Archive for September, 2008
Sep
29
Posted by Adina
In July I put a few seeds in a 50 sq. ft. section of my garden. No one bothered to warn me about how large this plant gets! It has taken over three 50 sq.ft. sections. It wants two more, but I am pushing it back. It has taken over the fence around 4 sections, and I have to keep cutting it away from the last two of three gates. It keeps growing them shut. I have put in 4 bamboo teepees. The pumpkin monster has swallowed them up.
Tags: Seminole Pumpkin Plants
Sep
28
Posted by Adina
I was checking into Joel Salatin, well respected practitioner of sustainable farming when I found this video. I have been agonizing over whether I have space enough on my property for more than gardening. Now I feel certain I do. Check this out, no matter how you feel about your garden this is bound to Continue reading →
Tags: Home Garden
Sep
18
Posted by Adina
Varri Green Farm is a wonderful Natural vegetable producer in Okeechobee Florida.
Tags: Natural Farms, Varri Green Farm
Sep
17
Posted by Adina
Everything I read in the paper and on the internet, and every trend I see in the grocery store leads me to believe that our food system is about to have an upheaval. I think it will be tough for a while, and we consumers will suffer, but ultimately if we survive the food supply revolution we will wind up with a better way of feeding ourselves.
Tags: Food Supply Crisis, Good For Children, Grow Food At Home, Share Home Grown Food
Sep
17
Posted by Adina
Linda Hart of Crazy Hart Ranch is raising pastured chickens and turkeys for the production of meat and eggs that are of a quality one can not find in the grocery store.
Tags: Pastured Poultry
Sep
13
Posted by Adina
I was explaining to her that the bacterial action heated the compost pile. ”Does it smell?” she asked me. I was sitting next to a very smart college graphics student the other night. I showed her my new design for my business card hoping to get some critical help. ”So you sell compost?” she Continue reading →
Tags: Compost Bins, Composting for Beginners, Making Compost
Sep
08
Posted by Adina
I am having a revolution in the garden of my mind. That garden happens long before I tie on a bandana, don gloves hat and clippers and walk out the door. As I prepare several of my garden sections for the South Florida Fall planting I am for the first time planning not to dig Continue reading →
Tags: No till garden
Sep
04
Posted by Adina
If you are expecting my science project here forget it. I have decided that if you want the down and dirty on the microbial life of a compost pile you can check out this link for The Cornell Waste Management Institute at Cornell University. If you want to know the very specific science of the Continue reading →
Tags: Microbes in the Compost
Sep
02
Posted by Adina
I have been for many years creating compost for my vegetable garden by composting directly into fallow sections. I garden in South Florida. Our growing seasons are upside down here. Most of our vegetable growing is done in the winter when the humidity is down, and our lowest temperatures rarely make a frost. Summertime when Continue reading →
Tags: Add new tag, The Compost Pile
Sep
01
Posted by Adina
I recently acquired three female bunnies. Being a Manure Maven, and an avid gardener this was bound to happen. They were at Creature Safe Place in Fort Pierce Florida. They had been rescued. I adopted them. What I knew about bunnies that day you could write in a line or two. I have been reading. Continue reading →
Tags: Rabbit Feeding
