Category: Garden
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BOOK REVIEW: The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka
Originally posted on Tiger Riding for Beginners: The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page I kept running into references to this book in my readings about food and farming, and, eventually, I figured it must be a must-read. One topic that’s of interest to me (and should be…
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Earthworms are bad?
4/11/2022:I had noticed that I do not seem have any earthworms, as far as I know, at our Adirondacks property. I was thinking of introducing them to the garden this year. Today I read a permies.com forum discussion on earthworms being bad for the environment in many cases. Prior to today, I would have listed…
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Maple Days
3/26/2022:Went to Thurman Maple Days in the Adirondacks today. This was our first time. Our first your was of Toad Hill Maple Farm. The operation was more high tech than I expected, with 2500 tree taps, a pipe system to funnel the sap to a central location, a reverse osmosis system to remove most of…
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Sauerkraut
2/24/2022:Made three quarts of sauerkraut. Should be ready in a month. Usually I pound the cabbage for five minutes after salting and then put the cabbage under a dish with weights on top for about two hours. On the last of the three quarts (red cabbage on bottom) I skipped the pounding and the result…
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Hydroponics
2/7/2022:We were having drinks with friends in the room next to the room where the New Kratky Hydroponics Seed Starting System is located. The Hydroponics room faces the street, which is a miles long dead end. We have only been in this area a short time, but our friends have been here for many, many…
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Seed Starting
1/25/2022: Recently started my New Kratky Hydroponics Seed Starting System, patterened off Jack Spirko’s YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS42IMyhM1c&t=351s). I have only one of the three shelves going, 30 cells, and so far only one red iceburg lettuce has germinated, but many of my seeds are dated. I figure I am very early in the season (zone…
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