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Up here we use the bird netting (1/2 in squares) to protect Strawberry plants from the Robins. In years before all of mine was inside chain link, it would also keep Moose off the berries as well!

Years ago i went down the “vermicompost” path. Built a nice large bin 2ft wide, 2ft. Deep and 4ft. Long and populated it with worms. I soon learned how slow it was going to be so i bought a powerful blender that would pulverize any kitchen scraps. My daily input was roughly a qt. Of blended...

On the farm in the Dakotas our kids carried “rooster sticks” for that purpose and if a chicken died in the process; well; we had chicken that night!😊

Lack of forage and Round-up! They are kept for pollination and nothing else; wouldn't consider keeping honey because of the chemical contamination.

Welcome from Alaska and a bee keeper as well.

And we still had “switchboards” 55 years ago while serving a tour in South east Asia!

This morning i notice over a dozen ripe fruit on the Celebrity, which has over 4 dozen green fruit still on the vine. Early this week the red ones will get sauced / canned and after that i’ll wear folks out with the rest. P.s dont be dismayed by the brown spots on the fruit, this is the Liquid...

This year I’m noticing numerous Comfrey volunteers coming in some odd places, obviously from seed. They are always welcome as something I encourage and use.

This may he of interest to some of you? I use and see the benefits of the 3 elements in this article and do foliar feed with liquid kelp, daily on some stuff. I’m not brave or crazy enough to foliar feed my fish hydroslate though, cant imagine what that would smell like! The second article...

My answer to fall lettuce! Costal Star Romaine is advertised as an “upright pattern” which you can see is true. This ragity group were just let to bolt when everything in this bed was done for the season. To my surprise i discovered that even the “blue leaf’s” on the very top are not bitter. The...

A couple days ago we were discussing the merits of various teas. This “powerful elixir” is kind of a last kick in the butt for the greenhouse stuff. Most of the anaerobic teas begin to stink pretty early on and this one won’t be the exception. It contains a half gallon of rabbit poop and urine...

Over the years A lot of effort has gone into controlling the Compost environment. Up here we get enough rain to completely saturate those piles; more of a problem with the raw stuff but it would also contribute to leaching in the mature stuff as well. If i want (need) water i use the hose...

The new McKissic hammer-mill showed up today and of course i had to try er out. Words don’t do it justice and i am very pleased with the possibilities. Using an aluminum grain scoop to toss Compost into it; i cant keep up; the instant it drops into the hammers it’s pulverized. Ok, id expect it...

Compost tea comes in more flavors than ice cream and many folks brew and use an “anaerobic” (non aerated) tea like you are describing. The Queen of non aerated teas is to simply place a good handful of Comfrey in a bucket of water and wait till the water turns black; or the smell makes you doubt...

6 more weeks and these (5ea) Sweet success starts will be living up to their name! The very slight nutrient burn (yellow tipping on leaves) tells me the soil mix is about right. Going forward these will get preferential treatment and hopefully keep me in Cukes till after the first of the year...

Hopefully this small batch finishes up the Sauce canning? We only do this every couple years as the only thing we use it for is Brisket!

Sorry about that, if there’s any pterodactyl's in your area, and you could get one of them to breed Darlin then when the chick’s hatch they’d show them dogs a thing or two? 🫣😵‍💫 I think they were in the “Chicken family” ? https://images.dinosaurpictures.org/pterodactyl-adrian-chesterman_54f6.jpg

A nice batch of Compost tea was ready this morning and well received by all the Greenhouse stuff and houseplants.

The phone says “Wall Lettuce”? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_muralis

Following up on the Raspberry tea; today we made tea from fresh leaves and brought some in to dry. Fresh; it definitely matches the description. “Taste like a fruity black tea, astringent (slight puckering / drying in your mouth” and beyond the written info we discovered it does have a...