Home Grown Farming .com | Author Archives

Homesteading / Prepper Update

October 20, 2012 22 Comments

A short little update on the current state of affairs with the massive drought in the US, items that I would still like buy, etc.

Chef Shaun Doty demonstrates how to make miso soup from chicken stock made with pastured poultry.

October 19, 2012 No Comment

Chef Shaun Doty of Bantam and Biddy in Atlanta, Georgia demonstrates how to make miso soup from chicken stock made with pastured poultry. For more information about pastured poultry, please visit our site at www.georgiansforpasturedpoultry.org

I have been raising a baby duck, my cat brought it home? Can you potty train a duck?

October 15, 2012 5 Comments

Image by wonderferret "I see your 180 and raise you 3 ducks in a bath" Question by lookilue: I have been raising a baby duck, my cat brought it home? Can you potty train a duck? It runs after us very place, but also poops every place Add your own answer in the comments!

what are some good dairy free things? u can have goats milk and cheese yeh?

October 13, 2012 5 Comments

Question by Sarina: what are some good dairy free things? u can have goats milk and cheese yeh? Add your own answer in the comments!

is goats milk considered a dairy product?

October 11, 2012 5 Comments

Question by Weaselette: is goats milk considered a dairy product? Can you help? Leave your own answer in the comments!

For beginners, what is a good number of chickens to start with?

October 10, 2012 9 Comments

Image by foodchronicles Question by alaskan girl: For beginners, what is a good number of chickens to start with? This is my first year I plan to raise chickens. Should I start with 6 or 8? I’m raising them in my backyard chicken coop and want a flock that is easy to handle. Can you […]

Raised Bed Vegetable Garden & Hoop House

October 8, 2012 No Comment

Uploaded by CyberLink MediaShow

My worms survive hot summers – Worm Composting

October 6, 2012 No Comment

www.freecompostingworms.com Survival tips for Hot Summer Worm Composting Some of the worm’s best composting is done in the summer when they are the most active. However, as temperatures become hotter, worms have a harder time staying active and cool. When the summer gets too hot, worms can potentially die off or the inactivity in your […]

Intensive Aquaponics with Liquid Oxygen

October 4, 2012 25 Comments

www.ecofilms.com.au Intensive aquaculture fish farming with a hydroponics component at Green Sky Growers in Florida. Here tilapia are grown using high protein fish food and liquid oxygen to grow 1 lb of fish per 1 gallon of water. Please don’t try this at home as one small failure will destroy your entire output of fish. […]

Automatic Bell Siphon Aquaponics Tips & Tricks

October 4, 2012 25 Comments

Here we take a look at my finished automatic bell siphons for my aquaponics setup. It takes lots of experimentations but I will explain the basics.