Fias Co Farm tour- page 1. Our barn currently houses 21 adult does (female goats) and 6 chickens.
During kidding season the population of goats increases, but by Fall, after we sell some goats, we will be back down to 20 does again. Our 30' X 40' barn has a total of 5 separate 10'X10' stalls (that have closable and lockable doors) one open 10'X10' "loafing area", one 10'X10' chicken stall, the milk room (10'X10') and the center Midway (10'X40'). Almost all the time the stalls are left open and unlocked. The only time a goat may actually confined in a locked stall would be if she were about to give birth or ill. This photo is taken standing in the North side doorway, looking through the barn and out the South side door.
We white wash the inside of barn every couple of years. The floor is "paved" with "cap blocks" (2" thick cinder blocks). Along both sides of the "Midway" are stalls. ORGANIC GARDENING. Research That Proves Organic Food Is Superior To Conventional. (OrganicJar) A recent literature review [PDF] by the U.K.
Food Standards Agency concluded that organic foods offer no nutritional advantages to ones grown with conventional chemical agriculture. The report quickly bounced around the media and the internets and has congealed into received wisdom. For example, in a recent chat with readers, Washington Post food politics columnist (and general policy writer) Ezra Klein engaged in the following exchange: Santa Fe, N.M.: I saw a report today on a study finding that organic food isn’t any healthier than conventional food. Is buying organic a waste of money, in your opinion? Whoa—lots going on there. Well, Ezra, here is a study, released last year by the U.S. True, the Organic Center is funded by Big Organic companies like Dean Foods (owner of Horizon Dairy) and Whole Foods, which have an interest in promoting organics as healthier.
Moreover, as Paula Crossfield’s excellent recent post on Civil Eats shows, the U.K. The Press Release Adds: Compost Myths: To Turn Or Not To Turn, That Is The Question. From The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins What is one of the first things to come to mind when one thinks of compost?
Turning the pile. Turn, turn, turn, has become the mantra of composters worldwide. Early researchers who wrote seminal works in the composting field, such as Gotaas, Rodale, and many others, emphasize turning compost piles, almost obsessively so. Much of compost's current popularity in the West can be attributed to the work of Sir Albert Howard, who wrote An Agricultural Testament (1943) and several other works on aspects of what has now become known as organic agriculture. Size Of A Family Vegetable Garden – What Size Garden Will Feed A Family. By Heather Rhoades Deciding how large a family vegetable garden will be means you need to take a few things in to consideration.
How many members you have in your family, how much your family likes the vegetables you eat and how well you can store the excess vegetable crops you may have can all influence the size of a family vegetable garden. But you can make an estimate on what size garden will feed a family so that you can try to plant enough to enjoy all of your favorite vegetables all season long. FREE! FREE! FREE! No Really, You Can Grow Food for Free… Non-Violent Pest Control in Your Organic Garden. “We kill all the caterpillars and complain that there are no butterflies” ― John Marsden, The Dead of Night When people think of pests in their backyards, most will think of ever-hungry caterpillars, swarms of locusts, or aphids on your roses.
I have pests most of the year round in my food producing backyard garden, though most of them don’t have wings or six pairs of legs. Our most destructive pests are our bored five and seven-year children with sticks. The freshly planted seedlings get up-rooted, all of the agapanthus lose their lovely heads and no green pea ever reaches maturity… Tempting though it is to reach for a pesticide, not really a legal option in this case. In search of a non-violent pest control In my research of organic methods of insect control, most of the suggested are certainly violent, often bordering on obscene. Vegan pest control: We have a strict NO KILL policy in our garden. We have a strict NO KILL policy in our garden. 1. 2. 3. Organic Gardening – How to Start an Organic Garden. Getty Images You've been trying to eat more organic foods, both to decrease the amount of pesticides you and your family consume and to help protect the environment.
But take one look at your grocery store receipt and you know that buying organic can get very expensive, very fast. Luckily, there's a way to grow your own delicious, fresh produce while having fun and learning at the same time: organic gardening! The Arbor Day Foundation.