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  • Barakah Heritage Farm version 6.0

    Barakah Heritage Farm version 6.0

    So here we are in Winnsboro, South Carolina, neck deep in the farm restart.

    This time around is a radically different farm model.

    We have moved to a VERY different climate in the deep south, after 50+ years of living in the northeast.  The plants are different, the growing season different, the soil is different.

     

    This is also our first time with a truly distributed farm model.  In the past we did have horses split between

    two nearby farms for a brief period, but that was the extent of spreading the work over multiple properties.  Version 6.0 has the rabbits, livestock dogs, gardens (and pets) at the farm office (also our home and undergoing a complete renovation) while the goats and horses occupy a nearby farm.  The farm has buildings but no fences, and the home office has fences but no farm buildings or established gardens.  What an interesting new challenge!

    I’m going to give a shout out to a software program.  If it weren’t for Blue, I don’t know that I could juggle all these projects.  I’m not getting any compensation, I just love the software that much.

    So here’s what is going on right now:

    Gardens are in various stages of being dug, edged, fertilized and planted.   We are again creating a biointensive permaculture system, but blending it in with general

    landscaping.  Plants are doing double duty at this property, looking nice AND feeding the family.  This season the focus is on producing our favorite heirloom

    varieties for personal use.  Any crop that we can buy relatively inexpensively in bulk at the grocery we skipped – onions, carrots, potatoes, garlic, winter squashes.  That means tomatoes, lots of greens like kale and chard and lettuces, and some basic herbs, all heirloom varieties for the unique flavors and colors.  I put in a pollinator garden with a water fountain the first season we were here, and fluffed it up this spring. It still needs a low water dish for the insects.

    Additionally we are planning out where key perennial food crops like hazlenuts and artichoke will go.

    The bunnies are not currently part of Bunnyville, so they moved to headquarters (such a fancy name for a modest beginning LOL) and are happily eating greens from our yard and producing wonderful fertilizer for the new gardens.

    We put poultry projects on hold, until we see if and how they might fit in with the new farm model.

    Over at the 250 acre farm, everything happened and is happening in stages.  The first step was basic shelter and containment, so wire mesh fencing beefed up with electric to hold goats and horses both.  Stalls were cleaned out, repaired and set up.  Once everyone had shelter and fencing that worked with or without power, then the bigger fencing projects and reopening the money-earning tours could start.  Horses looked like the quickest win, so a tour pen and then riding area came first, followed by the first of the rotation grazing areas and the runway, in a layout that meshes with the current land uses.  As I add each rotation, I’m also extending the perimeter to capture more land and eventually should have about 15 acres fenced for rotation and runways.  I’m reusing a lot of the fence equipment that traveled with us, and taking the best of what worked before.  T-posts and tape fencing for the perimeters, narrow tape and step ins for the rotations, and a very powerful DC energizer to keep the deer off the fences and the horses in.

     

    For the goats, it started with the 2 pens and shelters.  Next up was getting the tour area built.  Concurrently, I’m designing their rotation grazing areas, making decisions on what has the best browse, will hold them, and will be easy to move them to.  The goats must come back in at night because of predator pressure from local coyotes, black vultures and hawks.

    So, how does this all get done?  By setting aside a small block of time each day for each project – typically 1 to 2 hours, breaking the projects down into manageable steps, and keeping track of it all with due dates in the Blue software.  Many of the projects must happen concurrently so keep the farm financially on track, so small steps forward rather than big pushes on one project at a time makes the most sense.

    So that’s what’s happening these days at Barakah Heritage Farm.  We hope you will come see us if you are in the area, and stay tuned for the first goat kids of 2024!

    -Carrie and all the fur-kin

  • New location, new farm model

    New location, new farm model

    We have moved to Winnsboro, South Carolina!

    Home of the oldest working town clock, the South Carolina Railroad Museum, the Fairfield County Historical Museum and near Carolina Adventure World.

    As someone who has lived her entire life in the northeast USA, this is like moving to another planet.  There is almost no snow!  Winter feels like spring.  Plants have begun growing in February.  And summers are hot, as in HOT.   We are trying a new approach down here, spreading our farm components across multiple locations, and adapting everything for this new climate.

    For now, Bunnyville is on hold.  The bunnies are happily settled at headquarters.  We have stopped poultry, for the time being.

    We are setting up garden beds and figuring out how to apply biointensive and permaculture in this sandy clay soil of zone 8a.  Ants are a thing, big mounds of ants that bite hard.  The annual seed inventory is done, and we have selected the seeds we think make the most sense for the first planting.  We get 2 or 3 growing seasons here, which is amazing!

    The horses and goats are at a farm near headquarters (headquarters sounds like a mighty fancy label for our humble cottage and beginning gardens).  We have not published the farm location for the privacy of the farm owner and for animal security.  We provide it when folks come to purchase livestock or book an AirBnB Animal Experience with us.

