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Mini-Challange-Kicked Day 2
Well today was another cold wet and raining day but my apple mint is still green and going on Dec 6th!. I did get a break in the afternoon just long enough to scoot out and get some of the year old … Continue reading
Gardening, Compost and Small Farms
Its a long slow process of putting the garden to bed, still got very slow growing green covers in places, some things are still giving to the kitchen, was able to bring in sage and different kinds of mints for … Continue reading
Chicken Feed-Protein from thin Air..sort of..
So a couple weeks back one of the blogs that I like to read recommended a new chicken book, The small Scale Poultry Flock by Harvey Ussery, now she did a glowing write up to the point that I had to … Continue reading
Waste Food.. What’s your average percent?
As I sit here sniffing with a mug of hot herbal tea from local raw honey along with a bowlful of dried apple slices, I know just how lucky I am, Not just eating food that will provide enough calories … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, Food Storage
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, compost, Frugal, Garden, Goals
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Miss Piggy all grown up..
Its hard to be believe that its been almost a year since we had a girls trip up the valley to pick up this sweet little purebred Large Black Piglet, she was just big enough to fit in a small … Continue reading
Garden Count so far for 2011
Garden Counts for 2011 to date, most of the harvest is done, will do one more big update in oct on what the final main harvest will be.. Hard Fruits Apples-77 pds-Still a bit more coming yet Crabapples-44 pds Wild … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, Chores, compost, Farm Life, Fruit Trees, Garden, Greens, Herbs, Soft Fruits, Veggies, Wild Foods
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Fall update on Hugelbeets and how well they produced in year one.
This spring we made three hugelbeets, two on our own place, and one at a friends of ours, I figure its time to show the results, the issue with the results is that they just look like overrun mounds covered … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, gardens, Goals
Tagged compost, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, manure, Veggies
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The pay off to pasture improvement!
So when we bought our little farm, 3 acres had just been seeded the year before into hay for cows, it was cut and baled for three years, and then without extra’s being added it began a reduced amount of reward … Continue reading
The Complete Compost Gardening Guide
by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah Martin. I picked up this book at our local feed store, it is carried by Thomas-Allan in Canada but is a Storey Book, I flipped though it and then ended up standing reading it, while … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Chores, compost, Farm Life, Frugal, Garden, Homesteader Books
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How does your Garden Grow
Hi Guys I will try and start doing regular weekly updates on how does the garden grow with photos as a few folks have asked for something like this.. so here goes Harvested this week: Greens, Romaine, Radishs, Green Onions … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 