Beware of bringing outside inputs into your garden! I began to hear about problems with persistent herbicides in compost that were causing crop damages when gardeners applied it to their gardens in 2001. It used to be that good organic gardeners gleaned compost materials from everywhere they could. They took in leaves and grass clippings from [...]
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Killer Compost
Posted in biointensive, cover crops, homesteading, organic gardening, permaculture, tagged biointensive, cover crops, homesteading, organic gardening, permaculture on July 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Beekeeping: Lessons Learned
Posted in beekeeping, homesteading, permaculture, sustainable lifestyles, tagged beekeeping, homesteading, permaculture, sustainable lifestyles on July 12, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Beekeeping seems to be all the rage these days. Bees are a really important part of our ecosystem and people are beginning to realize that. Actually all insects are important, it’s just that bees are more noticeable and you can “keep” them. This is the fifth year I’ve had bees. When I started, I was really [...]
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