Life is not fair…my little pumpkin plant will attest to this! Lessons learned in composting…
Posts Tagged ‘composting manure’
The Haves and The Have Nots…
Posted in Composting, Gardening, tagged composting manure, Gardening, organic fertilizing on August 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Low tech seedlings
Posted in Composting, Gardening, Old Ways, tagged composting manure, off-grid, Old Ways, vegetable gardening on April 10, 2009 | 10 Comments »
To get a jump on gardening we need to be ready, but the weather doesn’t always cooperate. We start seedlings with the anticipation that the weather will comply, and be dry and warm enough for our tender babies. But that usually isn’t the case in early spring.
A great low-tech way to start seeds and keep [...]
Dung love
Posted in Animal Husbandry, Composting, Gardening, Raising Animals, sustainable, tagged Animal Husbandry, composting manure, sustainable garden on November 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I heart manure. I happen to believe that agriculture needs animals to survive. Nature operates that way, so I think our farms and gardens should too. One of the single most limiting factors in a vegetable garden or cropping system is having enough fertilizer. I don’t mean the 16-16-16 at the co-op, there is plenty of [...]
