Category Archives: gardens
Hardy Kiwi.. O my O my.. What a project this will be!
You see this is all my fault, when I made the list of “cool” things to add to the farm in terms of gardening, I put “Hardy Kiwi” on the list but the prices of this plant in the garden … Continue reading
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Hugelculture-Making “hill” beds for garden use!
This was by far the best seminar at the event, it was hosted by one of Greenshire’s members for those of my readers that can watch video, here is a link to one that they have done that you might like, … Continue reading
Food Forests or Producing Hedgerows-Farmgal Style.
so while I will share the offical seven layers of the basic idea of a “Food Forest“. I am also going to take this back to Farmgal first hand experance because it turns out that what I have been making … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Frugal, Garden, Health, Soft Fruits, Wild Foods
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Basic Idea’s of Hugelculture Gardening Style
So I am going to get my “low of this part of the seminar out first” and then get on to the good stuff, I didn’t like how one presenter made this type of system a “lifestyle” and I do … Continue reading
We all said it..it was bound to happen! Thankfully my tree’s are not in bloom!
The photo on the right was taken this morning..that is my rhubarb under that blanket of snow! How hard did you get hit if you got snow this morning?
Garden-My $2 dollar “cold frame” Horse Trough
Ok so I picked up this nice big metal water trough for $2 dollars as it was rusted though, now it was fixable if you had a welder but that was not what I wanted if for.. So the glass … Continue reading
March Challange and Permaculture
March Challange: Breakfast-Yogurt, canned mixed fruit, walnuts Lunch-Baked Beans on Bread Supper-Pasta with roasted Chicken leg in a pasta sauce mixed with yogurt and dried squash. Dessert- Hot Spiced Roasted Peanuts. Ok, so lets talk about Permaculture today, the idea … Continue reading
Garden Monday- Indepence Day 03-12
I decided to combine the wonderful Independence Day Challange with the once a month garden update for my monday’s main posts. Plant something: Kale, onions Harvest something: Everything counts – Sprouts, Eggs, Milk- Preserve something: Yogurt, Soft Yogurt Cheese, dried … Continue reading
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Composting for the Feb Challange
This month on the sustainable eats Urban farm Handbook year long gardening challange, it was soil buiding.. Ok, so the photo does not look like much but when we got that amazing spring snap of weather at the first part … Continue reading
Garden Monday-Indepence Days-Monthly “How does your Garden Grow”
I decided to combine the wonderful Independence Day Challange with the once a month garden update for my monday’s main posts. Going to also add links to blog I read that are doing this challange, if anyone else who read’s … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 