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Building Soils for Better Crops

8 Dec 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd Edition

Had the downloaded digital version of this book since the 2nd edition, for at least a couple of years now, dipped into it, but still haven’t read it through. I should and I will. This winter! The 3rd edition of … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!) Tags Autumn, books, fertilizing, reference, soil 4 Comments

Different kind of compost heap

1 Apr 200930 Mar 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Back to cold and wet, with a bit of snow… Today was an interesting first in my brief tiny farming career: compost on skids! Fertility delivered! How convenient… This is about 5.5  tons (5,000kg) of fully composted, certified organic cow … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!) Tags composting, fertilizing, future, manure, Spring 8 Comments

Hitting the books: Composting!

16 Dec 202122 Feb 2009 by Mike (tfb)
A book about composting

Winters on the tiny farm have always been a time for research and a bit of book learning. My first two seasons were crazy for reading, especially the winter before Year 1, when I had four months to pick up … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning Tags books, composting, fertilizing, manure, research, Winter 10 Comments

Manure spreading action!

12 Oct 20115 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

A satisfying few hours today, spreading year-old cow manure on the market garden. Bob and the old White 70hp handled the spreader (and you can see a rock picker attached in front!). I used the Kubota compact tractor to fill … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, People Tags Autumn, Bob, fertilizing, manure, tractor, Winter 4 Comments

A spot of tea…

12 Oct 201110 Sep 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Steeping compost in water is all it takes to come up with a healthy batch of…compost tea. Here we’ve taken some composted cow manure and let it sit in a 55-gallon barrel of water for a few days. There are … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Tools Tags compost tea, fertilizing, Summer 17 Comments
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Late June: Fresh veggies have arrived. Lots of different greens are ready to go. Snap peas, green onions and beets starting to size up. LOTS of rain and fairly cool weather for the last couple of weeks. The grass and other plants around the garden perimeter grew so fast, it overwhelmed the electric fence keeping the deer out. And at least one deer took advantage. The grass has been cut, and the deer are once again at bay. Weather-wise, we've moved from rain to humid heat. For the full story, you can start back in January.

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