Today is an exciting day! We're going to visit Lakin Farms, home to Scotish highland cattle and Scottish black faced sheep. We first heard about Mr. Lakin's set up via our local newspaper. There was to be a Scots-Irish festival in our area and he was scheduled to bring his sheep and do a herding … Continue reading Farm Visit
Back to Eden Strawberries
This one is a play directly out of Paul Gautschi's book. We planted 12 strawberry plants around a dogwood tree in spring 2017. The plants all doubled if not tripled and we had tremendous success with their growth of new runners and leaves. We planted in mostly shade, We wood chip mulched the bed 5 … Continue reading Back to Eden Strawberries
Year 1 Evaluation of Back to Eden Experience
I wanted to evaluate my first year experience with the Back to Eden garden. I decided to break the experience into sections: preparation, planting, productivity, weeding and watering, overall experience. My rating scale is from 1-10 with 1 being unsuccessful and 10 being absolute success. The effort to reward ratio will be covered in the … Continue reading Year 1 Evaluation of Back to Eden Experience
How I Grew a Baby SCOBY
My husband thinks it's gross... As does his entire side of the family...and mine... BUT- I did it. I grew a baby kombucha SCOBY from some store bought kombucha. I was at an organic market about two weeks ago and I searched diligently for some plain kombucha or a SCOBY starter. No such luck. All … Continue reading How I Grew a Baby SCOBY
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