If you are here and reading at this page then you are more likely interested in nurturing bees in the most natural way possible, and that is the emphasis at the link below. They discuss natural top-bar beekeeping and caring for bees in a manner that doesn't exploit them. Check out their book; Top-Bar Beekeeping: … Continue reading Top-Bar Beekeeping: Keeping Bees the Natural Way
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Local Farming Can Feed Most of America
Local farming can meet the needs of America. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1397597-local-farming-can-feed-most-of-america-says-new-study/
An Update to Recent Goings On
Things never seem to slow down, and there always seems to be something else that needs to be completed. The work is never done and a part of me is thankful for that. I am reminded of 1Thessalonians 4:11-12 which states: 11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, … Continue reading An Update to Recent Goings On
Crazy Days Around The Homestead
It is nearing summer and the days have become exceedingly busy around our homestead. We have four children and that always makes life super busy and exciting, but summer time brings a reduced school load and an increased chore load. Summer is usually an exceptionally busy time with building projects, adding new design elements to … Continue reading Crazy Days Around The Homestead
A Jean Pain Tomato Plantation
Time to explore more of the methods of Jean Pain as written in The Methods of Jean Pain. For this experiment a small tomato plantation of four indeterminate tomatoes. Although our experimental pile of brushwood compost is just underway and thus far from usable we were able to substitute a fresh pile of hot compost … Continue reading A Jean Pain Tomato Plantation
Tomatoes: Testing a Public Idea
If you have been on the internet for more than five minutes, or if that five minutes was spent on Facebook, Pintrest, or the like then you have likely seen this method for planting tomatoes. It involves planting four tomato plants around a buried bucket that has been drilled with holes and half filled with … Continue reading Tomatoes: Testing a Public Idea
Our First Brushwood Compost Experiment
Recently, I read a short booklet; The Methods of Jean Pain or Another Kind of Garden a PDF of which can be downloaded here. The contents of the booklet, originally written in 1973, describe the brushwood compost and gardening methods of the Frenchman Jean Pain. The format of the booklet in PDF form was, at … Continue reading Our First Brushwood Compost Experiment
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