It’s not the actual planting, it’s all the work beforehand and after, that takes so much time. Making compost, seeding, tending, irrigation planning, and soil preparation. This list could go on in more detail, but, it’s a long time and a lot of work from the idea of growing your own food, to get that food to the table. [...]
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It’s not the planting
Posted in compost, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, greenhouse, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, compost, composted animal manure, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, self-sufficiency, sustainability, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on May 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Everybody has Cabin Fever!
Posted in compost, easily amused, farm life, wildlife, tagged Australian Shepherds, compost, weather on April 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Still snowing as of yesterday - today is clear with a temp of 23 deg F. But, once the sun is out I think it will warm considerably.
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Add this to the What??
What a Master Gardener haughtily said to us after seeing our compost piles.
“You will HAVE to buy worms, you can’t [...]
Winter is waning
Posted in cattle, compost, farm as desired, farm life, greenhouse, vegetables, zero mile foodshed, tagged beef cattle, compost, cover crop, holistic farming, Salatin-style farming, vegetable gardening on March 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’ve had a glorious stretch of good weather this past week. The soil was dry enough to cultivate around the garlic, and it actually smelled like spring. My spring oat cover crop had winter-killed, so actually hoeing was easy, and I actually got a head start on those pesky, early germinating weed seeds. The winter [...]
Greenhouse blues
Posted in compost, family cow, greenhouse, tagged compost, family cow, greenhouse, hydraulic ram pumps on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So much for warmer weather! It snowed off and on all day but didn’t stick around. So today was a good day to hang around in the greenhouse. The weatherman promises warm weather this weekend, but I’m not holding my breath. You can warm up fast turning a compost pile, so that’s what I did. [...]
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