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What is the most efficient farm animal to raise for meat on a very small scale?

February 4, 2012 5 Comments

Question by Stephen O: What is the most efficient farm animal to raise for meat on a very small scale? I have a large backyard and I want to raise a small number of animals for meat. Chickens, rabbits, chucker partridge, are some that I am considering but I do not know about feed costs […]

How much should a house on 30 acres and 4 broiler chicken houses cost?????

February 4, 2012 4 Comments

Image by Subspace The nugs are then broiled for about five minutes on each side, or until the thickest of them is cooked through. They should ideally now be nice and evenly browned, unless your broiler is possessed, like mine is, in which case it will spot-broiler things in unpredictable places. So anyway, yeah, broil […]

Organic Lawn Fertilizer – Sites For Home Made Fertilizers & Insecticides?

February 3, 2012 3 Comments

Image by Miss Bliss 55 Organic Gardening. No pesticides or artificial fertilizers. Compost, water, and sunshine – that’s all it takes to grown your own salad or salsa. The bugs don’t eat much. The birds feast on the fat bugs. Question by Ace: Organic Lawn Fertilizer – Sites For Home Made Fertilizers & Insecticides? Looking […]

What should I wear over my formal gown? Leather jacket or traditional cardi?

February 2, 2012 1 Comment

Image by benketaro Here’s Dennis (the farmer whose place I’m at for the season) mowing his cover crop down to start preparing the soil for planting. There was a whole carpet of 3 ft tall fava bean plants when he started, and the tractor just mowed right through them all as if it were nothing. […]

Growing melons vertically on a trellis the Square foot gardening way

February 1, 2012 21 Comments

John shows the melon bed fully planted out and the bare trellis that will support all the vining plants one day. This was taken right after planting. PVC 1/2″ pipe construction and nylon trellis material was used.

All Natural Goat Milk Skin Care Products

January 31, 2012 No Comment

Image by stu_spivack Delicious. Basically it’s got molasses and oatmeal cookies. by terriem Article by Ted Stark — it may perhaps be worthless if you really don’t use it in the correct wayHave you believed of producing your own skincare item? Currently, you can get the necessary recipes on the internet or from publications. That […]

Dandelions? I think I already know the answer, but does anyone know of any ecofriendly tips for killing them?

January 31, 2012 4 Comments

Question by : Dandelions? I think I already know the answer, but does anyone know of any ecofriendly tips for killing them? I’ve been digging them out ’til my back hurts……and the next day the yard will be covered with a new crop of blooms. I really don’t like using harsh chemicals but wouldn’t be […]

Scuba Research – Cobia Aquaculture Bahamas 2008/09

January 30, 2012 5 Comments

Cape Eleuthera Institute marine aquaculture – cobia. Sustainable from breeding to market.

How to use a Cold Frame Hoop House, Growing salad greens : GardenFork.TV

January 28, 2012 10 Comments

GardenFork.TV Get a head start on your gardening season with a Hoop House Cold Frame. Watch how we get a head start on our salad greens and mesclun in a cold frame. This is the hoop house we made in our How to make a cold frame video, which you can watch on GardenFork.TV More […]

Homesteading for Beginners DVD trailer

January 27, 2012 4 Comments

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