Self sufficient living in a modern world
If you have been a visitor of my youtube videos, than you will know that I did a potato basket video year before last. The original one had over 41k hits, featured on several gardening shows as well. Although my video presents and how to is corning, I am getting better. The idea was taught…
I also am working on a anti frost/bird project in the Blueberry patch. The idea is to be able to gather ripe fruit, protect the flowers and fruit from frost and the birds. If I can get this right, I will also build the same hootch to protect the cherries too… A simple recipe from…
Well I wanted to post an update for you folks who are wondering how my hedge rows were doing. Drew/Erin purchased their first blackberry plant and so I wanted to tell them yay and show them what they can expect next year. First off, a warning of mixing fruit trees with nut trees. In my…
Sorry about the sizing of these photos, so its not going to be pretty, just keeping it real. So just short of April, harvesting season still 4-5 months away in the new garden, if I were living as a true pioneer, my veggie supply would be low. Back in those days, I am sure there…
I guess the turkey came down to visit the chickens, armed with my camera, I started to think, yummy if I had been armed with my gun. (not really it isn’t hunting season now) How about that funky crazy bean tree idea? Once I attached the strings, I will plant the lower side first than…
So its springtime and I wanted to share a little more about my mini farm in the works. What you are seeing is the birth of my small little farm. I have used semi dwarf and dwarf trees in my orchards, I have two small ones with 8 and 12 trees. I have hedge rowed…
So after work today, I started this wacky idea of mine. I lay no claim to be the first person to come up with this idea, and this idea came to me last night while thinking about a small space I have in my garden that needs to be used. Because I have my garden…
So its tater time, and the seed taters can’t wait. Because basket growing has such a big interest, and it produces great yields, lets start from the basket. Building your basket is simple, a ten foot piece of chicken wire. But you have to also support your basket, I started with four tomato stakes at…
When I clean out my rain water storage tank this year, I think I might run a pipe down two the garden instead of a hose. It seems that the pressure is low for some reason. Down at the bottom of the tank I have a on/off valve, which is hooked up to a a…