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Month: February 2013

Winter persists

14 Feb 2013 by Mike (tfb)
Winter: snow on firewood

Wintry-looking winter is hanging around for a bit, with a little more snow adding to the fairly massive fall a few days ago. It’s already clear that we can expect anything, any time, from the weather, still, I was hoping … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Weather Tags firewood, snow, Winter Leave a comment

The Intelligent Gardener

11 Feb 2013 by Mike (tfb)
The Intelligent Gardener

More winter reading , and the buzzword is…”remineralization,” which here means carefully replacing missing soil minerals in a holistic way (as opposed to just topping up with this or that). The other keyphrase is what that leads to: “nutrient-dense food.” … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning Tags books, fertility, soil testing, Winter 3 Comments

The Food Dehydrator

9 Feb 20139 Feb 2013 by Mike (tfb)

The Nesco/American Harvest Food Dehydrator & Jerky Maker: a lil contraption purchased last summer, waiting for winter experimenting (thinking about the extra garlic). There’s of course some research to do, like the difference between drying and freeze-drying, what gets lost … Read the rest

Categories Cooking & Eating, Farm lab (research!), Tools Tags dehydrator, food preserving, Winter 5 Comments

Snowstorm

11 Feb 20138 Feb 2013 by Mike (tfb)

Just snow. At least a foot down in the last few hours and still falling, fast and blowing a bit, but far from what I’d call a blizzard. Pretty! Next, warm and raining forecast for a couple days from now … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Weather Tags snow, Winter 2 Comments

Dirt Farmer’s Dialogue

7 Feb 20137 Feb 2013 by Mike (tfb)
Dirt Farmers' Dialogue (book)

At the top of the winter reading book stack. From the 1970s. Bought by chance from a used book table in the trade show at an organic farming conference. Always fun to hear someone explain what they know and believe, … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!) Tags books, Winter Leave a comment
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