Bob | May 30, 2009
More and more manure. More and more tilling. There isn’t a whole lot to look at that isn’t brown at this time of year unless you walk up real close to the beds. Here we prep one of the few remaining beds for this season. Just a few more to go [...]
Bob | April 20, 2009
All of our nutrient inputs come in the form of composted cow, sheep, and goat manure. Each year in April we have a number of loads of cow manure delivered from the neighbour, and we mix that with our pile of sheep and goat manure. That pile gets flipped about 3 times over 12 months, [...]
Bob | March 2, 2009
In the fall we decided to change up a little how our flower rows were organized. Using the small tractor with the tiller I put under some sections of sod to expand our 5 row system into two large beds, and a single row down the middle. We’re not sure how well this will work, [...]
Bob | February 15, 2009
Our best growing area is located where the cows used to stand. Many years ago, when this was a working dairy farm, the dry cows (those not being milked) were put out to the front pasture where they spent a great deal of time chewing cud and making manure. What is now our best [...]
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