Tag Archives: 100 mile food challange

Marty Update- one more month to go..

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Well, my lovely Marty Boy, aka Curly Top (for the way his hair is all curly at the top of his head, like a little curl cap) is growing well, just a good boy, he has in truth never given … Continue reading →

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Plan and Prepare-Garden

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Well, this very dry year has been eye openning to say that least, I have never had so little rain ever, we have our own tracking system and even when the area’s around us get rain, we are getting nothing, … Continue reading →

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Free Food! – Bumper Crop of Black ChokeCherries..

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

DH had a surprise for me last night when he arrived home, as he often will do on his way home from the feed store he took a new route home and when he came though the door, he was … Continue reading →

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Duck Eggs-So Good for you!

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

I was thrilled to find still warm fresh duck eggs waiting for me this morning, with so many of my chickens sitting on eggs, we have not been getting that many in the house each day so it was pleasure … Continue reading →

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First of the garden count is in.. Currents, and Blueberries..

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

Well, the first of the fruit count is in this year and it surely does reflect a different spring and what late frosts can do.. Red Currents- a mear 8 cups worth- $6 dollars worth locally.. No on farm black … Continue reading →

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Food Forest-Hiding in plain view..

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

If you drove by this, would you see anything other than a green jungle? Currently in that front green jungle there is Apple Trees Pear Trees Plum Trees Sweet Cherry Trees Sour Cherry Trees Mulberry High Bush Cranberry Honey Berry … Continue reading →

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Garden Monday

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Well, I didn’t get much done in the garden on the weekend, but hubby worked on it for a bit on the saturday when he was puttering around.. he got a new row of strawberries done, plus cleared the area … Continue reading →

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The Double Dug W Potato Bed

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

While I have played around with growing Potato’s in towers, in strawbales and even in last years “sacrifice outside winter feeding area” the way we grow most of our potato’s is in our double dug 3 foot wide W planted beds. … Continue reading →

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Food Forests or Producing Hedgerows-Farmgal Style.

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

so while I will share the offical seven layers of the basic idea of a “Food Forest“. I am also going to take this back to Farmgal first hand experance because it turns out that what I have been making … Continue reading →

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O my, the driest winter in 63 years locally..

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Well, this past weekend, we were out and about on the farm, and around the local area.. Digging in my gardens, it was startling to see just how dry some of it is already.. then we did some work in … Continue reading →

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