A Farmer's Guide to Planting and Protecting Trees, Part Two
A Farmer’s Guide to Planting and Protecting Trees, Part Two The first years are the hardest, but nature finds a way If you missed last week’s post about all the...
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A Farmer's Guide to Planting and Protecting Trees, Part Two
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A Farmer's Guide to Planting and Protecting Trees, Part One
A Farmer’s Guide to Planting and Protecting Trees Trees are the backbone of a healthy ecosystem Planting trees is wonderful. Every day during the growing season trees pull carbon out...
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Hair Sheep
Hair Sheep Hair vs. Wool Although most of us naturally associate sheep with wool, it is actually something of an anomaly. Wild sheep, including the mouflon, ancestor to all domestic...
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Cider Apples
Cider Apples Fruit is the Foundation of Great Cider Over the past few years hard cider has become more widely available, and some small amount of it even tastes decent....
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How to Season Firewood
How to Season Firewood The Most Critical Part of Seasoning Firewood As September settles in, nights are already getting cold enough that the morning air has a little bit of...
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Hog Panel Trellis
Hog Panel Trellis Hog Panel, Hog Wire, or Cattle Panel: Whatever the Name, It Makes a Great Trellis About Hog Panels Also known as "cattle panel" or "hog wire," hog...
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How to Cook Grass Fed Steak
The Basics of Grass Fed Steak There’s an idea floating around that grass fed beef is fundamentally different from grain fed. And it’s true that well raised grass-fed beef does...
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The Definitive Guide to Pastured Turkey
Why You Need This Guide There’s a lot of stress and uncertainty when it comes to cooking the Thanksgiving turkey. This is only heightened when it’s a high-quality, pastured turkey,...
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Rotational Grazing Hardware
By Edmund Brown Two weeks ago I mentioned rotational grazing. I thought this week perhaps it would be interesting to show all the hardware I use to keep the cows...
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Black Locust Part III
In parts I and II of this series I discussed some of the great things about Black Locusts. In this post I’ll finish the overview of this marvelous tree. The...
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Black Locust Part II
Last week I introduced Black Locust trees with 9 positive points for consideration. In this post I’ll begin exploring those points in greater detail, and I’ll finish discussing them in...
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Great Potential
These hands hold great potential. Look closely and you’ll see that the seeds are bean shaped. They’re seeds of my new favorite tree… Ever since I can remember I’ve loved...
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A Bit About Biochar
Over the past eight years interest in biochar has been growing, but it is still a relative unknown outside of certain academic and agricultural circles. The most basic confusion surrounds...
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