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Is this the solution to Immigration? is it safer? or we still still need immigrant from latin america?

January 30, 2012 14 Comments

Image by Digimist I saw this opportunity whilst i had a 300mm lens and not much light. I had to raise ISO to 1600. On Canon 20D i was sure that i couldn’t use the image. Actually once processed i quite liked it, reduced the size to wipe out as much noise as possible. Yes […]

Which helmet cover do you like?

January 29, 2012 12 Comments

Image by djfrantic This is for soil repair and nitrogen improvement for 2009 crops…… I planted the following cover crop mix: 40% Bell Beans, 20% Magnus or BioMaster Winter Peas, 15% Lana Vetch, 15% Purple Vetch,10% Cayuse Oats. Question by Kendra: Which helmet cover do you like? I want a fun helmet cover to use […]

Herb Gardening For Beginners – Best Herbs For An Organic Garden

January 29, 2012 4 Comments

Go to www.smilinggardener.com to see the best 3 herb plants. I was thinking about herb gardening for beginners, and I was trying to think of what I would recommend as the best herbs for getting started with in an organic herb garden. Let me know what you think below. And check out www.smilinggardener.com for the […]

Crop Circles in GM Crops?

January 28, 2012 3 Comments

Image by USDAgov A tractor prepares a field by turning over the cover crop into the soil in preparation for planting at Leafy Greens, in the Salinas Valley, California on Thursday, June 16, 2011. Leafy Greens grows row crops of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower sweet peas and seed beans. He uses rotational crop plantings to control […]

In organic gardening do you need to add anything besides compost and can you add to much compost?

January 27, 2012 2 Comments

Image by Six Senses SLOWLIFE Symposium A young visitor harvests from the organic garden at Soneva Fushi Question by Bill C: In organic gardening do you need to add anything besides compost and can you add to much compost? What do you think? Answer below!

DIY Passive Solar Water Heater Construction Guide

January 26, 2012 3 Comments

For more info please visit diysolarheating.blogspot.com Easiest passive solar heater, This DIY Solar Water Heater can be done by anyone at home, Cheapest Solar and Easiest Solar ,as easy as joining two ends of pipe, and presto! Our basic idea of putting this innovative Solar Water Heater on YouTube is to make people understand the […]

Joel Salatin – Scrambled Brains: Understanding and defeating the industrial foodists (2 of 4)

January 25, 2012 1 Comment

Part II of Joel Salatin Speech

How can I correct my over-fertilized vegetable garden?

January 24, 2012 No Comment

Image by The Forum News Photo by Melissa Robertson Question by mike v: How can I correct my over-fertilized vegetable garden? Thanks to everyone who responded to my first question regarding putting too much organic fertilizer on my vegetable garden before the seeds germinated. Now what can I do? Are the seeds/soil beyond repair? Thanks. […]

How do you feed the chickens on Harvest Moon 64?

January 24, 2012 2 Comments

Image by Teri Tith Question by hUsH: How do you feed the chickens on Harvest Moon 64? Alright, I have the fodder, it says I do in the silo outside the chicken coop. But…where is the little spout thing in the coop, itself? I can get fodder out of the barn, I’ve found the spout…but, […]

Aquaculture: Cage Culture

January 22, 2012 3 Comments

An instructional video about fish farming in the state of Indiana. The program covers the recommended practices and guidelines for starting a successful cage culture operation. The video was supported by Purdue Extension, RMA, & Sea Grant Illinois-Indiana.