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Stinky Gold

Blog: Bountiful Blessings Farm Produce   -   Tuesday January 31, 2012   -   By Jeff

Today I am heading out with one of my best friends to get a load of cow and chicken manure. This stuff is like black gold for the garden! Chicken manure is the richest animal manure in N-P-K. One has to be a little careful with chicken manure as...

Composting

Blog: Gardens On Air, LLC.   -   Friday October 21, 2011   -   By GOA

We are currently working to create our own compost based fertilizer tea for use in our Aeroponic System.  We will keep you posted on the results of our trials.  If anyone has any opinions on best methods, please feel free to post.  Thanks - GOA

Top crops for cheimcals

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Monday July 04, 2011   -   By Mary

When you’re doing your grocery shopping next time, here’s a report you might want to consider.   The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has recently published its seventh annual “Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce” which presents a list of the...

Manure Tea for Strong Plant Roots

Blog: Manure Tea-Organic Gardening   -   Sunday June 13, 2010   -   By GreenSoilTea

Manure Tea for building strong root base systems naturally is easy to achieve with Authentic Haven Brand premium soil conditioner teas. You can now grow all your indoor and outdoor garden plants naturally, with our Easy to Brew, Easy to Use manure tea there...

Growing Tomatoes: Greenhouse

Blog: Uwharrie Farm   -   Monday May 24, 2010   -   By Judy

         Heating the greenhouse can be one of the greatest expenses.  Fortunately we have been able to cut the cost by heating the greenhouse with scrap wood collected from local businesses.  Keeping in...

Spring is Alive

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Monday April 05, 2010   -   By Chris

Spring is alive at the farm and the surrounding woodlands and wetlands.  The frogs have been peeping for weeks, and now after their loud rituals we are finding egg sacks in the "frog pond" and along the banks of the brook and stream. ...

How to Grow Great Tomatoes

Blog: Uwharrie Farm   -   Tuesday December 08, 2009   -   By Judy

     Nothing says summer like that first vine ripened tomato from the home garden.  Now is a good time to brush up on your tomato growing techniques.      Tomatoes contain the antioxidant lycopene, lots of vitamin...

Garden Fairy News

Blog: The Garden Fairy   -   Friday July 17, 2009   -   By Ronda

Wow, time has flew by! Our Spring here has been long and cold. The Farm is now starting to look very beaurtiful after weeks of rain, hail, and even snow. We built frames to go over all the raised beds to either attach plastic or shade cloth to. I usually use...

Where to buy Spring 2009

Blog: EarthSmart Compost Updates   -   Saturday April 18, 2009   -   By Bennie

Hello and happy planting everyone! We're happy to announce two new retailers for the Spring 2009 season.  I'll add more as we deliver. Enjoy the warmth, Carmen City (in OK) ...

Tillage helps plants grow

Blog: Re Rustica   -   Wednesday February 04, 2009   -   By fullofbeans

You can learn a lot about farming from looking at your car or truck in the early hours of the morning. Sometimes, they are covered with a fine layer of frozen water because the air inside is of a different temperature than the air outside.  This...

Soil fertility is the key to organic growing

Blog: Organic Fertilizer   -   Tuesday November 25, 2008   -   By Mark

This is my first blog on this site and I want to introduce myself and my product.   I am an organic gardener, but I also sell a 100% organic fertilizer that is guaranteed to work or your money back; www.livingsoil.org   on my website click on...


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