tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623725759339442262024-03-14T02:48:00.023-07:00Farmer WannabeesSharon Hastinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10016194862628983794noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-8693708866067535502015-08-12T05:57:00.001-07:002015-08-12T13:01:25.903-07:00This is how we install a hoop house.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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https://www.gothicarchgreenhouses.com/greenhouse_cooling_wet_wall.htm<br />
<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-52324609554608919902015-07-30T12:11:00.001-07:002015-07-30T12:11:26.491-07:00Evolution can be really hard to understand. really really hard. How hard is it?<a href="http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/a-world-famous-chemist-tells-the-truth-theres-no-scientist-alive-today-who-understands-macroevolution/" target="_blank">Can you understand macroevolution?</a>RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-78066870282769548142015-07-24T14:04:00.000-07:002015-07-24T14:04:03.130-07:00Then again, maybe I'm wrong!I hate being wrong. I only allow myself the opportunity to be wrong once a day. Any more than that and I can't stand myself.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong?language=en" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong?language=en</a>RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-24988793161236566362015-07-22T12:54:00.003-07:002015-07-22T12:54:55.135-07:00What are we made of?So, it turns out that we are 10% Human, 90% Microbe. We are all walking petri dishes.<br />
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<a href="http://bigthink.com/amped/humans-10-human-and-90-bacterial" target="_blank">http://bigthink.com/amped/humans-10-human-and-90-bacterial</a><br />
<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-84707674076744558952015-07-16T07:27:00.000-07:002015-07-16T07:27:14.686-07:00Headed to East Texas!!!So, I was wondering what permaculture activities might be happening out there in East Texas.<br />
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<b>'When
we throw mother nature out the window, she comes back in the door
with a pitchfork.' -
Masanobu Fukuoka</b><br />
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Here are a few websites.<br />
http://easttexaspermaculture.com/<br />
http://offourfarm.com/blog-2/<br />
http://easttexashomestead.com/east-texas-homestead/<br />
http://allthingsplants.com/<br />
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https://www.facebook.com/FoodCoalition<br />
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http://www.permaculturevoices.com/1000s-of-trees-and-half-an-acre-small-scale-nursery-business-with-akiva-silver-pvp063/ <br />
RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-14051540723227252792015-05-11T09:43:00.000-07:002015-05-11T14:09:30.713-07:00We can grow mushrooms to create more CO2 for the greenhouse<a href="http://www.shroomsupply.com/filter-patch-mycobags" target="_blank">Mushroom supply stuff</a>RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-64227087702957561212015-05-11T07:03:00.000-07:002015-05-11T09:42:15.907-07:00How much CO2 is enough to help grow in a greenhouse?<a href="https://www.hydrofarm.com/resources/articles/co2_enrichment.php">https://www.hydrofarm.com/resources/articles/co2_enrichment.php</a>RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-75138240971684743312015-05-10T17:19:00.000-07:002015-05-10T17:19:00.560-07:00How do you make swales with a bulldozer?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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or... you can use an excavator!<br />
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<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-16366210926637200182015-04-25T21:29:00.000-07:002015-04-25T21:29:01.646-07:00on rain harvestingThis is about as good a video on water harvesting that I have seen.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqbMonah8II&feature=em-uploademail">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqbMonah8II&feature=em-uploademail</a>RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-73468093810704122722015-04-20T13:22:00.001-07:002015-04-20T13:22:22.602-07:00Inexpensive tree sourcesI am concerned about having to plant more than 4000 trees in the next couple of years. You can't do that at $29.99 a tree. So where can we get less expensive trees?<br />
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<a href="https://www.chiefrivernursery.com/store/American-Chestnut-6-12-Seedlings.html">https://www.chiefrivernursery.com/store/American-Chestnut-6-12-Seedlings.html</a><br />
chestnut seeds.<br />
<a href="http://www.empirechestnut.com/catalog.htm#seed">http://www.empirechestnut.com/catalog.htm#seed</a><br />
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Red Alder trees from seed.<br />
<a href="http://ebay.com/">ebay.com</a><br />
or by the seedling: $.50 each<br />
<a href="http://www.firrunnursery.com/seedlings/seedlings.php">http://www.firrunnursery.com/seedlings/seedlings.php</a><br />
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And for the best southern apples...<br />
<a href="http://www.kuffelcreek.com/appleorder.htm">http://www.kuffelcreek.com/appleorder.htm</a><br />
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For lots of fruit trees. vines, berries and more...<br />
<a href="http://www.summerstonenursery.com/">http://www.summerstonenursery.com</a><br />
