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Category Archives: Gardening
Garden Update
It’s been a rough year for gardening this year in eastern Missouri. Like much of the Midwest, we’ve had very little ran and extreme heat, although this last week the temperatures have come down. The last time we had rain … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bush beans, cantaloupe, country, cucumber, cucumber trellis, drought, farm, garden plant, garden watering, gardening, graden, homestead, melon, tomato, tomato cage, tomato plants, tomato support, watering
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Pigs In The Garden
This year we’ve decide to feed out our own pigs for butcher. Last week we purchased two feeder pigs from our friends the Traynor’s. Feeder pigs are young pigs weighing around 30 to 45 pounds and are fed out … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Animals, Gardening
Tagged country, farm, farm animal, farmer, farming, feeder pig, gardener, gardening, gardne, homestead, mini-farm, permaculture, pig pen, pig tractor, pigs, pork, raising pigs
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Homemade PVC Irrigation System
It has been really dry this year in our area so I’ve had to get out my homemade PVC irrigation system. This system works very well and is relatively inexpensive compared to regular drip irrigation setups. It works especially well … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, PVC Irrigation
Tagged country, country skills, farm, garden, garden hose, gardening, homestead, homesteading, irrigation, PVC fittings, PVC irrigation, PVC pipe, tomato, tomato plant, water, watering
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Chicken Tractor
After spending some time at the Brown’s and seeing Ryan’s chicken tractor, I thought I would write a post about another of my favorite country living books, “Chicken Tractor, The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil” by Andy … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Lee, bedding, chicken tractor, chickens, country, deep mulch, farm, fertilizer, garden, gardening, homestead, homesteading, Pat Foreman, permaculture, soil, wide row
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Harvesting Garlic
Yesterday we harvested most of our garlic bed. We have had very little rain this spring and the garlic has come in much earlier than normal–usually late July. The bulbs still appear to be very healthy with many large heads … Continue reading
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Tagged bed, bulb, country, farm, galic storage, garden, gardening, garlic, garlic bulb, garlic curing, garlic growing, garlic harvest, growing garlic, harvest
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A weekend visit to “A Little Land–A Lot of Living”
This weekend we had the pleasure of spending time with our friends Ryan and Collyn Brown. They live on a small homestead (a few acres) in Illinois and are beginning their work in developing the productive space. They are fortunate … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, asparagus, chestnut, chicken tractor, chickens, country, farm, farm animal, fruit trees, garden, gardening, grapes, have more plan, homestead, lee reich, mini-farm, pear, plum, walnut, weedless gardening
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