Image by clattermonger The garden final takes some sort of shape – the compost heap goes to the back wall where it’s going to stay, the concrete slap is broken up and shifted out, the flower beds down the south fence starts to fill with soil, and the earth montain is nicely coming down in […]
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Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms, author of Folks This Ain’t Normal (to be released October 10, 2011), activist and leading spokesperson for local, sustainable food system in movies such as Farmageddon, Food Inc., Fresh and American Meat, describes how this new book, published by Hachette Groups, will shake up the food rights movement and […]
Continue reading …I have Airborne seedlings in my Square Foot Garden plot. How to get rid of them?
December 24, 2011 3 CommentsQuestion by : I have Airborne seedlings in my Square Foot Garden plot. How to get rid of them? I did not plant anything in it for period of time and more weeds than I want to pull up. Add your own answer in the comments!
Continue reading …Parents; How DID you explain to you’re kids about “the birds and the bees”?
December 24, 2011 7 Comments
Image by Daniel Semper Bee Movie is a computer-animated film from Jerry Seinfeld. Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), is a bee who has just graduated from college, and is disillusioned with his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry’s life is saved by Vanessa (Renée Zellweger), a florist in New […]
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Image by Meg Stewart Question by bella log: Is it a crime to have chickens in your backyard as pets in CT? Live in CT own a couple of hens as pets. Just received a letter from the city saying we are not able to have chickens in our backyard. We are in violation of […]
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Right Now – Home Grown Cantaloupes League City You wanna taste the best melons this side of the Pecos? Cantaloupes that isand theyre grown right here, in the Bay Area, in League City, along Hwy 3 between 518 and 96. Thats right! You cant miss the rich white sandy soil that sits on the west […]
Continue reading …The Worm Farm (in an Old Bath Tub) with Red Compost Worms – See A Close Up of the Worms
December 20, 2011 7 Comments
Is it an old bath tub or is it a worm farm? Well its both an old bath tub and a worm farm. The worm farm is full of red compost worms, see up a close up of these worms on my hand. Wriggly and squiggly worms. The plug hole at the end of the […]
Continue reading …Question by Tracy R: How do I start a vegetable garden in a weed infested area? We have a 20 x 50 foot area for a vegetable garden. It has a ton of weeds. This Spring we used a hoe, cut down the weeds, pulled a ton of them then sprayed weed killer on top. […]
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Image by NRCS SD Raleigh Leesman, Farmer, Hughes County, SD – Raleigh Leesman planted a straight radish cover crop into winter wheat stubble to simulate “natural strip till.” In 2012, he is planting corn in that field. Leesman’s purpose for using the radishes was to increase biological activity specifically in the strip that would enhance […]
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Image by suzettesuzette Question by *=)BS(=*: What methods can be used to control pests in organic farming? Basically we would like to know the answer to help us with our science coursework! Thanks in advance! Feel free to answer in the comment section below
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