    Let the adventures and learning begin!

     

    Farm is within 5 miles of the pinned map location (hidden for privacy & animal security)

  • Edible Cities: Urban Permaculture for Gardens, Balconies, Rooftops, and Beyond

    Edible Cities: Urban Permaculture for Gardens, Balconies, Rooftops, and Beyond

    This entry is in the series Best Urban Gardening Books

    Want to grow food but have nothing larger than a balcony, windowsill, or a piece of wall? No problem! This is a gardening book with a difference. It will help you to grow your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and even mushrooms in small spaces in the most ecological way possible. Edible Cities shows you why…;

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    Want to grow food but have nothing larger than a balcony, windowsill, or a piece of wall? No problem! This is a gardening book with a difference. It will help you to grow your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and even mushrooms in small spaces in the most ecological way possible. Edible Cities shows you why the urban landscape can be a great place for permaculture. Discover inside:

    • Principles of permaculture

    • Worldwide examples of urban gardening projects

    • Ideas for flats and balconies

    • Green roofs

    • Vertical gardening and urban beekeeping

    • Guerrilla gardening and successful community projects

    • Illustrated practical techniques with clear instructions

    • Preface and contributions by Sepp Holzer

    • Urban case studies from cities all over the world.

    Packed with inspiration and practical, fully illustrated ideas, discover how people around the world are inventing new growing opportunities and making them a reality with few resources and a lot of creativity. Find out how you, too, can plan and create your own urban growing paradise.

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  • Whey Protein (Vanilla) – Biologically Active – No Antibiotics – Low-Temperature-Processed and Microfiltrated – Made From Happy Australian Open Pasture Grassfed Cows (no. 1, Vanilla, 16 oz)

    Whey Protein (Vanilla) – Biologically Active – No Antibiotics – Low-Temperature-Processed and Microfiltrated – Made From Happy Australian Open Pasture Grassfed Cows (no. 1, Vanilla, 16 oz)

    NUTRITIONAL INNOVATIONS Mattole Valley Naturals Grassfed Whey Protein comes from south Australian cows that graze grass year round and are not treated with growth hormones (rBST) or antibiotics, ever. South Australia is a temperate climate zone, which allows the dairy cows to roam the open, pesticide-free pastures throughout all seasons. BIO-ENGINEERED PROCESS Bio-engineered protein-dense whole…;

    NUTRITIONAL INNOVATIONS

    Mattole Valley Naturals Grassfed Whey Protein comes from south Australian cows that graze grass year round and are not treated with growth hormones (rBST) or antibiotics, ever. South Australia is a temperate climate zone, which allows the dairy cows to roam the open, pesticide-free pastures throughout all seasons.

    BIO-ENGINEERED PROCESS

    Bio-engineered protein-dense whole food nutrition.

    INGREDIENTS

    Grassfed Whey Protein Concentrate, Organic chef-grade vanilla, Pure birch xylitol, Organic coconut sugar, Mature green papaya, Non-GMO Sunflower Lecithin.

    OUR VISION

    The Mattole Valley Naturals farm includes fruit and nut trees, vegetables and herbs, and berries of all varieties-using permaculture practices, the garden is thriving & provides abundant nourishment. Resident quails provide fertilization, pest control, soil tilling and the occasional clutch of eggs. The implementation of solar panels, compostable toilets and a rainwater cistern aid in the quest for a waste-free lifestyle.

    Creating this vision within this pristine northerly ecosystem required a lot of heart, hard work and drive. Every community rural and urban can do so too! At Mattole Valley Naturals we believe in being part of the change, and we hope you’ll follow suit.

    TESTIMONIALS

    Dr. Rick Moorehead said about MVNaturals, “the product line has proven an indispensable base line support for my clients in their therapeutic strategies patients report better energy, stamina, well-being and sense of nourishment.”

    ORDER TODAY!IMPROVE PERFORMANCE – For improved performance and decreased recovery time during intense training. Regular use stimulates the body’s own vitality. maintaining youth, and lean body mass.
    ORGANIC & WILDCRAFTED – We use no fillers, ever. All products are always organic or wildcrafted. No antibiotics, no herbicides, no pesticides, no gluten. All packaging is 100% recyclable.
    CREATED BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS – with precise synergistic proportioning, and meticulous preparation to enhance the quality of your life. The highest quality available from pasture-fed goats free of hormones and antibiotics. Low heat, minimal processed to preserve its original composition.
    TRULY GRASSFED – Mattole Valley Naturals Grassfed Whey Protein comes from south Australian cows that graze grass year round and are not treated with growth hormones (rBST) or antibiotics, ever. South Australia is a temperate climate zone, which allows the dairy cows to roam the open, pesticide-free pastures throughout all seasons.
    GIVING BACK – We teamed up with Prana, Goal Zero, and Chadd Konig for the Mattole Valley Naturals Sustainable Living Project, an intentional endeavor in living symbiotically with the land. The Mattole Valley Naturals farm includes fruit and nut trees, vegetables and herbs, and berries of all varieties. Using permaculture practices, the garden is thriving and provides abundant nourishment.

