Hunter Angler Gardener Cook Big Blog Of Gardening ~ organic gardening and organic lawn care AboutHarvest.com A for profit social enterprise, all about food. slide to the right -> : string gardens Soil and Health Library Living Sculpture Website Template Printable PDF version Related videos: In turf works, we create living sculpture by shaping soil and covering it with grass or moss. These sculptures take on many shapes and sizes, from sod animals and other figures, to more abstract creations. No matter what shape the sod seating takes, the basics of construction are the same. Design The sky’s the limit when it comes to design and there is plenty of inspiration in the home and lawn furniture that we encounter every day. Another design consideration is to carefully examine the space at hand. Almost any site with adequate drainage and sun exposure will work. Materials Soil Sod Shovels Water Ground staples A large, knife for cutting sod Hammer or mallet Some notes on materials: Soil quantity: The biggest question when it comes to soil is: how much do we need? If you’re approaching your project in a more free-form manner considering measuring the dimensions of a similar size piece of furniture to calculate an estimate of cubic feet.
Farmers markets move online It isn’t always easy finding fresh, high-quality food in this country. Supermarkets with their long, complex supply chains usually offer unripe or subpar produce that leaves a lot to be desired. But the usual alternative methods of provision have distinct limitations. Luckily, technology provides one great answer to this dilemma, opening up an important new avenue for small-scale producers to connect to customers. Only local farms can deliver the very freshest produce. CSAs require a large up-front cash layout and lock you into eating whatever happens to be delivered. For quality-minded consumers who would like to support local agriculture, it can be a struggle to obtain the freshest food on a consistent basis. But as I discovered in researching my new book on good news in sustainable food, small producers have one magical ace up their sleeve, a tool that could provide a far greater advantage to locally oriented growers than to big nationally focused ones: the Internet.
How to Make a terrarium How To Make A Terrarium Here are some great projects on making your own terrarium in a variety of different styles from a dish terrarium to a soda bottle terrarium or animal terrarium. What is A Terrarium? The fool proof Guide to making a beautiful terrarium in 1 hour The Fool proof guide to making a beautiful terrarium in one hour! New: My Terrarium Making ebook I spent eight days writing this 40 page ebook and made three terrariums specifically for it. it is my ebook: The Secret art of terrarium making: Revealed! New project: A terrarium in a terrarium We put together this fun little terrarium. Freeze your moss to store it If you are not going to use all the moss you collected or bought you can freeze it to keep it long term. Make a mini Greenhouse Starting out plants or taking cuttings for plants is a great thing. Make an Assassin's Creed Terrarium Here is a wonderful terrarium in a fish bowl that has a theme from a video game. Make an Assassin's Creed Terrarium Moss Terrariums!
4. Poo - The Chicken Keeper's Guide - The Poultry Pages - Allotment and Vegetable Gardening Below are pictures of Chicken Droppings kindly donated by our members (the pictures not the poo). Normal Picture taken by Catsmuvva These last three pictures have shed intestinal lining in them - quite normal, not a cause for concern. Coral coloured Urates These are frequently deposited overnight and are quite normal Oily and Foamy The range of "Normal" is huge :shock: Ceacal These are produced from the caecum of the chicken and are mustard to dark brown froth. Fly Maggots (picture curtesy of Vember) Flies will lay their eggs on moist chicken poo and in warm weather they will very quickly hatch into small maggots. Watery Watery droppings can be produced by hens which are too hot. Abnormal poos Coccidiosis produces blood in faeces. Above is from a chicken suffering with Clostridium perfringens.see: The hen who produced this specimen was about 25 weeks old. Worms picture taken by smiler43 picture taken by Lindeggs Broody Poo Thanks to ANHBUC for this picture
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