Planting Fruit Trees 2020
Roland MunyardThis year more than any other we've have started plating fruit trees. I regret not beginning to plant fruit trees when we first moved to this property in 2003, as…
Avocado, Bannana, Blue Berries, Lime, Passion Fruit and Paw Paw,
So if I have an aspiration for 2017 it's to plant Avocado, Bannana, Blue Berries, Lime, Passion Fruit and Paw Paw, at Havilah House. There is a particular variety of lime…
Bread: Making our own products one at at time.
ChrisWhen I look at the ingredients list on a loaf of bread in my local superstore, I can't believe that all of these ingredients listed on the label, are there…
Growing Power: Will Allen’s Urban Farm
We wanted to grow our own vegetables, but life in the US is very busy, nobody has much spare time, certainly not time enough to chat about their backyard operations…
Can you really live off 1.5 acres? The Market Gardner: Jean-Martin Fortier
We thought that this year we would make the effort and attend the Mother Earth News Fair of 2015, on the 8th & 9th of August in West Bend, Wisconsin.…
Strawberry Jam: Making our own “products” one at a time.
This jam contains only three ingredients: strawberries, cane sugar and lemon juice. Done. Safety Warning: Don't let the mixture boil over ! It creates one hell of a mess, not…
Grow your own flowers from seed
Lots of flowers for just a few dollars. So we tell ourselves that growing flowers from seed must be awfully difficult, and only for serious gardeners with lots of practical…