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January 2, 2008

Advantages to SPIN’s Standard Size Bed

January 3, 2008

SPIN’s Relay Cropping Intensifies Production

January 3, 2008

SPIN’s Definition of a High-Value Crop

January 4, 2008

SPIN’s Land Base Allocation

January 5, 2008

Why and How Wally Developed SPIN

January 16, 2008

SPIN’s Revenue Targeting Formula

January 20, 2009

Warming Up Soil

February 24, 2009

Converting Lawn to Cropland

February 24, 2009

February 27, 2009

Using Onion Sets

April 2, 2009

Keeping Cats Out of Beds

May 13, 2009

Planting Scallion Sets

June 14, 2009

Selling Peppers

November 8, 2009

Treat Cut Greens Like Cut Flowers

November 9, 2009

Researching Restaurant Regulations

November 9, 2009

Winter Growing Mache in OR

November 11, 2009

Mixed Veggie Packs

December 2, 2009

Flame Weeding Works Well

December 13, 2009

December 20, 2009

Trellising Tomatoes

January 6, 2010

Surviving a Cold Snap

January 7, 2010

Seed Potatoes Sourced from Local Co-op

January 10, 2010

Marketing Method for One Person Operations

January 14, 2010

Buy Seed Potatoes and Unusual Varieties

January 15, 2010

Multi-use Plants

January 15, 2010

Capitalizing a Farm Start-up

January 24, 2010

Compost Tea and E.coli

January 26, 2010

Heat Mat A Good Investment

January 26, 2010

January 28, 2010

Commercial Salad Mixes Not for Production Growers

January 28, 2010

Commercial Salad Mixes Not For Production Growers

January 29, 2010

Balancing Farming and a Job

January 29, 2010

Make Raised Beds With a Tiller

February 3, 2010

Experimental CSA

February 3, 2010

Farming with Kids

February 8, 2010

Cost/Benefit of Transplants

February 12, 2010

DIY High Tunnels

February 19, 2010

Dealing with CSA Shortfall

February 20, 2010

Grow Dandelion Greens

April 14, 2010

Water Meters to Track Usage

April 19, 2010

DIY Coolbot Walk-in Cooler Tips

April 24, 2010

Tips for Incorporating Chickens into a SPIN Farm

April 29, 2010

Use the Mantis for Tilling Raised Beds

April 29, 2010

Growing on Concrete

October 18, 2010

Dealing with Zoning

April 12, 2011

Vermicomposting

June 28, 2011

What Bags to Use for Greens?

