Tag: research

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

Hitting the books: Composting!

16 Dec 202122 Feb 2009 by Mike (tfb)

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

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

Tiny Farm Bookshelf, Part 1

29 Jan 200926 Feb 2007 by Mike (tfb)

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