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Abandoned bee village

28 Mar 200915 Mar 2009 by Mike (tfb)

There’s an apparently abandoned bee village on the edge of the tree-enclosed clearing just beyond the main field (the clearing is past the fence, covered in snow, in this pic). There is a backstory here, still to be fully figured … Read the rest

Categories Animals, Building & Fixing Tags bees, fencing, research, Winter 14 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

Winter farm desk

8 Jan 200930 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

This is my winter desk. It’s the same year-round, but for most of the year, the warmer, outdoors part, it’s just a chair in front of a computer where I pop in to check stuff. In the winter, it becomes … Read the rest

Categories Planning Tags Internet, research, Winter 5 Comments

Tiny Farm Bookshelf, Part 1

29 Jan 200926 Feb 2007 by Mike (tfb)
Books on farming

This is about a quarter of my farming bookshelf. I get a ton of info from the Web, particularly in winter when I have more time to cruise around online, but books I’m still most fond of. Let’s see what … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning, Tools Tags books, reference, research, Winter 1 Comment

2022 right now...

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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