Tag Archives: compost

Gal in the Garden Series – Working with “dead” top soil..

Posted on June 26, 2019 by

It looks so pretty.. that big huge mound of top soil.. so black and rich! Two loads of 10 tons each have arrived on the farm this year so far.. and its easy to work with, its good quality top … Continue reading →

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Winter Manure and Composting

Posted on February 19, 2019 by

A poo.. If you have farm critters you have poo.. if you have bigger critters, you have lots of Manure Piles! My two horse’s alone produce around a hundred pounds of poo a day.   Lets break it down a … Continue reading →

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Friday Rambles around the table “Soil Regenerative”

Posted on December 21, 2018 by

Quick, Quick its pouring rain.. glad you made it, its raining so hard that there are road closures, and the kiddo’s buses are canceled as well.  Shake yourself off and come on in.. I have got a lovely pot of … Continue reading →

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Digging in the garden

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

Well, the sun was shining to day, it was beautiful out, and I got to spend a good portion of the day outside off and on again. One of the things I noticed was the flower beds are all melting … Continue reading →

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Compost.. another farm impute 2015

Posted on June 19, 2015 by

This one has been a pain to track over the spring, raw compost for certain projects gets one price,  compost -1 or 2 year gets a different price and compost that is 3 to five plus that is now really, rich … Continue reading →

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Working Pigs!

Posted on March 10, 2015 by

Yup its that time of the year.. time to start putting pigs to work… Lets see who is on our work team this year.. Apple is getting nice sized, she is a total sweetheart of a gilt, sweet as can … Continue reading →

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Roughly composted uses in the garden

Posted on December 27, 2014 by

I know that not everyone has access to farm compost or even backyard rabbit or bird compost but everyone that does has a little issue.. most of the time their compost looks nothing like what you see in the stores … Continue reading →

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Warm temps..

Posted on December 26, 2014 by

Rain has come to the farm, it was a green Christmas,  my plans for dressing up the horses, rain, my plan for going riding, rain. But today, o toady is overcast but its currently dry, there is only one big … Continue reading →

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Plan and Prepare-Garden

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Well, this very dry year has been eye openning to say that least, I have never had so little rain ever, we have our own tracking system and even when the area’s around us get rain, we are getting nothing, … Continue reading →

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What’s working in the garden in this heat and drought..

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Well, most of you know that I love to try a number of different things in the garden, and I have had alot of success with my no-till, dry land planting spacing and with my mulching.. Having said that, this … Continue reading →

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