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Composting Episode. 3-Black Bin.mpg

June 2, 2012 3 Comments

This is episode three of Composting with Annie Hauck-Lawson, associate professor at Brooklyn College. Here she describes bin maintenance which will take kitchen scraps and turn them into “black gold” or humus. This video was directed and edited by Jeff Samaha Video Productions. www.jeffsamaha.com

The Natural way of growing big vegetables! gardening

June 2, 2012 25 Comments

Organic Gardening, Beekeeping and Seed Swapping Network workwithnature-info.webs.com On how to grow a big pumpkin see: workwithnature.hubpages.com Learn how to grow giant vegetables. Using only natural growing systems. This system is more than just organic gardening, it takes nature as it’s example and duplicates her way of growing plants. gardening mycorrhizal fungi

Farmer Joel Salatin “Folks This Ain’t Normal”

June 2, 2012 No Comment

Joel Salatin, Virginia farmer, speaks at Black Hog Farm in Palatka, FL on 4/22/2012. Mr. Salatin has authored nine books, most recently Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World.

Class Tour of Polyface Farms – Part 4 Can this Feed the World?

June 1, 2012 12 Comments

Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm gives our class a tour of the farm, explaining his methodology and reasoning along the way. He also explains why the methods used on his farm are more sustainable, safe and productive than methods used by modern agribusiness in today’s food production. Polyface Farm’s Website: www.polyfacefarms.com

Backyard Chickens for Wilmette, IL

June 1, 2012 4 Comments

Film documentary by Zan Fisher, a junior at New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL for a year-long school project to legalize backyard chickens in Wilmette, IL. The film covers the benefits of backyard chickens compared to factory farmed chickens, requirements for raising chickens, and the neighbors’ attitudes.

Pleasant Pork

June 1, 2012 3 Comments

This is a cute little video created for Prince Edward Island farmer Ranald MacFarlane who produces free range pigs on his Pleasant Pork farm. It is designed to be used at the farmer’s market in Summerside, PEI to show people how his pigs are raised in a stress free environment.

First Time Beekeepers : Day 6 : Checking on the queen

June 1, 2012 2 Comments

It’s April 26 2012. We put a package of bees into our new hive on the 21st. Today we need to get into the hive and make sure the queen has been released from her cage. We’re first time beekeepers in Bexley, Ohio. Thanks to the Central Ohio Beekeepers Association and Barry and Carmen Conrad, […]

HYDROPONIC BASICS GETTING YOUR DEEP WATER CULTURE SYSTEM STARTED HEAVENLY HARVEST HYDROPONICS

May 31, 2012 18 Comments

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The Bee Man of Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel

May 31, 2012 No Comment

Matt Kentner raises 100000 bees ten stories above downtown Denver on the roof of the Brown Palace hotel. Kentner, who has been raising bees for seven seasons now, has maintained the hives atop the Brown Palace since April 2010. The honey will be used by the Brown Palace’s chefs. Read more Denver food news every […]

Improve soil fertility in your food garden with a green manure crop

May 31, 2012 16 Comments

Learn how to grow your own fertiliser for your organic vegetable garden and orchard with a regular green manure crop. It is a totally natural way to greatly improve soil fertility, creating a productive and disease resistant organic food garden. This movie demonstrates the simple and very low cost process of using green manure crops. […]