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  • The Woodland Year

    The Woodland Year

    Packed with stunning color photographs, The Woodland Year is an intimate month-by-month journey through Ben Law’s yearly cycle of work, his naturally attuned lifestyle, and his deep understanding of his woods. The Woodland Year provides a fascinating insight into every aspect of sustainable woodland management, including the cycles of nature, seasonal tasks, wild food gathering,…;

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    Packed with stunning color photographs, The Woodland Year is an intimate month-by-month journey through Ben Law’s yearly cycle of work, his naturally attuned lifestyle, and his deep understanding of his woods. The Woodland Year provides a fascinating insight into every aspect of sustainable woodland management, including the cycles of nature, seasonal tasks, wild food gathering, wine making, mouthwatering and useful recipes, coppice crafts, round-pole timber-frame eco-building (pioneered by Ben), nature conservation, species diversity, tree profiles, and the use of horses for woodland work.

    This is a profound book that is both practical and poetic. It describes a way of life that is economically and ecologically viable and sets a new standard for managing our woods in a low-impact, sustainable way. As such, it holds some of the fundamental keys to how we can achieve a lower-carbon society.

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  • The Art of Butterfly Gardening: How to Make Your Backyard into a Beautiful Home for Butterflies

    The Art of Butterfly Gardening: How to Make Your Backyard into a Beautiful Home for Butterflies

    Butterfly gardening is the practice of attracting beautiful butterflies to your garden by growing common plants and flowers that they use for food and nectar. This fun and wonderfully simple activity will bring color, light, and beauty to your garden and home. With the relaxing and rewarding qualities of this outdoor hobby, it’s not hard…;

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    Butterfly gardening is the practice of attracting beautiful butterflies to your garden by growing common plants and flowers that they use for food and nectar. This fun and wonderfully simple activity will bring color, light, and beauty to your garden and home. With the relaxing and rewarding qualities of this outdoor hobby, it’s not hard to see why it’s sweeping the nation and growing in popularity.

    Mathew Tekulsky’s The Butterfly Garden is a complete, step-by-step guide to gardening for butterflies. You’ll learn about:

    • The butterfly life cycle, habitats, and behaviors
    • Choosing and obtaining food and nectar sources
    • Designing your garden
    • Options for country, suburban, and city gardens
    • Fifty common garden butterflies and the plants they like
    • Butterfly observation and conservation

    This guide will teach you everything you need to get started—whether you’re a suburban resident, the owner of a small urban garden, an apartment dweller, or a keeper of a country estate, you can enjoy frequent butterfly visits to your garden or window box. The key, Tekulsky believes, is learning some basic knowledge of butterfly characteristics and behavior and knowing how to meet the needs of the butterfly species most common in your neighborhood.

    Not only is butterfly gardening one of the easiest ways to enjoy these enchanting creatures, but it’s also a wonderful way to help conserve natural butterfly populations for generations to come. Learn how to create your own beautiful butterfly garden today!

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  • Perennial Green Onion Scallion Seeds Chinese Japanese Welch Bunching Permaculture-80 seeds in foil seed pack

    Perennial Green Onion Scallion Seeds Chinese Japanese Welch Bunching Permaculture-80 seeds in foil seed pack

    Professional foil seed packed contains approx. 80 seeds. Packaged for 2016 with good seed viability and quick sprouting. Excellent and hardy producer in all temperature regions. Easy to grow. Zone 3a-10b recommended but will produce in other zones. Full sun to partial shade. Average water needs. Al. fistulosum L. (fistulosum means “hollow”) Welsh onion, Japanese…;

    Professional foil seed packed contains approx. 80 seeds. Packaged for 2016 with good seed viability and quick sprouting. Excellent and hardy producer in all temperature regions. Easy to grow. Zone 3a-10b recommended but will produce in other zones. Full sun to partial shade. Average water needs. Al. fistulosum L. (fistulosum means “hollow”) Welsh onion, Japanese bunching onion, bunching onion, salad onions, spring onions is a species of perennial onion, common name Welsh onion though it is native to China. Cultivated worldwide naturalized in scattered locations in Eurasia and North America. Blue-green foliage with bunching habit. This onion is similar in taste and odor to the related common onion but does not develop bulbs and has hollow leaves. It resembles a small leek when large and chives when small. Culinary use as a scallion or salad onion. Beautiful blue-green foliage has ornamental use. Asian cuisine: Used in miso soup, negimaki (beef and scallion rolls) a garnish, such as on teriyaki or takoyaki. Jamaican cuisine: Combined with other spices to make pimenta. Water regularly; do not over-water. Height: 18-24 in. (45-60 cm) Spacing: 6-9 in. (15-22 cm) Buyer FULLY responsible any applicable restrictions on this seed. Do not purchase this seed pack if there are restrictions in your area. Opened seed packs are NON RETURNABLE. Listing content copyright WiggleCulture 2016-present.Perennial
    Hardy
    Easy to grow
    Widely Adapted
    Culinary and Ornamental Use

