Question by Weeping Willow: Dear organic gardeners and hippies? A message to you all… “As for organic food, maybe we need an end to it. All you bong-beating hippies who think organic food is so great haven’t even bothered to look into the toll it takes on the environment. Organic food is the biggest scam […]
Continue reading …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 […]
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Image by OrganicNation Question by Weeping Willow: Dear organic gardeners? A message to you all… “As for organic food, maybe we need an end to it. All you bong-beating hippies who think organic food is so great haven’t even bothered to look into the toll it takes on the environment. Organic food is the biggest […]
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Image by theoelliot Organic Gardening Class at Zenger Farm. Question by : Which of the following is a false statement regarding waste disposal? a. composing is a form of recycling organic waste b. sanitary landfills can accept all forms of household waste c. landfills emit methane d. modern landfils contain liners to prevent leachate leakage […]
Continue reading …Question by kittikatti69: Backyard Chickens – is a feeder necessary? I’m getting two laying hens. I see these “chicken feeders” at the stores. Is there any reason I can’t just put their feed in a pie pan or similar dish? Feel free to answer in the comment section below
Continue reading …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. […]
Continue reading …Are you allowed to have “backyard chickens” in Bloomington, MN? (+info on chickens/chicks)?
February 2, 2012 2 Comments
Image by chrisdat Processing 280 Chickens – Cornish Cross & Red Bros at Pete and Jen Backyard Bird’s Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Question by cutiepie1112: Are you allowed to have “backyard chickens” in Bloomington, MN? (+info on chickens/chicks)? I need to know if I can keep chickens I cannot find this Information anywhere. I need […]
Continue reading …Is it ok to wear a crop top with a cami underneath even if the rules are not to show stomach?
February 1, 2012 6 Comments
Image by benketaro Here’s Dennis mowing the cover crop (bell beans and vetch) under to prepare for planting. It’s incredible to see that machine ride straight into a wall of 4-ft tall plants and transform it into the mat of "green manure" you see in its wake. Question by : Is it ok to wear […]
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Image by LollyKnit Kris and I joined our friends Aaron and Melissa for dinner last night. We fed their neighbor’s chickens our scraps. Question by : What can you feed chickens, what cant you feed chickens? we bought 16week old chickens, and what can you feed them/ what cant you feed them? Can you help? […]
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Image by OrganicNation Question by paperkite: agriculture sustainability? With each crop, we diminish the soil content in various minerals and compounds. Some of these minerals never come back to the ground. Most of them go into the cities sewage systems. If nothing is done then the quality of food (taste included) will continue to decrease […]
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