My Aunt has the neatest way to keep critters out of your raised beds. She made this simple lift off frame with 1×1 and chicken wire. They let her easily access her Square Foot Garden but keep all the Tennessee critters out of her veggies! Not bad for a Long Island transplant out in […]
Raised Beds with a Twist
I’ve been kicking around the idea for some Raised Beds with a Twist for quite some time now. With inspiration from Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast and Paul Wheaton of Permies fame, I decided to try my own variation of hugelkultur/woody beds. I wrote about Hugelkultur last year. On a 1/3 of an […]
My New Raised Bed Gardens
With the gardening season rapidly approaching it was time to debut my new raised bed gardens. The old ones had done good service for a few years now, but I had built them from scrap lumber and they had seen better days. I was looking to upgrade them and with an eye towards aesthetics I […]
Food Production Systems for Backyards and Small Farms. A Review: The Finale
Well I’m wrapping up my review of Backyard Food Production’s DVD Food Production Systems for Backyards and Small Farms. I’m guessing by now you are realizing just how impressed I am by this product. It laid out a good macro view of how one family went about turning their farm into a highly productive and […]
Food Production Systems for Backyards and Small Farms. A Review Part 3
Tonight I reach the part of my review of Backyard Food Production’s DVD that deals with what I think is one of the most over looked points of self sufficiency plans…protein. Small scale livestock is what makes this into a system and I was impressed with how well they integrated rabbits and chickens into their […]
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