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  • Putting Food By: Fifth Edition

    Putting Food By: Fifth Edition

    This entry is in the series Best Food Storage Books

    “The bible of home canning, preserving, freezing, and drying.”—The New York Times For decades, Putting Food By has been the one-stop source for everything the home cook needs to know about preserving foods—from fruits and vegetables to meat and seafood. Now, this classic is fully up-to-date with the twenty-first-century kitchen. Whether you’re preserving to save money…;

    “The bible of home canning, preserving, freezing, and drying.”—The New York Times
     
    For decades, Putting Food By has been the one-stop source for everything the home cook needs to know about preserving foods—from fruits and vegetables to meat and seafood. Now, this classic is fully up-to-date with the twenty-first-century kitchen. Whether you’re preserving to save money or to capture the taste of local, seasonal food at its peak, Putting Food By shares step-by-step directions to help you do it safely and deliciously.
     
    This fifth edition of Putting Food By includes:
     
    ·         Instructions for canning, freezing, salting, smoking, drying, and root cellaring
    ·         Mouthwatering recipes for pickles, relishes, jams, and jellies
    ·         Information on preserving with less sugar and salt
    ·         Tips on equipment, ingredients, health and safety issues, and resources

    Putting Food By

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  • JeBouffe Home Canning Step by Step Guide (second edition) Revised and Expanded

    JeBouffe Home Canning Step by Step Guide (second edition) Revised and Expanded

    This entry is in the series Best Food Storage Books

    This guide is intended to provide you with the essential information to make your first small jars in a safe and enjoyable way. It will guide you through all stages from preparation to storage of your products.You will discover the principles of conservation for different types of food, the benefits of home canning, the recommended…;

    This guide is intended to provide you with the essential information to make your first small jars in a safe and enjoyable way. It will guide you through all stages from preparation to storage of your products.

    You will discover the principles of conservation for different types of food, the benefits of home canning, the recommended methods as well as the ones to avoid.

    Then you will learn the two proper methods of treatment: the boiling water bath and the pressure canning methods. You will find a list of essential equipment and the detailed steps for a successful canning experience.

    Finally you will gain some hands on experience with our easy and delicious recipes.

    This guide do not claim to be scientific or complete. We simply wants to give you the tools you need to get into the fun activity of preparing your home preserves.

    About this second edition:
    Following the success of the first edition, and thanks to some suggestions from our readers, we offer this revised version, corrected and expanded. We have included the imperial and some tables on the processing time for the preservation of the most popular fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry and fish. We also cover the effect of altitude on the processing time and pressure required for the safe canning of foods.

    Improving on the initial contents of this document we have also redesigned it to make it more educational, more fun to read and use.

    We hope that this new revision will meet your expectations and wish you a successful canning experience and “Bon appetit”

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    12 recipes that will allow you to practice the canning techniques. They are divided into three levels of complexity:

    Level 1 = easy. The recipes are very simple. You can focus on techniques for canning without too much worry about the recipe itself.
    Recipe # 1 – Apple sauce with a touch of nutmeg and vanilla (boiling water method)
    Recipe # 2 – Canned Pears (boiling water method)
    Recipe # 3 – Canned fresh tomatoes (pressure canning method)
    Recipe # 4 – Canned Carrots (pressure canning method)

    2 = medium level. The recipes are a little more elaborate. There are more steps before moving on to canning.
    Recipe # 5 – Tangerine marmalade (boiling water method)
    Recipe # 6 – Pork Cretons à la JeBouffe (pressure canning method)
    Recipe # 7 – Quick and Tasty Green Ketchup (boiling water method)
    Recipe # 8 – Marinara Sauce (pressure canning method)

    Level 3 = complex. The recipes are longer and more complex. There are more steps before moving on to canning.
    Recipe # 9 – Plum jam with cinnamon (boiling water method)
    Recipe # 10 – Nectarine Chutney (pressure canning method)
    Recipe # 11 – Cherries and Raspberries Spread (boiling water method)
    Recipe # 12 – Kedjenou chicken (pressure canning method)

    By following these recipes step by step, we guarantee the success of your first home preserves. After having practiced the basic techniques you can apply them to your favorite recipes and get our book “JeBouffe Home Canning Recipes volume1” for even more idea.

