Lots and lots of rain is not necessarily the best thing for growing; too much of it can bring a proliferation of weeds and vines, root rot, destructive bugs and more.

Value-added products like beeswax and fruit jams are those which are made or created as a byproduct of something else.

Browsing among the sights and smells of fresh produce at a farmers market is such joy—even more so in Denmark.

WATER!!!! We have water on the farm! Finally Precious Produce Farms in Dorothea has water 24/7.

Folks from all over the globe harvested fish and produce Wednesday at UVI’s Agricultural Experiment Station.

With the suggestion and encouragement from fellow St. Thomas farmer Al Wade, Jr., I set my sights on attending the St. Croix Ag Fest for the very first time.

The vagaries of farming are many and never ending. While lack of access to water was previously a problem, Otto and Tomas showed us the havoc wrought by excess rains.

After the land was cleared in order to establish Precious Produce Farms  in Dorothea, another labor-intensive part of preparation began: construction of those terraces.

After two years of ups and downs, Precious Produce Farms is finally beginning to come to life in Dorothea.

Pests are the bane of farmers and gardeners and often we don’t know that we’re being bugged until it is too late to save our plants from total destruction.