In this episode, we take a walk through the garden to see what is producing heavily, what’s coming this fall, and a whole lot of weeds.ddd
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#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Clip 23.2: Wheat and Rye Planting
This project tests the performance of a modular, scalable compost box that uses a composting chamber to support an attached growing bed with nitrogen, moisture, carbon dioxide, and heat to grow greens in the shoulder and off seasons; includes a series of controlled tests to determine best practices. … More Research Project No. 7 — Hot Box Compost: Modular Composting System that Heats, Waters, and Fertilizes Grow Bed for Off-Season Production
This year we harvested a tenth of an acre of modern red winter wheat from our neighbor’s field. I wrote up a few impressions soon after harvesting the wheat in a previous blog post, but here I hope to summarize more technical aspects of this process and suggestions for myself and others who hope to … More Lessons Learned in Small-Scale Wheat Harvest, Part II: Threshing, Storing, and Grinding
This year we harvested a tenth of an acre of modern red winter wheat from our neighbor’s field. I wrote up a few impressions soon after harvesting the wheat in a previous blog post, but here I hope to summarize more technical aspects of this process and suggestions for myself and others who hope to … More Lessons Learned in Small-Scale Wheat Harvest, Part I: Variety and Harvesting
In this episode, we take a walk through the garden to see what is producing heavily, what’s coming this fall, and a whole lot of weeds.ddd
#LowTechResilience
#Foodmageddon
#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Clip 23.2: Wheat and Rye Planting
In this episode, we take a walk through the garden to see what is producing heavily, what’s coming this fall, and a whole lot of weeds.ddd
#LowTechResilience
#Foodmageddon
#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Clip 23.1: Chicken Caravan
This year we harvested wheat from our neighbor’s field. It was a learning experience. As we didn’t have a teacher with real experience with this harvest, we made a lot of mistakes. I plan to put these together in an upcoming post, but the first thing we can correct is the type of wheat we … More Small-Scale, No-Till Heritage Wheat Experiment
In this episode, we take a walk through the garden to see what is producing heavily, what’s coming this fall, and a whole lot of weeds.ddd
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#Foodmageddon
#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 22: Tomato Mania
It’s the middle of tomato season. We’re bringing in about 7–10 lb of the red buggers each day from our 125 plants. We have a dozen German Johnson, eighteen San Marzano II, and ten Matt’s Wild Cherry tomato plants as well as about ninety volunteers that sprang up in my potting soil: Brandywine, San Marzano, … More Tomato-Preserving Recipes: Sauce, Crushed, Marinara, Jam, Salsa, and Sun Dried
In this episode, we take a walk through the garden to see what is producing heavily, what’s coming this fall, and a whole lot of weeds.ddd
#LowTechResilience
#Foodmageddon
#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 21: Late Summer Garden Tour