http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ Tiny Farm Forum: Recent Topics en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:04:52 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/agriculturel-products#post-2235 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:34:22 +0000 ziraatciden 2235@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>Hi, i'm from Turkey<br /> i'm an agriculture engineer and i prepared a web site for farmer.<br /> You can see a lot of vegetables and fruits.<br /> Maybe ppl want to know their costs and informations in Turkey.<br /> <a href="http://www.ziraatciden.com"><br /> Agriculturel Products in Turkey<br /> </a><br /> and Goji berry <a href="http://www.ziraatciden.com/ilandetay/Njc/goji-berry-tohumu-satilik.html">goji berry</a> </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/farm-videos#post-2259 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:32:16 +0000 cropduster 2259@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>Wheat Harvest in Nebraska</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toYkHbBR1Cc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toYkHbBR1Cc</a></p> <p>Farming in Nebraska comprehensive video</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEKx8SeNLRE&#38;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEKx8SeNLRE&#38;feature=related</a></p> <p>Milo Harvest in Nebraska</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AItzIl4wXwc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AItzIl4wXwc</a></p> <p>The "original" Farming in Nebraska video</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVoF8-0zVmo&#38;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVoF8-0zVmo&#38;feature=related</a> </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/does-any-one-tried-mailing-lists#post-2255 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:07:24 +0000 antonyaffuso 2255@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>I am a reseller of Combine harvester machine, I also sell used Combine machines. Can you say a easy way to reach the farmers? I tried email marketing it doesn’t seems to be working for farmers. Does any one tried mailing lists? What is the success rate? </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/looking-for-nebraska-corn-farmers#post-2252 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:50:34 +0000 Michaelson 2252@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>Are you looking for Nebraska corn farmers, or cattle ranchers with more than a thousand head, or even berry farmers in California? You can get the entire US Farm Data from <a href="http://www.USFarmdata.com." rel="nofollow">www.USFarmdata.com.</a> </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/us-farm-data-farm-owners-operators-crops-live-stock-acre#post-2251 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:34:00 +0000 Michaelson 2251@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>2.5 Million Farmers &#38; Ranchers Leads To Grow your business. Grow Your Sales With This Powerful Farmers &#38; Ranchers Leads </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/canada-thistle#post-177 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:35:31 +0000 organicsheri 177@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>How do you deal with Canada Thistle? I have a lot of it in my acre and am at the moment pulling it at first sight in the areas where it's not so bad. The stuff that is out of control I am currently scything and then will compost the green tops (not the roots!) for a couple years with all the other weeds have taken over 1/3 of the acre. :(</p> <p>I don't have much machinery other than hand tools, and hands. And I don't use chemicals. </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/information-1#post-2212 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:54:28 +0000 malcolm99 2212@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>Hi , </p> <p>What information would you require when buying a farm ?</p> <p>I am currently building the website <a href="http://www.jambools.com" Title="farms for Sale">which offers farms for sale </a> </p> <p>I need to know what sort of information potential buyers would be interested in.</p> <p>Regards </p> <p>Malcolm </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/vh1s-2010-dosomething-awards-2#post-2238 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:16:09 +0000 sambegirl 2238@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>I agree that fresh farming is especially important, and people everywhere need to do support local farming! I’m helping spread the word about VH1’s Do Something Award: City Division. Five cities have been nominated to win the award for their great contributions in fields like education, volunteering, and going green. Portland, OR has been nominated for their fresh farming efforts, and if they get the most votes, they could win!