Posted on May 17, 2008 by onestraw
All the action on the Sub Acre Farms have been hogging alot of space here at Onestraw, so I wanted to double back and show some of the work that has happened on the Suburban home front. The bed pictured at right was created last year when I made my permaculture [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by onestraw
Kory has been pointing out that I am overdue for some Hoop House shots, and that is mostly because I am overdue for getting into the Hoop House! April here was VERY wet- with decent rains every other day like clockwork. Soil work was out of the question for almost the entire month. [...]
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Posted on May 5, 2008 by onestraw
Placed another BIG Fedco Order this morning. Like $367 big. That might not be a Grillo, but it is amazing all the things needed to tool up for market gardening. Included in this order are two set of 600′ of drip irrigation complete with regulators, etc -one each for both farms. Also included is 10#’s [...]
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Posted on May 3, 2008 by onestraw
The forecast was for still more rain, but it has been spotty and much of the rain missed my farm plots so it was back to the gardens. Wednesday night I was able to get 4 rows planted with help from the family, but much time was spent determining layout and a decent way [...]
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