Field Notes – July 2026

In the heat of summer, Tom Zink’s Year One Garden series turns to the hot topic of building healthy, fertile soil, with this month’s crop spotlight shining on cantaloupe.

There’s good news from the USDA about a new program to support local beef processors.

This time of year, it can seem like the number of bugs is sky-high. A new scientific study backs up that sentiment, saying there may be as many as three times more insect species than previously thought.

Field Notes – July 2026 (PDF, 1.1 MB)