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Rob Green <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:00:30 -0400
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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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