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organic pasture fertilizer with horses?

October 20, 2011 1 Comment

Image by SAGT Question by renae: organic pasture fertilizer with horses? I have a small field with pensacola bahai and argentina grass that has been growing for about 2 years without any livestock on it. I’m getting a horse soon and want to give the grass a jump start on growing before getting putting the […]

Growing Tomatoes Indoors in Winter

October 19, 2011 26 Comments

Growing tomatoes doesnt have to stop just because leaves have fallen. Tim Bass is growing tomatoes indoors during the winter. Find out how. www.WebCookingClasses.com

polyface poultry evisceration w/ joel salatin

October 19, 2011 6 Comments

joel salatin walks us through a complete evisceration of a chicken at polyface pids 2009.

How to Compost : Learn Organic Garden Composting Online : Choosing a Compost Bin

October 16, 2011 26 Comments

What features should you look for when buying or making a compost bin? Find out and get tips on how compost bin design can help to aerate compost for your garden, in this free organic gardening video. Expert: Gale Gassiot Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”

Leslie speaks about bees

October 15, 2011 No Comment

A workshop put on by the Fairfield County Farm Bureau where Leslie was one of the presenters. She gave a terrific talk on raising bees and took a lot of good questions from her SRO audience. Video by Malin Zergiebel.

How should we start to build a chicken coop?

October 15, 2011 5 Comments

Image by CoreyPud A sketch of the chicken coop that we are planning on building in our backyard. The left hand side is the coop, and the right 10 feet is the chicken run. We hope it will keep around 5-7 chickens. Question by Sarah: How should we start to build a chicken coop? My […]

Aquaculture

October 13, 2011 25 Comments

Check out the long film at www.ecofilm.de ! It is part of the DVD “Sepp Holzer´s Permaculture” which you can purchase there. A film about the sustainable use of water by Austrian farmer Sepp Holzer. Fishponds on a mountain farm: an unusual sight at these altitudes. On an Austrian mountain, permaculture farmer Sepp Holzer created […]

What is the easiest way to build a chicken coop?

October 13, 2011 5 Comments

Image by sierravalleygirl chicken Coop – SE windows and perches. Some hens like the highest perch by the south-end window here they can check what’s going on outside: coop with a view! Question by lanor72387: What is the easiest way to build a chicken coop? I need a cheap and easy way to build a […]

What do you call the goat milk and alcohol mixed together?

October 13, 2011 7 Comments

Question by Sylvia Brown: What do you call the goat milk and alcohol mixed together? My husbands friend always goes to this place in Las Vegas and picks out a real goat and right there in front of them, they squirt the goat milk in a cup with alcohol? Just curious. Add your own answer […]

Worm Farming

October 12, 2011 No Comment

The Early Bird Farm is a farm like no other with their primary crop being…WORMS! Paul Coleman has been raising worms for a number of years and knows all to well the importance of these tiny creatures.