Common Sense Market Farm Production is a program designed for Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, and Small Fruits that involves intensive, nutrient management of crops through timely soil tests. It teaches the Grower how to work with his/her soil resources and, how to put this information into practical application on his/her land. This program can be applied to any size market farm operation from small commercial gardens to hundred of acres.

Common Sense Market Farm Production emphasizes soil quality and nutrient management, thus optimizing crop production while lessening cost and environmental risks of over applications from fertilizers, manure and soil amendments.

Common Sense Market Farm Production contains a Market Farm Almanac for tracking crop(s) inputs and yields along with diagnostic charts for solving nutritional problems encountered during the growing season. Other resources included are a handout on Organic Fertilizers & Their Uses, Weed Directory of Soil Conditions, Understanding Soil Test Results, Toughening Up Transplants, and a Companion Planting Guide along with a Soil Sample Kit and Soil Sampling Schedule. A complete Resource Guide on soil factors and organisms that are necessary for optimum plant growth is also included.

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