<br /> If you want to vote for Portland, you can visit <a href="http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/do_something_awards/2010/city/?xrs=synd_forumsL" rel="nofollow">http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/do_something_awards/2010/city/?xrs=synd_forumsL</a>! Let’s start the revolution today! </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/seeders#post-41 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:32:26 +0000 Nancy 41@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>I'm considering an Earthway seeder to sow cover crops in my raised beds - not a broadcast seeder but the roll-along-the-row kind. I'm trying to get more of a feel for how it would work. Could I push it along in the raised bed while standing on the path? Also, I don't till much, but usually loosen my beds with the broadfork Eliot Coleman recommends, so the machine would have to cope with an uneven surface. What's your experience? </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/looking-for-irrigation-suggestions#post-2203 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:04:10 +0000 Evi7777 2203@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>Howdy, </p> <p>We are about to start our second year of farming a 1 acre plot and are trying to decide the best irrigation method.<br /> Last year we planted 1/2 acre just to test it out and we used drip line, that didn't do a fabulous job and I disliked.<br /> The plot we farm was once a very amazing homestead garden, it was flood irrigated from a large pond on the<br /> property, lots of the old metal 4 inch pipe is still there and runs all the way into the garden there are a few breaks in<br /> the line but we think it can be mended. Once it is mended we aren't sure how to use the flood irrigation, it's a hard subject to<br /> research and I am wondering if anyone has any experience. We were told that the guy who used to own our farm<br /> 20+ years ago would flood it once a week. It gets real hot and I imagine he must of supplemented some other kind of<br /> watering the rest of the week and when plants were young. I'm not crazy about the idea of more plastic drip line and wonder if<br /> anyone has good suggestions for small sprinkler set ups for an acre.</p> <p>I am also curious to know if anyone knows about toxicity in Drip line like there is in PVC.</p> <p>Thanks for reading. </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/tiny-tractor-requirements#post-323 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:41:29 +0000 AustrianMichael 323@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>Hello!</p> <p>There is one Question, that I cant´t get out of my head: Isn´t the tiny-farm Kubota much more a turf-care tractor than a farm tractor? I would be interested, if it has a hydraulic transmission, or a common mechanic transmission with hand-shifted gears. Does anybody know?<br /> I have a tiny farm myself, with about 2500 square meters and two greenhouses myself, and I use a Mitsubishi compact-tractor, with a mechanic transmission, which i need badly to do plowing for example. My tractor is equipped with tyres wich are made for wet rice-field conditions and so I can hardly imagine, how I could manage to work with these turf care tyres from the kubota in the tiny-farm blog. Any experiences?<br /> I also have a rider-Mower like the JD (mine is a murray) and I changed the turf-tyres against real tractor tyres. It works well, pulling trailers with harvested veggies out of the garden area. </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/why-to-use-natural-fertilizers#post-2219 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:33:35 +0000 safefertilizer 2219@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>The benefits of <a href="http://www.safe-fertilizers-review.com/">natural fertilizers</a> can be seen in the flowers and the produce that are created from natural fertilizers. The products are healthier, contain fewer chemicals and are an effective way to reduce the risks of chemicals that can be absorbed into the body from the foods that we consume.</p> <p>First, let us talk about the dangers that can come in fertilizers that use chemicals as the main ingredient. These types of fertilizers contain harmful ingredients and known carcinogens and should be avoided, as the fertilizers which are used can become absorbed within the foods that we eat.</p> <p>Where can you find natural fertilizers? There are many ingredients such as manure that are used as natural fertilizers within organic gardens. These natural ingredients are an effective way to grow plants, but are also an effective way to reduce the risks of ingesting something harmful from the food that we choose, or grow within our gardens.<br /> You can also get Natural Fertilizers form <a href="http://www.safe-fertilizers-review.com/">Safe Fertilizers Review</a>.</p> <p>Making the switch to natural fertilizers is easy after the gardener is able to get used to the idea. Gardeners can obtain natural fertilizers from most garden stores, for comparable prices to chemical fertilizers. This makes a great argument for all gardeners to switch to natural fertilizers in their gardens. </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/food-supply-shortage-1#post-2218 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:49:08 +0000 survivalseed 2218@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>Food supply shortage ??? Do u guys think that this can ever happen or not, taking into account the changing climatic conditions and increasing global warming...