I was actually working on a checklist of things to do in preparation for the winter storm we have coming in this weekend when I noticed one of my co-workers shared a document in our slack channel that was much more comprehensive than my list, so I’m stealing his… credit goes to Will Scott. Emergency […]
Check Your Cucumber Plants for Anthracnose
I was just out looking at my cucumber plants this morning at my home in central Arkansas after being gone for a few days and found signs of anthracnose on the leaves. This is a pretty nasty disease that is kinda common w/ cucumbers (especially in the mid-south). This disease can really cut yields if […]
Find us at the 2025 Arkansas Women in Agriculture Conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas
I will be on hand with FBN Community Builder Kelly Rottinghaus at the 2025 Arkansas Women in Agriculture event in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The event starts on March 31st and will run through April 1st. If you haven’t registered yet, click here. This is a great event that offers both educational and networking opportunities for […]
EP:031 – Cotton Rohrscheib & Christiaan Horn – Our Farmers First™ trials in the Mississippi Delta
On this episode I was driving back to central Arkansas after spending the day in Mississippi. The snow was starting to move into the area as Christiaan Horn and I discussed our Community Builder program at Farmers Business Network as well as the importance of the mix order when working with multiple herbicides and tank […]
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EP:030 – Cotton Rohrscheib & Will Scott – Making Agronomic Decisions & Crop Plans for the 2025 Growing Season
On this episode of The Cotton Club podcast I have a conversation w/ Will Scott, our area FBN agronomist. On this show we discuss a variety of topics including; making crop plans, looking forward to the 2025 growing season, selecting seed varieties, biological products from FBN, and what we are hearing on the streets about […]
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Invasive and Toxic Predatory Hammerhead Worms Discovered in Central Arkansas (Conway), Zone 7
This past weekend I shared on my social channels that I had discovered a hammerhead worm in one of our landscape beds at our residence in Central Arkansas. I was sort of surprised at first because I had never actually seen one in person before, only pictures online warning these predatory worms were making their […]
Starting my Raised Bed Garden Seeds for the 2022 Growing Season Indoors
The other day I blogged about the varieties I had selected for my raised bed gardens this season. This past week I went ahead and started some of my tomatoes and celery indoors. I have a really cool setup that I put together a few years back that’s essentially a rolling rack w/ LED grow […]
Managing Multiple Projects, Construction & Chaos, Building Permits, Covenants & Restrictions, Chickens, and Swimming Pools
I’m one of those guys that sketches out pretty much everything before I start a project. I can’t explain it but it really helps me to have a mental picture in my head as to what the final product will be before I ever start a project… Unfortunately, this isn’t always possible. I’m getting ready […]
Using a Combination of African Mustard & Turnip Greens as Cover Crop in my Raised Bed Gardens (Photos Included)
My role at Farmers Business Network has given me the opportunity to work with multiple growers in the mid-south that have implemented cover crops into their farming practices and their results have been quite impressive. Since my raised beds were completely new this past season I have several issues to contend with during the off-season […]
My 2022 Raised Bed Garden Design & Layout
One of my big takeaways after using my new raised beds for the first time last season was that everything seemed pretty crowded from mid-season on. This season I’ve carefully planned the layout to make sure that doesn’t happen again when plants really start adding mass and foliage mid-season. Last season I had 4 tomato […]