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  • Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition

    Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition

    Seed to Seed is a complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. This book contains detailed information about each vegetable, including its botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, required population size, isolation distance, techniques for caging or hand-pollination, and also the proper methods for harvesting,…;

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    Seed to Seed is a complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. This book contains detailed information about each vegetable, including its botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, required population size, isolation distance, techniques for caging or hand-pollination, and also the proper methods for harvesting, drying, cleaning, and storing the seeds.

    Seed to Seed is widely acknowledged as the best guide available for home gardeners to learn effective ways to produce and store seeds on a small scale. The author has grown seed crops of every vegetable featured in the book, and has thoroughly researched and tested all of the techniques she recommends for the home garden.

    This newly updated and greatly expanded Second Edition includes additional information about how to start each vegetable from seed, which has turned the book into a complete growing guide. Local knowledge about seed starting techniques for each vegetable has been shared by expert gardeners from seven regions of the United States-Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast/Gulf Coast, Midwest, Southwest, Central West Coast, and Northwest.”Seed to Seed” is the wisest guide to seed saving and grassroots genetic preservation you will ever find.

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  • Basic Garden Tool (Lime-Green, or Sunset Orange Long:5′-11″)

    Basic Garden Tool (Lime-Green, or Sunset Orange Long:5′-11″)

    This entry is in the series Best Gardening Tools

    NEW…4/HANDLE-LENGTHS: …If You are Less than 5′-2″… or More than 5′-11″… we have Short and Long Handles…! Dave’s Basic Garden Tool is a new gardening product which is made in America by workers with physical challenges including participants in the wounded warrior program. The product has a patent-pending triangular saw tooth front and back that…;

    NEW…4/HANDLE-LENGTHS: …If You are Less than 5′-2″… or More than 5′-11″… we have Short and Long Handles…! Dave’s Basic Garden Tool is a new gardening product which is made in America by workers with physical challenges including participants in the wounded warrior program. The product has a patent-pending triangular saw tooth front and back that cuts through plant materials and weeds quickly and easily and makes other gardening chores stress-free. Dave’s Basic Garden Tool is a company which focuses on many core values the main one being to bring the highest-quality, hand-crafted American- made yard and garden tools to market. And to employee workers who would otherwise find it hard to obtain employment simply because of physical disabilities. The “BGT”TM is a patent-pending multipurpose tool that makes weeding, and working around garden beds easier and faster. Its triangle shaped head and open interior minimizes dirt movement. Its strength allows for digging thru rocks. The saw-tooth front and back edges cut thru plant material like nothing else available.NEW: Hand Sharpened Tip!/Sunset Orange or Lime Green.100% USA American Made – Lifetime Warranty
    The BGT is a Multipurpose Tool that makes Weeding, Hoeing, Trenching, Digging and Working in Your Yard or Garden Faster and Easier!
    The Beveled-Edge Tip, and Saw Tooth Front/Back Edges Cut Through Plant Material Like Nothing Else Available
    Hardwood Ergonomic Balanced Hand-Lathed Handle: 4/Handle Lengths/ for Clients: less than 5′-2,
    Hi-Carbon Spring Steel… Tempered over 4 hours …to always keeps its shape.

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  • Gardening: Gardening For Beginners: A beginners guide to organic vegetable gardening, beginners gardening (gardening for beginners, Gardening, Vegetables, marajuana, Permaculture)

    Gardening: Gardening For Beginners: A beginners guide to organic vegetable gardening, beginners gardening (gardening for beginners, Gardening, Vegetables, marajuana, Permaculture)

    ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND AUDIO BOOK!!!WANT TO LEARN HOW TO GROW AN AMAZING VEGETABLE GARDEN?Perfect, keep reading and you will learn how it is done.>Lets start the right way!By deciding to grow your own organic vegetables it enables you to do several things:Provide fresh vegetables to your loved ones.Learn a life skill which you…;

    ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND AUDIO BOOK!!!

    WANT TO LEARN HOW TO GROW AN AMAZING VEGETABLE GARDEN?

    Perfect, keep reading and you will learn how it is done.

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    Lets start the right way!

    By deciding to grow your own organic vegetables it enables you to do several things:

    1. Provide fresh vegetables to your loved ones.
    2. Learn a life skill which you can pass onto your children
    3. Relieve yourself of any worry that you will be eating pecticides
    4. Save money

    If you didn’t already know, if you buy your food from the store you’re probably not sure what’s been added.  That is a huge problem!  You want to know exactly what you are putting in your body.

    By growing your own vegetable you are eating fresh, clean, healthy food which has come straight from your own back garden,  there is nothing which you have to worry about.

    As well as freshness you want to be able to give your children a life skill which they can take with them throughout their life.  By them knowing how to garden, they will have one of the most important skills they can aquire.  No need to worry when there’s a food crisis, you will be picking your food from your garden.

    You will also be more free, and have a better bank balance.

