Healthy Self Reliance
Alsike clover is a nitrogen fixing legume from the Fabaceae family, the same as alfalfa, with the same ability to glean nitrogen from the air and store it in the roots, as most legumes are famous for. Alsike clover is rarely used as animal feed, as it grows close to the ground making it hard …
What is Green Manure? A green manure crop is one that can be grown over a season when the bed is not in use, often fall and winter, and later tilled into the soil to improve the fertility. A green manure crop grown over fall and winter also prevents the soil from eroding and compaction …
You CAN balance organic gardening and bugs! I have focused on the soil for the last (large) number of years always hoping to get it just right, to have an exceptional year. Truth is, as I re-examine this idea, I have begun to realize that I want to validate something; many things. Time spent. Composting. …
Okay. It’s a really pretty beetle. (Click on it and look at it up close if you don’t believe me) Even if you don’t really like bugs, if you leave that part out, and really look at it with open eyes, it is really colorful and quite perfect. It is sort of like a little …
What does the phrase “slow food” bring to mind? If you were told that “Slow Food” is an international movement with 80,000 members in 100 countries, could you guess its focus? Here’s a hint: Slow Food was born in Italy in 1986, and the international movement was founded in Paris in 1989. What do these …