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bare rooters.:<br />
<a href="http://www.coldstreamfarm.net/p-127-black-locust-robinia-pseudoacacia.aspx">http://www.coldstreamfarm.net/</a><br />
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Looks like a good source for mulberry trees.<br />
<a href="https://www.willisorchards.com/product/persian-mulberry-tree#.VTUoKvnF_l8">https://www.willisorchards.com/product/persian-mulberry-tree#.VTUoKvnF_l8</a><br />
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We should probably consider tree tubes to protect the seedlings from deer.<br />
<a href="https://www.treeprotectionsupply.com/tree-tubes/tree-pro/tree-pro-5-ft/">https://www.treeprotectionsupply.com/tree-tubes/tree-pro/tree-pro-5-ft/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.growtube.com/prices/">http://www.growtube.com/prices/</a><br />
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<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-12132921449523134432015-02-23T09:55:00.003-08:002015-02-23T09:55:54.785-08:00Bees - defense against Mites can be tough. Small cell helps keep the problem in checkVarroa Mites are often the bane of the bee world.<br />
As we grew the bees to be larger and larger, we created an unnatural size for them which prevented them from being able to defend themselves from Varroa Mites.<br />
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Here is a German study on how Small Cell honey bees help protect against this threat in a natural manner.<br />
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<a href="http://resistantbees.com/blog/?page_id=2375" target="_blank">Small Cell Study</a>RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-51392979994998551342015-01-26T09:29:00.001-08:002015-01-26T09:29:30.319-08:00How to grow MicroGreens!I was sent this video by someone very dear to me.<br />
He thinks that this might be a great adjunct to any farming endeavor.<br />
What do you think?<br />
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The She-Farmer asked me how long it would take to start having revenue from our system. I hemmed and hawed... "Eight months?" I said.<br />
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"Um, could we last eight months without an income now?"<br />
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"What's your point?"<br />
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"If we are out of business, because we are broke, then we lose."<br />
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"That is a really good point!"<br />
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So, I asked the question, "Do you think we should grow aquaponic vegetables for income for maybe ten years?"<br />
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"That would be wonderful!"<br />
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We had taken a class on aquaponics from Rob Nash in Austin, and we are pretty confident that we can do just that.<br />
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I put together a new plan.<br />
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Aquaponics under a greenhouse to control climate, moderated by using the earth as a heat sink, thermal inertia.. We would also do micro greens and eggs and a few other herbs and veggies to round things out.<br />
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In my estimate, if we can produce 1500 lettuces (or equivalent) each week, then we can produce a full time income on the farm. Then I ran into this video above and it is like "BINGO!" just what I wanted to do, right there in Houston!<br />
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<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-74410097976784461452014-12-08T10:40:00.000-08:002014-12-08T10:40:05.049-08:00Dr. Elaine Ingham is the soil biology queen!Do you need a microscope to examine your soil microbes? you probably do.<br />
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<a href="http://www.microscopenet.com/binocular-microscope-soil-study-c-25_36_94.html" target="_blank">Recommended soil examination microscopes</a><br />
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Elaine tells us all we need to look for in the soil and how to make it lots better<br />
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<a href="http://soilfoodweb.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaine Ingham's Website</a>RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-83369016517632916892014-12-03T11:13:00.002-08:002014-12-03T11:13:25.013-08:00Growing Warm Climate Apples!Many people think that growing trees in the warmer climates is just way too hard to do.<br />
We disagree!<br />
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You can buy their trees at <a href="http://www.kuffelcreek.com/" target="_blank">kuffelcreek.com/</a><br />
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<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-12505280231238998692014-09-29T20:46:00.002-07:002014-09-29T20:46:20.387-07:00How to make fondant for your bees.We often feed sugar to the bees. A good way to do this is to feed them fondant.<br />
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Here is a recipe for making it.<br />
<a href="http://www.bamboohollow.com/fondant-recipe.php">http://www.bamboohollow.com/fondant-recipe.php</a><br />
