I had ordered the KIS aeration compost tea brewer ($290 + $30 shipping), having read the glowing recommendations by Dr. Elaine Ingham and Jeff Lowenfells of Teaming-with fame, but unfortunately something is up with their manufacturing process and they’re on back order until July (or indefinitely?). I cancelled my order and settled on Mr. Tim …
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Fowl
The six chicks are now 6 weeks old and last week I put them outside in the Little Coop. The dust from their food was driving me up the walls while they were inside the house! It hasn’t really warmed up yet, so I had the heat lamp on in there at night. But yesterday …
Garden(s) Update
Today I was finally happy with the seedlings planted in the garden. The lettuces, for instance, have been in the ground for three weeks and in those weeks hardly put on any weight. The peas are pathetic. The cold and rain would be fine for those, but for being followed instantly by heat wave weather. …
Bees, More Bees
My inspection of the big Sam hive in my Home Yard revealed a massive population occupying three full mediums and getting honey bound or rather, egg bound. Capped brood was intermixed with nectar, though not much. Possibly whatever is brought in and processed is instantly consumed by this massive population. The weather has been conducive …
FPJ, extracted, and a mushroom
Scatterlings
I’ve read Martin Shaw’s book Scatterlings a couple of times now and I keep finding hoards of riches. Here’s a good introduction to it, filmed by Ian MacKenzie:
Biochar and KNF Side-by-Side Trial
Cross-post from the Transition Wayland website Today we started the carbon/biochar and Korean Natural Farming inputs trial at our plot in the Community Gardens. Andrea and Kaat divided two beds in half. All halves received biochar (“pre-loaded” with compost – never apply pure biochar by itself!) and straw. Two of those halves (one in each …
All Potted Up
Most of the tomatoes, peppers and tomatillos, sunbathing
New batch of FPJ
More FPJ! This one liquefied almost instantly.
Chicks at Four Weeks
Impossible to photograph!