8 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Investing In Your First High-Tunnel Greenhouse
Hoop houses can be a meaningful infrastructure investment on your farm. Learning from others' mistakes before buying a tunnel can help shorten your learning curve.
Market Farming Videos, How-To Guides & Growing Resources
Browse market gardening videos, small farm how-tos, and practical growing guides built to help you save time, reduce waste, and grow a more profitable farm.
Where to Start as a New Small-Scale Farmer: Books, Courses, and Practical Advice
Feeling overwhelmed about starting a small-scale farm? Here are the three essential books, best online courses, and practical first steps recommended by experienced commercial growers.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
Crop Rotation for Market Farmers: A Practical Guide to Healthier Soil and Better Harvests
Learn a simple, effective crop rotation strategy for your small-scale market farm. Understand beneficial vs. detrimental crop families and how to rotate for healthier soil year-round.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
What Is a Stale Seedbed? How to Eliminate Weeds Before You Plant
Learn the stale seedbed technique and how to use silage tarps to eliminate weeds before planting. Practical bed prep strategies for market farmers and gardeners.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
How to Manage Fall Pests on Your Small-Scale Farm
Learn how to control cabbage worms, army worms, and aphids on your fall crops organically. BT and spinosad rotation, wetting agents, aphid prevention tips, and sprayer recommendations from an established, long-running farm.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
How to Grow Year-Round on Your Market Farm: Tips for Your First Winter Production
Learn how to start winter vegetable production on your market farm. Planting timing, cold-hardy crop selection, row cover protection, and ventilation tips from 22 years of year-round growing experience.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
How to Choose a High Tunnel for Your Market Garden: A Buyer's Guide
Learn what to look for when buying a high tunnel for your market garden. Steel gauge, tunnel shape, trusses, construction materials, and kit evaluation tips from years of practical, on-farm experience.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
How to Set Up Overhead Irrigation on Your Market Garden: Wobbler vs. MegaNet Sprinklers
Learn how to choose between wobbler and Meganet sprinklers, space them for even coverage, and set up a simple overhead irrigation system on your market garden. Detailed breakdown from decades of organic growing experience.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
How to Grow Healthy Transplants on Your Market Garden: Soil Blocks, Plug Trays, and Potting Mix
Learn why soil blocks produce healthier transplants than plug trays, how to choose the right block size for each crop, and what potting mix to use — from a farm that's been propagating for decades.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
How to Direct Seed on Your Market Farm: From Hand Seeding to the Jang Seeder
Learn why precision seeding matters for profitability, why Bountiful Blessings Farm chose the Jang JP3 over the JP5, and how to get the most from your direct seeding system.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
How to Use a Greens Harvester: Tips for Cleaner Cuts and Better Second Harvests
Learn proper greens harvester technique, which crops work best for second cuts, and how to maintain your blade. Practical tips from the team that invented the Quick-Cut Greens Harvester.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
What to Do When Your Market Garden Isn't Making Money
Struggling to turn a profit on your small farm? Practical advice on building efficient systems, choosing profitable crops, and reducing wasted labor — from nearly thirty years of refinement.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
How to Deploy Landscape Fabric Quickly on Your Farm
Learn the fold-don't-roll technique that lets Bountiful Blessings Farm cover eight beds in 30 minutes. Quick-Plant Fabric deployment tips, storage tricks, and the time math that makes fabric worth it.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
Best Cold-Hardy Crops for Winter Growing on Your Market Farm
Discover the best cold-hardy crops and specific varieties for winter market farming. Carrots, spinach, kale, lettuce — with planting tips from decades of hands-on experience.
By Jonathan Dysinger and John Dysinger
STUNNING Family Farm Pioneering Small-Scale Farm INNOVATION!
Discover the inspiring true story of Bountiful Blessings Farm. How one couple's leap of faith turned teaching careers into a flourishing family farm in Tennessee.
