Organic chickens in eight weeks- Entry #86
Eight weeks ago Nancy called me from a feed store in Weiser, Idaho asking me what I thought about her purchasing a [...]
Three reasons to use timed drip systems in your vegetable garden – Entry #84
Over the years we have put in dozens of vegetable gardens but it has only [...]
Shocking truths about the use of electric fencing – Entry #83
I have never put too much faith in electric stock fencing. It didn’t seem logical that a small wire pulsating a harmless electric [...]
Entry #75 – Brook’s $60 homemade composter
Inside view - note inside flange Outside flange, 6" nipple & 4X4 post A couple of weeks [...]
Entry #70 – Bill Meeker & the Community of “Garden O’ Feedin”
Bill Meeker - A legend in his own time Inside the greenhouse Preparation for another season Transfering [...]
Entry #66 – Heirloom vs. hybrid seed – Should we care?
Hybrid seed has become the norm since 1951 Nancy and I have mentioned [...]
Entry #65 – About my vegetable planting calendar
In response to so many asking about our planting calendar (see entry #62) Tri suggested that I should put the answer into a posted [...]
Entry #64 – Fighting for the garbage
Our church staff gave us a compost bucket for Christmas Lori Thompson is not only my amazing secretary and [...]
Entry #62 – The first seeds of Spring
Nancy & Lilly plant the first seeds of Spring This year Nancy prepared a calendar [...]
Entry #59 – The chickens have finally come home to roost
One of my goals for this past winter has been to complete our new chicken coop before the end of March. Most commercial [...]