<br /> If this shortage happens that what to do ???? Do u know that...<br /> Please leave your opinion &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;</p> <p>You can find more of the answers at : <a href="http://www.survivalseedbank.com/">Survival Seed Bank</a> </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/preparing-land#post-390 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:30:08 +0000 benkelway 390@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>I am looking for advice on preparing 2.5 acres for growing. We have just bought the land, and are going to grow to feed 4 next year, as well as running some trials etc, then expand into a market garden the following year.<br /> The land has had cattle on there over the summer, and has just been mown. I had big ideas about maximising fertility over the fall /winter before major planting in spring. should I:<br /> a. Pay someone to plough, manure then sow a green manure to be turned under prior to planting<br /> b.Have a couple of pigs go to work on the land, ploughing and manuring as they go. I have a structure to convert into housing for them as well as some moveable fencing to extend their area<br /> c.Leave it as grass, then cultivate a couple of times before I plant</p> <p>Any advice much appreciated!</p> <p>Check out our blog by the way:<br /> <a href="http://rockheadsmallholding.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rockheadsmallholding.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>Ben </p> http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/topic/raising-pigs#post-2169 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:04:39 +0000 Oldman 2169@http://tinyfarmblog.com/forum/ <p>I am a disabled construction worker (because of a fall from a make shift scaffold on a side job, with no insurance to boot) and the doc told me about six years ago I would never work again. That was the day I got out of the hospital and about three hours before I was cutting an oak tree down for firewood standing on crutches, so you can see I am an old hard head.<br /> Problem is, the doc was about half way right. After six years I agree I will never work a regular job again, but hey, I have never been a regular person anyway, LOL.<br /> We almost lost everything we worked years for but managed to keep, uh, our mouths out of the water most of the time and sometimes just our nose. But the thing is we did it, and we have an old farm house, about a 1920-30's model that I nearly finished remodeling befor I fell, and it's on it's own lot. 3.84 +/- acres.<br /> Then there is 58 acres behind here with the first of it behind the housr about 20 acres in fiels that hasn't been planted for probably 30 years, but has been bush hogged every year.<br /> And then there is about 38 acres that is just woods. Plenty of brush and plenty of fallen trees etc. but a lot of good timber. Just not enough for a logger to fool with. But I have built a saw mill with an eighteen H.P. engine and 36" bar on it. (It's a chainsaw type mill.<br /> There is way more timber than I will ever need for any type of buildings etc. and as you can expect, I can take a young buck like my futher SIL and easily cut enough wood for a 8' x 12' shelter for whatever in a day, even in the shape I am in. Need be I can have 4 yough bucks out there. </p> <p>The thing is, I want to, well actually my FSIL and 3 of his brothers can't find a job at all. A day here and a day there. The kids finishing school now can't find anything around here. But I want to farm the field and raise goats and pigs in the woods. I can fence it in with electric fenceing, and there is a small spring fed creek that runs the lenght of the left side and back of it for their water as they want it. </p> <p>A will also raise chickens for eating and selling eggs, and did so for two years until I bought 100 roosters for meat (don't ever do that) and they yelled for every fox in 10 miles to come and get it 24/7's. That won't happen again. </p> <p>I need some first hand advice. Really just to varify what I have already read that makes me wonder about it. </p> <p>#1,, I have read some pig farmers feed them dirt. ,,,, Say what??? I know they will root up the ground and eat the roots, but these people are saying they actually dig dirt for them during the winter. There has been several articles I have read that says they eat it like we eat steak and lobster.<br /> Is that true??????</p> <p>#2,, I have also read that an 8' x 12' pig tractor needs to be moved every two days if whats under it has pretty good growth and they will plow it and fertilize it at the same time. Now that makes sense to me. But that is only 96 sq ft. That would be less that an acre a year per tractor and they didn't say how many pigs were in each one.<br /> So I have 38 acres of woods that have all kinds of brush grown up anywhere the sun gets to plus plenty of brush in side the woods and downed trees also.<br /> So how much feed would I need to add to what they grub up???<br /> I am wondering if 40 piglets would be OK together if I built them about 10 shelters about 8-10' x 12-16'????????</p> <p>I'd appriciate any first hand input any of you could give me. </p> <p>Thanks<br /> Dennis </p>