August 26, 2011

Greenhouse Construction

September 9, 2011

Hoops Built with Electrical Conduit Pipes

September 21, 2011

Keeping Greens Fresh to Sell at Market

September 21, 2011

Bagging Greens by Weight

January 10, 2012

SPIN and the Nature of Work

January 11, 2012

Drip Irrigation Setup

January 21, 2012

DIY Pumping System

April 14, 2012

Advice on Market Pricing

April 22, 2012

Start Small and Observe the Locals

April 24, 2012

DIY Electric Bike for Pedal-Powered SPIN Farms

April 24, 2012

DIY Electric Bike for Pedal-Powered SPIN Farms

April 29, 2012

Tiller Recommendation

May 24, 2012

Second Cuts of Greens

May 24, 2012

Irrigation and Water Quality

June 4, 2012

SPIN’s Keys to Success

June 4, 2012

June 11, 2012

Squash Need Heat

September 22, 2012

Potatoes in Bags

October 2, 2012

Expanding Your Land Base

October 3, 2012

Babies, Tillers and Cooler

November 20, 2012

Winter Growing of Micro Greens

January 7, 2013

Pricing Micro Greens

January 7, 2013

Recycle Soil into New Product

January 17, 2013

Johnny’s Quick Cut Greens Harvester

January 20, 2013

Free Website Platform Recommendation

January 21, 2013

Johnny’s Quick Cut Greens Harvester

January 28, 2013

January 29, 2013

January 29, 2013

February 3, 2013

Irrigating Sub-acre Plots

February 5, 2013

Drought, Raised Beds and Irrigation

February 5, 2013

Drought, Raised Beds and Irrigation

February 10, 2013

Seed Saving Breeds to Local Conditions

February 12, 2013

Vapor Barrier for Greenhouse Construction

March 2, 2013

Chinese Design for Passive Solar Greenhouse

March 8, 2013

DIY Bike Trailers

March 9, 2013

DIY Strawberry Planters

March 11, 2013

Vertical Bucket Farms

March 11, 2013

Small Scale Fodder

March 13, 2013

SPIN Is Not All You Think It Is

March 14, 2013

Restaurant Sales

March 18, 2013

Spring Garlic Planting

March 24, 2013

March 25, 2013

Early Spring Market

March 31, 2013

Carrot Production for Early Spring Sales

April 5, 2013

Sonic Repellers Can Control Rodents

April 17, 2013

Check List For Buying a Used Tiller

April 29, 2013

Grow Tables for Bedding Plants

April 29, 2013

Farm Stand Display

May 6, 2013

Fast Track Farming

May 8, 2013

First Year SPIN: What Sells Best?

May 14, 2013

Late Season Start Inspires Profitable New Product Line

May 16, 2013

Subscription Model Without the Pressure

May 17, 2013

What Does Commercial Grade Mean?

May 20, 2013

Fixes for Underachieving Farm Stand Sales

May 22, 2013

The Right Tiller for the Mature Woman Farmer

May 22, 2013

New Product Line: Quick Greens

May 27, 2013

Sales Tips for the Shy Farmer

May 30, 2013

Off-beat Seed Sources Provide a Competitive Advantage

June 5, 2013

June 10, 2013

Ramps Are an Acquired Taste

June 10, 2013

June 11, 2013

Seed Costs for a Half-Acre

June 13, 2013

Farm Start-up Advice

June 14, 2013

Building a Bike Trailer

June 17, 2013

June 18, 2013

Stagger Spinach Production

June 18, 2013

Turn Too Much Spinach into Pesto

June 18, 2013

Selling Fall-Harvested Potatoes in June

June 19, 2013

Rooftop SPIN-Farming

June 19, 2013

Video on Building a Cooler Using the Coolbot

June 19, 2013

Growing Tasty Berries

June 20, 2013

Clover for Pathways, Broadfork for No-till

June 24, 2013

Tips for Using the Earthway Seeder

June 24, 2013

Earthway Plates Don’t Always Work as Labeled

June 25, 2013

Tilling Is Sometimes Necessary

June 25, 2013

Tilling Makes SPIN Work

June 25, 2013

Just as Needed Tilling

June 26, 2013

Volunteer Labor Can Be Made to Work

June 26, 2013

US Regs On Unpaid Labor

July 1, 2013

SPIN-Style Pest Management

July 3, 2013

Parsely is a Good Minor Crop

July 9, 2013

Pushing the Limits of Micro Greens Production

July 15, 2013

Season’s First Carrot Harvest

July 23, 2013

Dill is “Just Great”

