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At 12:00 AM 3/24/2010, you wrote:
>Sounds like you have it covered.
I was looking for specific cultivar suggestions... not all buckwheats
are equivalent, for example.
>I'd suggest wild mustard if you want a really good pollen
>source. More so than sunflowers.
Sunflowers (birdseed) gives me something to market at the farmers market.
I have 20 acresant. Some is taken up with sweet corn and popcorn for
the farmers market, which supplements honey sales.
>I let my hay field go to flower before mowing since I am not selling
>the hay and our boarders are far less worried about protein levels that some.
Yes I'm intending to let it flower
>You could also plant a later season wildflower or encourage wild
>areas that focus on end of season blooms.
Looking at New England Aster
>Stop using fertilizers, and grub killers, and let it balance out.
Done all that, we'll be certified organic in June 2011 if all works out.
What I have surrounding is corn and soybeans, including users of
neonics (Imid). Trying to do my best here...
Rob Green
Bluffwood Creek Organic Farm & Apiary
Pittsboro, Indiana
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