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    When you start your gardening you will have tasks which you may not understand.  Luckily I will help you along your journey and when you’re finished you will have a garden which you will be proud of. 🙂

    Moreover, organic, fresh vegetables truly taste so much better.

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    I know your curious, so here is some of the things you will learn

    • Selecting The Perfect Location
    • How To Achieve Healthy Soil
    • Which Tools and Plants Are Right?
    • The 7 Top Vegetables To Plant Organically
    • Expert Organic Vegetable Gardening Tips For Beginners
    • Common Organic Vegetable Gardening Mistakes To Avoid

    Sound Good?

    Then I think this book is for you.

    GARDENING ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE MONEY AND EAT HEALTHIER!

    You have one thing left to do to change your garden to something which will change your life for the better

    SCROLL UP TO THE TOP AND CLICK BUY NOW!

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  • A Georgia Food Forest: 180 Perennial Edible Plants and a Design Guide for the Zone 8 Home Grower

    A Georgia Food Forest: 180 Perennial Edible Plants and a Design Guide for the Zone 8 Home Grower

    This entry is in the series Best Climate Regional Specific Books

    Create your own Food Forest anywhere in USDA Climate zone 8! Inspired by Dave Jacke’s Edible Forest Gardens but narrowing it down to USDA zone 8, A Georgia Food Forest is a permaculture-oriented illustrated guide for planning your own food forest of perennial fruit, nut and berry vines, bushes, trees, vegetables and herbs that work…;

    Create your own Food Forest anywhere in USDA Climate zone 8! Inspired by Dave Jacke’s Edible Forest Gardens but narrowing it down to USDA zone 8, A Georgia Food Forest is a permaculture-oriented illustrated guide for planning your own food forest of perennial fruit, nut and berry vines, bushes, trees, vegetables and herbs that work in USDA climate zone 8. The 128-page book includes descriptions of 180 perennial food-bearing trees and plants (along with the authors own black-and-white drawings to help you recognize many of them) and additional herbs, along with recommended varieties from the authors own personal experience planting and growing as well as tapping into other information from experts/grower/gardeners in this climate zone. Recommended zone 8 Varieties, typical yield and size, lifespan, special planting and care needs, how pollinated, etc. are included for major plants. Besides the plant variety detail, the author also provides a guide for how to plan your own food forest, taking into account irrigation, layout (crown diameters, mowing, shade, etc), access for vehicles, etc.and also includes drawings of designs of a couple of local food forests with a process for laying out the design by layers using easily-available materials.

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  • A Sanctuary of Trees: Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats, and Benedictions

    A Sanctuary of Trees: Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats, and Benedictions

    As author Gene Logsdon puts it, “We are all tree huggers.” But not just for sentimental or even environmental reasons. Humans have always depended on trees for our food, shelter, livelihood, and safety. In many ways, despite the Grimm’s fairy-tale version of the dark, menacing forest, most people still hold a deep cultural love of…;

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    As author Gene Logsdon puts it, “We are all tree huggers.” But not just for sentimental or even environmental reasons. Humans have always depended on trees for our food, shelter, livelihood, and safety. In many ways, despite the Grimm’s fairy-tale version of the dark, menacing forest, most people still hold a deep cultural love of woodland settings, and feel right at home in the woods.

    In this latest book, A Sanctuary of Trees, Logsdon offers a loving tribute to the woods, tracing the roots of his own home groves in Ohio back to the Native Americans and revealing his own history and experiences living in many locations, each of which was different, yet inextricably linked with trees and the natural world. Whether as an adolescent studying at a seminary or as a journalist living just outside Philadelphia’s city limits, Gene has always lived and worked close to the woods, and his curiosity and keen sense of observation have taught him valuable lessons about a wide variety of trees: their distinct characteristics and the multiple benefits and uses they have.

    In addition to imparting many fascinating practical details of woods wisdom, A Sanctuary of Trees is infused with a philosophy and descriptive lyricism that is born from the author’s passionate and lifelong relationship with nature: There is a point at which the tree shudders before it begins its descent. Then slowly it tips, picks up speed, often with a kind of wailing death cry from rending wood fibers, and hits the ground with a whump that literally shakes the earth underfoot. The air, in the aftermath, seems to shimmy and shiver, as if saturated with static electricity. Then follows an eerie silence, the absolute end to a very long life.

    Fitting squarely into the long and proud tradition of American nature writing, A Sanctuary of Trees also reflects Gene Logsdon’s unique personality and perspective, which have marked him over the course of his two dozen previous books as the authentic voice of rural life and traditions.