July 24, 2013

Check Legal Status on Use of Volunteers and Interns

July 25, 2013

Mantis Tiller Perfect For Some SPIN-Farming Contexts

July 31, 2013

Early Bintje Potatoes Are Another “Just Great” Crop

August 6, 2013

Mid-summer Planting for Continuous Production

August 21, 2013

Easy Money: Arugula, Cilantro and Dill

August 27, 2013

Cilantro Sells Well as a Micro Green

August 29, 2013

Dealing witn Weed Pressures

August 29, 2013

Setting Restaurant Pricing

September 4, 2013

Grow and Sell Fava Greens

September 5, 2013

Chick Peas Arouse Customer Passions

September 10, 2013

Grow Tables for Shoot Production

September 17, 2013

Pumpkins Can Be Worth $40 – $50 Each

September 25, 2013

Banana Potatoes Make for a Profitable Late Season Offering

October 3, 2013

SPIN’s Point – Targeting Revenue

October 15, 2013

Storage Crops Provide Winter Cashflow

October 25, 2013

Indoor micro greens production is easy to ramp up

October 30, 2013

Indoor Grow Tables Inexpensive Setup for Winter Production

November 8, 2013

Edible Houseplants are a Good Indoor Crop

November 11, 2013

Market conditions versus Labor input pricing

December 18, 2013

Go for Four Season Marketing

January 5, 2014

Expand Your Land Base Without Acquiring More Land With Intensification

January 28, 2014

Tips for selling at market for first timers

February 4, 2014

Make Your New Farm Implement a Stop Watch

February 10, 2014

A Multi-locational Farm is a Realistic Ideal

February 19, 2014

Take your farm to the next level – the basement

February 28, 2014

Think Spring. Think $1,000 Revenue Target.

March 5, 2014

How do I start SPIN-Farming on 16,000 square feet ?

March 19, 2014

Thinking of Spring, and Squash for Winter Markets

March 26, 2014

March 27, 2014

Psych Yourself Up for Farmer’s Market Sales

May 15, 2014

Season Off-track, Sales On-track

June 11, 2014

New Cropping Strategy, Courtesy of My Local Chain Store

July 2, 2014

SPIN Pricing 101

July 8, 2014

The Secret Ingredient to Salad Mix Success

July 15, 2014

Competition is Healthy

July 23, 2014

Design Your Stand for Optimal Sales

July 24, 2014

GAP Is Not Just for the Big Boys

August 4, 2014

How the Pro’s Compete

August 18, 2014

Why You Need Farmers Market Liability Insurance

August 19, 2014

Find Markets the Same Way You Do Land

August 20, 2014

Vertical Farming, SPIN-Style

September 9, 2014

Invasive Horse Radish Earns Its Keep

September 9, 2014

Can There Be Too Many SPIN Farmers?

September 11, 2014

Use SPIN’s Small Scale Advantage

September 15, 2014

September 25, 2014

Bed Rest Is Not Always the Best Prescription

October 2, 2014

Can My 2,700 Sq. Ft. Garden Support a 20 Member CSA?

October 8, 2014

Don’t Psych Yourself Out About Business Planning

October 17, 2014

Winter Markets Keep the Cash Flowing

October 27, 2014

How Much Goes into a Unit?

December 29, 2014

Getting Better at Getting Better

January 2, 2015

Reminder to create a signature

January 7, 2015

How GMO Literate Are You?

January 7, 2015

Temperature Control for Winter Storage Crops

January 19, 2015

A Carrot By Any Other Name

January 19, 2015

Performance-Based Farming: How Well Are You Doing?

January 26, 2015

Cipollini Onions Earn Their Keep This Time of Year

January 27, 2015

SPIN Bed Sizes Are Not Just Plug and Play

February 4, 2015

Don’t Let a Sales Opportunity Go to Waste

February 18, 2015

Newbie SOS: 80 days to market, what’s first?

February 19, 2015

Newbie SOS: How can I get an early start on the season?

February 23, 2015

Newbie SOS: How important are organic seeds?

March 1, 2015

Revenue is the Benchmark to Beat

March 2, 2015

Newbie SOS: Don’t obsess over soil amendments

March 9, 2015

Newbie SOS: How do I set up my irrigation?

