Does seaweed extract for gardening the best organic fertilizer to use on plants?
October 29, 2011 2 Comments
Image by BKKspro Question by Chris B: Does seaweed extract for gardening the best organic fertilizer to use on plants? noticed growth on all my plants last spring 07 i think it grows best in warm weather also noticed flowers and multiple growths on plants hormones i think is better and safer than nitrogen i […]
Continue reading …I am raising commercial broiler chickens, currently I am using pelletes feed. My question is: Can I switch to?
October 28, 2011 3 Comments
Image by Farm Sanctuary Chickens raised for meat are crowded by the thousands into factory farm warehouses (Feel free to distribute freely for not-for-profit use, but please credit Farm Sanctuary. If you are media and are in need of a high-resolution version of this image, please contact us at media@farmsanctuary.org and request the file "broiler01_300_1".) […]
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It takes space and pasture land to raise dairy goats or goats for meat. Learn how to set up space to raise dairy goats from an organic farmer in this free dairy farming video. Expert: Daniel Botkin Bio: Daniel Botkin is an avid organic gardener, micro-farmer and permaculture advocate who recognizes the timeliness of backyard […]
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In this episode of The Urban Homesteaders, Ben builds a compost turner using 100% salvaged materials. Sorry again for the sound… we still are without real video equipment, so we’re using a macbook as our only video recorder. Stay tuned! We’re building another compost bin this week, and in the next month or so, we’ll […]
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Watch a naturalist from the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Drumlin Farm explain facts about piglet development in this free online video. Expert: Tia Pinney Bio: Tia Pinney is a Teacher Naturalist and Adult Program Coordinator at Mass Audubons Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
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Nubians and Alpines are great dairy goats, and Boer goats are known for meat. Learn to what kinds of goats to raise from an organic farmer in this free dairy farming video. Expert: Daniel Botkin Bio: Daniel Botkin is an avid organic gardener, micro-farmer and permaculture advocate who recognizes the timeliness of backyard agriculture and […]
Continue reading …Is it best to plant your vegetable garden in rows, or should I try these new ways? (square foot method)?
October 24, 2011 No Comment
Image by Campobello Island For more information on the garden checkout my youTube videos: www.youtube.com/user/dalecalder2003 and my blog: dalecaldersblog.blogspot.com/ Question by mikewz82: Is it best to plant your vegetable garden in rows, or should I try these new ways? (square foot method)? On the back of the seed packet it will say how far to […]
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Image by lsasser Jim Derby – A "Raising Bee" not a Bumble Bee. Raising a 1/5 scale model of a timber frame while discussing the raising sequence and framing details. The model is of an actual three-bay "English" barn with a common purlin roof system, a very common type of framing in Northern New England. […]
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Image by AlyssssylA I’m doing a square foot garden in my parents yard this year. It’s a 4×6 foot square and under about 5 inches of Mel’s Mix is another foot or so of composting mulch and peat moss. I hope my little plants like it. The weather has been so crazy lately that I […]
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Image by Downing Street The vegetable garden is producing food for use in the Number 10 cafe and by Downing Street residents; Crown copyright Question by babybunny729: What should I do to prepare my vegetable garden for planting? I am new to this gardening thing and I want to have a vegetable garden so that […]
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