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  • Perennial Vegetable Gardening with Eric Toensmeier (DVD)

    Perennial Vegetable Gardening with Eric Toensmeier (DVD)

    This entry is in the series Best Perennial Plant Books

    Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as perennial flowers and shrubs, need no annual tilling or planting, yet thrive and produce abundant and nutritious crops throughout the season. In this DVD a culmination of workshops recorded in Mexico, Florida, and Massachusetts plant specialist Eric Toensmeier introduces gardeners to more…;

    Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as perennial flowers and shrubs, need no annual tilling or planting, yet thrive and produce abundant and nutritious crops throughout the season. In this DVD a culmination of workshops recorded in Mexico, Florida, and Massachusetts plant specialist Eric Toensmeier introduces gardeners to more than 100 species of little-known, underappreciated plants. Ranging beyond the usual suspects (asparagus, rhubarb, and artichoke) to include such delights as ground cherry, ramps, air potatoes, the fragrant spring tree, and the much-sought-after, antioxidant-rich wolfberry (also known as the goji berry), Toensmeier explains how to raise, tend, harvest, and cook with plants that yield great crops and culinary satisfaction. Toensmeier also takes viewers on a plant-by-plant tour of his garden in Massachusetts.Ships from Vermont

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  • Organic Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide To Growing Kale Outdoors

    Organic Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide To Growing Kale Outdoors

    #For every download we will plant 1 seed in organic soil to grow, to feed somebody someday thanks check out our newest books – Galactic Clans: Ziun discovers & Arty and the Great Vegetable Garden Rescue on amazon kindle.A beginners guide to growing kale outdoors will teach you how to start and grow your own…;

    #For every download we will plant 1 seed in organic soil to grow, to feed somebody someday thanks

    check out our newest books – Galactic Clans: Ziun discovers
    & Arty and the Great Vegetable Garden Rescue on amazon kindle.

    A beginners guide to growing kale outdoors will teach you how to start and grow your own kale.
    Today there are many varieties of kale, some green even red and purple colored varieties.
    Everyone knows kale is good for you, but most don’t know why. Kale is packed with antioxidant vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and flavonoids. Also known to be a fighter of cancer, asthma, arthritis and skin aging;

    Get ready to grow your own food at home.

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  • Perennial Vegetables & Perennial Vegetable Gardening with Eric Toensmeier (Book & DVD Bundle)

    Perennial Vegetables & Perennial Vegetable Gardening with Eric Toensmeier (Book & DVD Bundle)

    This entry is in the series Best Perennial Plant Books

    Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as perennial flowers and shrubs, need no annual tilling or planting, yet thrive and produce abundant and nutritious crops throughout the season. Get the best information on growing these easy and interesting crops from Eric Toensmeier’s award-winning book Perennial Vegetables, and tour his…;

    Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as perennial flowers and shrubs, need no annual tilling or planting, yet thrive and produce abundant and nutritious crops throughout the season.

    Get the best information on growing these easy and interesting crops from Eric Toensmeier’s award-winning book Perennial Vegetables, and tour his own lush forest garden in the new DVD, Perennial Vegetable Gardening with Eric Toensmeier

    About Perennial Vegetables:

    In Toensmeier’s book, Perennial Vegetables (Chelsea Green, 2007), the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice on less-common edibles that will make any garden a perpetual, low-maintenance source of food. In his book, readers will find perennial vegetables are perfect as part of an edible-landscape plan or permaculture garden. Profiling more than a hundred species, with dozens of color photographs and illustrations, and filled with valuable growing tips, recipes, and resources, Perennial Vegetables is a groundbreaking and ground-healing book that will open the eyes of gardeners everywhere to the exciting world of edible perennials.

    About Perennial Vegetable Gardening with Eric Toensmeier (DVD):

    In the DVD—a culmination of workshops recorded in Mexico, Florida, and Massachusetts—plant specialist Eric Toensmeier introduces gardeners to more than 100 species of little-known, underappreciated plants. Ranging beyond the usual suspects (asparagus, rhubarb, and artichoke) to include such delights as ground cherry, ramps, air potatoes, the fragrant spring tree, and the much-sought-after, antioxidant-rich wolfberry (also known as the goji berry), Toensmeier explains how to raise, tend, harvest, and cook with plants that yield great crops and culinary satisfaction. Toensmeier also takes viewers on a plant-by-plant tour of his garden in Massachusetts.

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  • Barakah Heritage Farm garden adventures 2020 – garden layout + early spring cold-loving plants

    Barakah Heritage Farm garden adventures 2020 – garden layout + early spring cold-loving plants

    We got the main veggie garden finished, except for one bed that will be double dug and composted this summer for fall crops.  Now that this garden is done, we can start planning and then planting.  (We will finish and plant the commercial garden and the potato/livestock feed garden in a week or so.

    We spend at least as much time planning the garden as we do actually planting, to make sure we get the best yields for our work, God willing.  Here are the steps that go into planning the garden for the year.  If this was a CSA or market garden, there would be even more planning involved to make sure enough was produced at all times to meet customer demand.  For us, because the garden is for our own use plus some impulse purchases by farm guests, we can be just a bit more relaxed this year.