March 16, 2015

How SPIN’s Numbers Add Up

March 22, 2015

Reality Check for New Backyard Farmers

April 6, 2015

SPIN is Gardening as a Business – Set a Revenue Target

April 13, 2015

SPIN Is Gardening as a Business – Plan Your Production

April 14, 2015

Here’s a Crop That Grows Itself – Onions

April 27, 2015

SPIN and Livestock: Finding the Best Fit

May 7, 2015

Potatoes Are Perfect Peri-Urban Crop

May 12, 2015

Hey, I’m Just a Farmer

May 14, 2015

May 18, 2015

When It Comes To Harvesting, Take Five

May 26, 2015

The Lexicon of Profitability

June 1, 2015

Right Size Your Ambitions and Your Plots

June 4, 2015

Make Money from the Unexpected

June 11, 2015

Play Your Crops Like Poker

July 12, 2015

SPIN Farmers Use a Business Model, Not Provocation

July 16, 2015

Some Sage Advice on Parsley Production

July 21, 2015

There’s A Bigger Issue Besides Organic

August 1, 2015

Full Spectrum Sustainability

August 3, 2015

My Farmers Market Provides the Best of Both Worlds

August 10, 2015

Standing Up To Drought

August 11, 2015

Use yardsharing to create an orchard

August 12, 2015

Work Rate Puts “Labor Saving” in Perspective

August 31, 2015

Week After Week Cropping Strategy Helps You Achieve Steady Production

September 3, 2015

Honest Work/Honest Pay

September 4, 2015

Honest Work/Honest Pay Part 2

September 10, 2015

Are You Over-delivering?

September 15, 2015

Pumpkin Patch is Serious Business

September 16, 2015

Long Haul Farmers

September 18, 2015

Storage Crops – Boring But Big Moneymakers

September 25, 2015

Now Is Always the Best Time to Start a Farm

October 12, 2015

Rake in Sales With Fall’s New Moneymakers

October 14, 2015

SPIN Apprenticeship Lesson Learned: How to Market an Ugly Crop

October 15, 2015

SPIN Apprenticeship Lesson Learned: Market Day Selling

October 27, 2015

SPIN Apprenticeship Lesson: Making A Bed with a Rototiller

October 29, 2015

Weather Can Be Made To Help With Your Prep Work

November 4, 2015

SPIN Apprenticeship Lesson: Respond to Seasonal Trends and Supply/Demand

November 16, 2015

Plan to Extend 2016 Sales by Observing Market Conditions Now

November 27, 2015

How to Troubleshoot Crop Problems

November 30, 2015

For Sampling, You Really Have To Be There

December 15, 2015

Open House Replays

January 28, 2016

February 11, 2pm ET – Member Meetup with Brianna van de Wijngaard, Puddle Produce, Williams Lake BC

February 4, 2016

How Much Land Do You Need to Support a 100 Member CSA?

February 9, 2016

Defining Your Niche

February 10, 2016

Are You Ready For Self-Employment?

February 11, 2016

A Campus Pilot Project with Big Potential

February 12, 2016

Are Transplants Worth the Effort?

February 13, 2016

For Staggered Plantings, Ignore the Spreadsheet

February 18, 2016

Planting Plan for a $1,000 Market Week in Early Spring

February 21, 2016

Farming Has a New Narrative

March 4, 2016

A Planning Method to Stick With

March 5, 2016

How to Scope Your Startup When Land Is Not an Issue

March 7, 2016

Move Forward by Thinking Backwards

March 10, 2016

Is Organic Certification Worth It?

March 11, 2016

Low Maintenance Crops Are Worth Way More Than The Effort

March 14, 2016

Compost Can Be as Important as Cashflow

March 16, 2016

Why Not Just Grow High Value Crops?

March 16, 2016

Companion Planting is Good Business

March 18, 2016

What’s the Best Way to Prep Land?

April 4, 2016

Plant With Your Head as Well as Your Gut

April 6, 2016

How Do you Project Market Share?

