by megan@mrockcreative.com | Jul 13, 2016 | Blog, Organic Agriculture
We’ve discussed manure and corn, and now it’s time to tackle another staple in farming. Beans. These little plants are a vital player in what we grow here at Silver Reef. In fact, not to toot our own horn, but Silver Reef has sold our pinto beans to quite a few...
by megan@mrockcreative.com | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog, Corn, Organic Agriculture
Silver Reef is no stranger to corn. On our land, we plant both grain corn and corn silage. Although they sound similar, when it comes to harvesting their processes are quite different. Grain corn must grow until the seed has reached dent stage; basically, it has...
by megan@mrockcreative.com | Jun 23, 2016 | Blog, Life on the Farm
Manure is crucial in farming. Without it, the soil simply does not have enough nutrients to grow a successful crop. Usually, to determine how much manure is needed on a given piece of land, core samples are taken from each individual field after the previous crop has...
by megan@mrockcreative.com | Jun 16, 2016 | Life on the Farm
While there will be various blog postings to come on what Silver Reef has done and will do with the Rohrbacker property, the land itself has such a rich history that it wouldn’t be right if we didn’t share it. Encompassing 160 acres, the land was first homesteaded by...
by megan@mrockcreative.com | Jun 7, 2016 | Blog, Life on the Farm, Organic Agriculture
In December of 2015, Silver Reef purchased a new piece of land. The Rohrbacker Farm had been on our radar for some time, and when the opportunity to purchase came around, we took it! The land had originally been used as a dryland wheat farm back in the 1980’s, but...
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