FFGC – Internet Explorer Users

January 27, 2011

We’ve had some FFGC users who are on Windows mention having small issues when using Internet Explorer. Unfortunately the Internet Explorer browser is still not 100% up-to-date with current web standards, and sometimes will not display pages correctly. We highly recommend using Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari as your browser. Each of these browsers are [...]

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2011 Grant for Seasonal High Tunnels for Food and Other Specialty Crop Production

January 19, 2011

Natural resource benefits from using tunnel structures may include: improved plant quality, improved soil quality, and improved water quality through methods such as reduced nutrient and pesticide transport. During the pilot period, eligible agricultural producers may apply for EQIP financial assistance for high tunnels, but only for manufactured tunnels covering up to 2,178 square feet [...]

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Farm Internship Available – Lafayette, CO

December 23, 2010

Hearteye Village CSA is a bio-intensive, ¼ acre micro-farm serving a small CSA program in our third year of operation, and an 80-acre horse boarding facility.  We have one position for a FULL-TIME farm intern from March 2011 through October 2011 and possibly through December.  You will learn by performing all aspects of farming for the CSA.  [...]

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Winter Solstice Update

December 21, 2010

As the days will start growing longer and longer, thoughts turn to gardening and farming. I’m already paging through seed catalogs and brainstorming new ideas for my home garden. It is a great time to start planning, and we are seeing many new farmers and gardeners signing up to use our online farm and garden [...]

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Winter Solstice Update

December 21, 2010

As the days will start growing longer and longer, thoughts turn to gardening and farming. I’m already paging through seed catalogs and brainstorming new ideas for my home garden. It is a great time to start planning, and we are seeing many new farmers and gardeners signing up to use our online farm and garden [...]

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Site downtime

December 8, 2010

We apologize for our site being down for about an hour this morning when we ran into an issue with our web hosting.  The issue has be resolved and the site is working normally again.

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FFGC Login Issues

September 17, 2010

We have noticed that some may have lost their original password for logging in to their calculator account. If you are having trouble logging in, you may need to reset your password by clicking “Reset Password” on the login page. We are also noticing that sometimes users get a “Page Not Found” message when they [...]

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Upcoming Permaculture Design Courses in Colorado

August 18, 2010

The 24th Annual Permaculture Design Course at CRMPI (Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute) in Basalt, Colorado Sunday, September 12th – Sunday, September 25th,  2010 With Peter Bane, Adam Brock, Sarah Montgomery, Kelly Simmons and Jerome Osentowski. Space is still available. Visit www.crmpi.org to learn more or to sign up! Advanced Permaculture Design Course by High Altitude Permaculture with Sandy [...]

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Organic Ant Control – Grits!

August 17, 2010

I started getting several ant hills around my yard here in the mountains, with some in or next to my garden. One fairly large hill was right next to my medicinal herb garden and I wouldn’t doubt if the ants made off the seeds I planted since almost nothing I seeded came up. While ants [...]

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The Trials & Tribulations of High Altitude Gardening

August 13, 2010

This spring I had grand plans of thoroughly documenting my use of the Fantastic Farm and Garden Calculator to plan my small (100 s.f.) garden here in Eldora, Colorado where I am a bit below 9000 feet altitude. Mother Nature and some garden loving critters changed my plans. In previous years I had been lucky [...]

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