start the majority of our crops indoors using soil blocks. While that is accurate, some crops aren’t suited to soil blocks for one reason or another. Certain crops need to be sewn very thickly, while others are large-seeded. And then…

  • My Best Friend the Stirrup Hoe

    My Best Friend the Stirrup Hoe

    A heavy rain fell all day yesterday, and this morning the garden beds are speckled with bright green weeds vying for life in my good dirt. A dismaying sight for me, but in situations like this, there’s always someone who has my back. He (yes, he) is always ready for battle, he never takes a…

  • Soil Blocking: An Important Part of Intensive Growing

    Soil Blocking: An Important Part of Intensive Growing

    At Good Dirt Farm, we use a method called soil blocking to start our seedlings before we transplant them