<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-32769666021813653272014-09-23T19:52:00.000-07:002014-12-18T18:36:04.089-08:00You could make your own compressed air with a trompeBill Mollison explains a great way to compress air with falling water...<br />
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<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-26846307850525858832014-09-12T07:52:00.003-07:002014-09-12T07:52:33.417-07:00How to have the Govt. help support us Permies!The USDA loves to pay farmers to put in conservation infrastructure like trees and swales.<br />
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<a href="http://permaculturenews.org/2014/08/22/make-use-usdas-unofficial-support-permaculture/" target="_blank">Click here to see</a>RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-49667516699750185542014-04-10T10:00:00.000-07:002014-04-10T10:00:03.791-07:00Now we have sheep! But we don't want parasites!Ok, so the solution for sheep is threefold.<br />
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1. Garlic acts as a natural dewormer<br />
2. mix DE in with the minerals at a rate of 1/4 DE to the mineral mix.<br />
3. Rotate them on pasture, and don't let them stay on the same pasture more than 21 days. 1 week is much better. then rest the paddock for at least 2 months for the worms to die off.<br />
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learned this from Skyline Farms<br />
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http://www.skylinesfarm.com/parasitecontrol.htm<br />
<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-26610383493132063462014-04-08T10:14:00.000-07:002014-04-08T11:45:58.313-07:00SpotOn Farms is now alive!A few weeks ago, Sharon sent an email to the owner of Organicare farm. She noted that we had wanted to become sustainable farmers and that we needed a mentor.<br />
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Gerald Cole graciously replied that we should talk, and a couple days later I was on his farm near Taylor and we are looking at his back pasture and he says to me, "I'll give you carte blanche on that pasture. I can't use it right now."<br />
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So, I pinched myself and got busy trying to figure out what I was going to do with it. Was I going to raise Pig, or Chickens or Cattle or Sheep or goats, or watermelons?<br />
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Choices!!!!<br />
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In the end (which took about three days) I decided that our best bet was to use Dorper sheep.<br />
Dorper Sheep are very common here in texas as a hair sheep (raised for meat) and they were bred to work in a low rain environment down to 8 inches of rain a year.<br />
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Well we don't live in a desert but we do have moments where it sure feels like it.<br />
At the moment, this pasture has some lovely grass. It is about a foot tall and growing like a weed!<br />
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Well, I tried sending an email to a few Dorper breeders that are listed on <a href="http://dorper.og/">http://dorper.og</a><br />
but I was getting a really low success rate at finding a breeder that has something for sale, and wants to part with them for a reasonable price.<br />
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So, I took the whole list of Texas breeders of which there are 185 or so. I don't know 90% of the towns listed, so I had to come up with a program that sorted this list by distance from me.<br />
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I spammed the breeders within 80 miles of Austin. Yes I did.<br />
For a week, I was getting emails and phone calls and I found a few folks that I liked.<br />
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But we are talking the first batch now.<br />
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So Donnie Witt had some ewes with lambs he was willing to sell.<br />
Now Donnie is a great guy, but he is a pretty conventional producer, in that he feeds medicated feed, worms and vaccinates his sheep. Much of the time, they are running around on bare ground, but they also get free range on pasture as well, though he seems to overgraze them and not move them too much.<br />
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But, you got to start somewhere.<br />
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I bought five ewes and each ewe brought twins with them.<br />
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Currently, that makes 15 sheep!<br />
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Here are the obligatory photos!<br />
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<br />RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-4648041276381838082013-11-05T11:36:00.002-08:002013-11-05T11:36:53.653-08:00Greg Judy on Mob Grazing<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwjmg9jqc-Y&list=PLCeA6DzL9P4vsDVxhgZTVdxoi7EeIJ5UP" target="_blank">Greg Judy spent a few hours talking to a farmer in South Carolina.</a>RAHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389800120829426583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662372575933944226.post-35861910154623609262013-10-30T09:15:00.001-07:002014-04-09T07:14:09.995-07:00Apple Cider Vinegar for your rumins, and nearly every thing else...If you fed the animals Apple Cider Vinegar, it will increase weight gain and reduce parasites, flies, and diseases.<br />
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