About Buckeye Rows

Buckeye Rows is a third-party journal about Ohio's market-garden, orchard and small-fruit trade. It covers how vegetables, tree fruit and berries are grown in Ohio conditions, protected from disease and weather, and sold across the state. The site has four sections.

Growing crops

Field vegetables, high tunnels and season extension, orchards and small fruit, grafting, and transplant dates. The articles describe what growers in Ohio do in the field and under cover, from soil preparation to harvest windows, and refer to planting calendars and variety trials published by public institutions.

Soil and plant health

Fertility, muck soils, foliar and fruit disease, pests, and pollination. The articles summarise scouting methods, disease cycles and management options as they appear in extension publications and research reports. Where a practice depends on local conditions, the article says so.

The market side

Farm food safety, GAP and the produce safety rule, the Ohio Produce Marketing Agreement, inspection and compliance, direct sales and market pricing, farm labour and worker safety, and grower-funded crop research. The articles follow how rules are written, inspected and applied, and how growers sell through farm stands, markets, wholesale and direct contracts.

News desk

The news desk reports on bodies active in the state, including the Ohio Produce Growers and Marketers Association, its congress, its directory and its research programme. These are reported in the third person, as news, like any other organisation in Ohio.

How the articles are written

Buckeye Rows is edited by The Buckeye Rows editorial team. The texts are written from public sources, and each article names the sources it draws on. Where a figure or a date is not public, the article says so and leaves the point open. Nothing is presented as the voice of a grower, an association or an agency.

The site is for Ohio vegetable, orchard and small-fruit growers; small market gardeners selling direct; horticulture and agronomy students; county extension staff and crop advisers; and local produce buyers. Write to contact@ohiovegetables.org.