April 7, 2016

The Entrepreneurial Advantage Makes All the Difference

April 7, 2016

Raised Beds May Work Against You

April 19, 2016

Become Your Own Weather Forecaster

May 2, 2016

How to Determine Hoophouse Density for Tomatoes and Peppers

May 6, 2016

Working the Soil Is What Farmers Do

May 6, 2016

Losing Land is No Tragedy for a Backyard Farmer

May 10, 2016

Early Spring Marketing Using Unheated High Tunnels

May 16, 2016

Breaking New Ground

May 31, 2016

Favas: A Bean for the New Millennials

June 6, 2016

Customer Don’t Always Know Best

June 13, 2016

Keep the Soil in Your High Tunnel Healthy

June 14, 2016

Grow Backyard Crops To Fund Home Improvements

July 11, 2016

Weeding Jujutsu

July 13, 2016

Perennials Have Their Place

August 10, 2016

DIY Portable Sprinklers Get the Job Done

August 10, 2016

Bee Friendly Farming Attracts Customers

September 6, 2016

Niche Products Can Diversify or Define Your Business

September 20, 2016

SPIN-Farming May Not Be All You Think It Is

September 21, 2016

How to Get Big Sales of Big Onions

December 26, 2016

Best Seed Sources is Based on Experience, Not the Catalog

January 9, 2017

2017 Trends and Who’s Setting Them

January 30, 2017

2 Detox Dishes For Your Shitty Winter Body

February 1, 2017

10 Characteristics of Successful Backyard Farmers

February 6, 2017

RX for Keeping Your Business Healthy

May 30, 2017

Stand and Plant

June 2, 2017

Farming in Plain Sight

June 6, 2017

Create Your Own Supply Chain

June 21, 2017

Do You Ever Get Too Old For Backyard Farming?

June 21, 2017

Backyard Farmers Target Cat People

July 10, 2017

Use Your Natural Advantage

August 16, 2017

Wanna be a flower farmer?

August 23, 2017

A Cooler Startup

September 14, 2017

September 28, 2017

Seed Saving ROI – Would You Believe $250K?

October 3, 2017

Refresher Courses

December 13, 2017

2018 Trends and Who’s Setting Them

February 24, 2018

Best Tool For Beginners: Cash Flow

April 3, 2018

Set for Steady Cash Flow

May 16, 2018

July 12, 2pm ET – Member Meetup with Cathy LeValley, New Earth Micro Farm

June 30, 2018

Flexibility Is A Farmer’s Most Valuable Asset

June 30, 2018

# 1 Success Factor No One Talks About

July 23, 2018

Beautifully Easy Economics

July 23, 2018

Farmers Market Reality Check

July 27, 2018

Local Flower Business Pops Up

July 30, 2018

Payoff from Consumer Conundrum

September 21, 2018

Sustainable Farmer

October 7, 2018

Learning the Lesson of Sustainability

November 1, 2018

A New Role Model for Urban Farms

December 5, 2018

How Good A Boss Are You?

December 8, 2018

Ring Up Holiday Sales

December 26, 2018

2019 Trends and Who’s Setting Them

December 28, 2018

Putting a Lawn Mower to Good Use

January 18, 2019

What’s Your Pricing Power? Just Ask.

January 19, 2019

Advice You Won’t Get at Farm Conferences

January 20, 2019

Seeding Rate Helps Answer Whether A Crop Is Worth Growing

January 21, 2019

Back to the Future Doesn’t Work

January 23, 2019

# 1 Priority in Year # 1

February 3, 2019

To Get the Best Seed Price, Make a Call

February 15, 2019

February 16, 2019

The Farm Startup Story No One Tells

February 21, 2019

Jumpstart an Herb Business on 1,200 Sq. Ft.

March 1, 2019

Quick easy money: Potting up volunteer plants

March 25, 2019

Rhubarb Has Sales Versatility

April 22, 2019

Which irrigation methods work for which crops?

May 4, 2019

Time to Think Big(ger)?

May 14, 2019

Surprises Galore! What to Expect on a SPIN Farm Tour

May 22, 2019

May 24, 2019

A Best Practice That Isn’t Always

May 25, 2019

Open House with Lee McBride on Food Safety Conpliance for Backyard Farmers

July 29, 2019

Farming’s Alternate Reality Is A Moneymaker

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