Writings from the ranch
Do you eat Illegal baked goods ?
http://www.foodrenegade.com/do-you-eat-illegal-baked-goods/
Self Sufficiency Is Hard Work
self sustainability, eating year round from your garden, farming
This Kiwi smells like compost
gardening with kids, self sufficiency living and eating, off grid
Does Anyone out there love Strawberries ?
Can anyone recommend a great variety of strawberry ? I want good old melt in your mouth flavor. I'm hoping to add more strawberry areas to my garden and would love some suggestions?
Carried Away With Summer
Self sustainability, growing for the holiday meals.Farm life
America is Fading Fast
http://ukiahcommunityblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/america-is-fading-fast/#comments
Restoration of Swyambu Stupa
http://vimeo.com/26398970
Here is who spent all our current debt
http://ukiahcommunityblog.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/here-is-who-spent-all-our-current-debt/
Storytelling
self sufficiency, storytelling, gardening , cut flower growing
Bio-Intensive Gardening- July
Bio-intensive gardening, self sufficiency,
What can I do with my small farm
http://thecontraryfarmer.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/what-can-i-do-with-my-small-farm/
Poisoned Apples
http://www.grist.org/food-safety/2011-06-14-dirty-dozen-pesticides-apples-consumers-farm-workers-ewg
We are paying for our food with our taxes
http://www.grist.org/politics/2011-06-15-farm-pork-subsidy-cuts
Do you realize how much meat is in a half of a cow ?
When you want to split a grass fed cow, do realize how much freezer space you'll need !
Why do I farm?
Organic farming, self sustainability, farming community
Thinning fruit trees
When I took a fruit tree pruning workshop last fall, the organic commercial growers there described their maintenance regime. One thing they emphasized, was thinning fruit about 6-8 weeks after bloom when the fruit is very small . Thinning down to one per cluster....
Living without spending
self sustainability, childs apron
Whew, I’ve got most of my garden in
Sustainability gardening, self sufficiency, organic vegetable farming, small homestead garden
14 signs that the collapse of our modern world has begun
http://www.naturalnews.com/032258_economic_collapse_2012.html
Are they trying to shut down small farms or what ?
Read about a small rabbit raising farm was fined and prosecuted but the USDA http://www.naturalnews.com/032476_rabbits_USDA.html
Farming a New Way
vegetable growing
A way to grow cute onions
mini onions, growing vegetables, growing onions
Farming 2011
As this year shapes up for us, we are finding ourselves working hard to finish infrastructure development and to do it with a cash flow problem. TRADE has become our middle name, maybe our surname . We are trading for carpentry help to install our outdoor kitchen. So...
Our Animals
Our horses Belle and Buttercup Happy Chickens!
Milling wood
Redwood siding, milling your own wood
Lost Arts, Lost Mindset
Country values, country bumpkin, organic farming, self sufficiency, small family farms.
Baking Day Sunday April 10th 1:00
Come for a visit, taste the bread, buy fresh products, or bake with us . The brick oven will be, hopefully, 600 degrees at 1:00
Farmgirl Chic
Country Girl
self sustainability, country girl vs. city girl.
Farmers are not making the money in Agriculture
http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_serfs_of_arkansas