    Our first step was to take a seed inventory, and go shopping to fill in any gaps.  We aren’t planting everything that we like to grow, just what the current bed space and our time will allow.  We keep a wish list of new plants to add each year.

    Make planning index cards, one per plant type.  Tomatoes get multiple cards because I like to space the tomatoes out, one per bed, around the edges of the garden to trellis them on the fence.  The cards include whether it is an early plant (E), normal, or late season (F for fall), whether it gets planted in succession (R for repeat), what other plants it likes, time to germination and harvest and notes about how it grew in previous years.  On the back of the card we mark what bed it is going in, at the end of the planning process.
    Draw out a master diagram of the garden beds.  If you don’t have a big whiteboard, you can tape paper together, or even draw with chalk on the driveway.
    Start laying cards out on the beds, moving them around to allow for preferred neighbors and also to avoid planting in the same spot as last year (this reduces disease and pests).  We also keep the tastiest plants away from the perimeter fence to (God willing) avoid tempting the goats.

    When all the cards are allocated to beds,  snap pics of each bed to save for planting and for next year’s planning.  Tip:  save the pics in your phone.  When you begin planting, you can pull up the pics for a handy planting diagram.

    This year’s early season crops include:

    • Lettuce
    • Radishes
    • Garlic
    • Onions
    • Carrots
    • Spinach
    • Turnip
    • Kale
    • Cilantro/Coriander
    • Cabbage

    For the actual planting, just follow the directions on each seed packet, or your notes on your handy cards if you are seed saving.  We actually cut the spacing roughly in half but no smaller than the expected size of the adult plant, and reduced the number of seeds, per the techniques of Square Foot Gardening, but without the expense and precise measurements of that technique.  Not sure if SFG is for you?  Here’s a balanced look at the pros and cons.

    So, the garden is planted and the rows labeled with a pink paint pen on small rocks.  Our next project, and next post, will be the commercial and potato/livestock gardens, God willing.

    Until then, happy planning and planting!  Stay warm!

  • Gardening: Raised Bed Gardening: Vegetable and Flower Growing Made Easy! (Permaculture, agriculture, vegetable garden, urban garden, perennial vegetables, off the grid, homesteading)

    Gardening: Raised Bed Gardening: Vegetable and Flower Growing Made Easy! (Permaculture, agriculture, vegetable garden, urban garden, perennial vegetables, off the grid, homesteading)

    Grow Vegetables and Flowers Using Raised Bed Gardening Techniques!***Read this book for FREE on Kindle Unlimited – Download Now!***Can you grow veggies and flowers at home in the backyard? How difficult is it to build a raised bed garden?When you download Raised Bed Gardening, you’ll find out exactly what is involved in creating a raised…;

    Grow Vegetables and Flowers Using Raised Bed Gardening Techniques!

    ***Read this book for FREE on Kindle Unlimited – Download Now!***

    Can you grow veggies and flowers at home in the backyard? How difficult is it to build a raised bed garden?

    When you download Raised Bed Gardening, you’ll find out exactly what is involved in creating a raised garden that can provide you with fresh veggies or flowers for years to come. It also lists the different types of beds and some of the best soil practices that you can use in your garden.

    How do you get started? What equipment do you need? Is it difficult? What if you don’t have a green thumb?

    Raised Bed Gardening explains the pros and cons of raised bed gardening. It also describes various basic gardening tips.
    When you download this book, you’ll also learn about the cost advantage, health benefits, and rewards that organic gardens have to offer.

    Download Raised Bed Gardening! now, and start growing today!

    Scroll to the top and select the “BUY” button for instant download.

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  • Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements

    Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements

    This entry is in the series Best Permaculture Reference Books

    Permaculture One presents unique strategies for creating a food-producing system specifically suited to your needs, whether you garden in your backyard or engage in full-scale farming. By carefully designing a system around functional relationships between plant and animal species you can create a stable ‘cultivated ecology’ suited to local conditions. The book provides a catalog…;

    International Tree Crop Institute USAPrice: $12.50 $400.16

    Permaculture One presents unique strategies for creating a food-producing system specifically suited to your needs, whether you garden in your backyard or engage in full-scale farming. By carefully designing a system around functional relationships between plant and animal species you can create a stable ‘cultivated ecology’ suited to local conditions. The book provides a catalog of 130 trees and plants useful to a permaculture system.

    The authors have based permaculture on the underlying philosophy ‘of working with, rather than against nature’ of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions rather than treating any area as a single product system.

    Focusing throughout the book on providing for human needs while maintaining a deep respect for the finite resources of the earth. Mollison and Holmgren propose an alternative to the resource-hungry methods of commercial agriculture. ‘Permaculture One’ gives you the tools to begin at your own doorstep.

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