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Saturday February 11, 2012 - By Jeff
Today was a lot of fun, but very cold! I went the Hinckley Lion's Club sale in Hinckley, Illinois. It was great seeing a lot of people I have not seen in over a year. I was trying to find items we need at the farm for the upcoming season. There wasn't really...
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Thursday February 09, 2012 - By Jeff
Well yesterday was a long and busy day. As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, I picked up a load of cement blocks and wood from a friend's place. That took most of the morning. I hauled the load home and my buddy, Rick convinced me to bring another running gear...
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Tuesday February 07, 2012 - By Jeff
As you can probably tell from recent blogs, I do a lot of research. I think it is important to be on top of the game with a bit of knowledge before ramrodding into a project. When I was a firefighter, one of the things I was taught, was that preparation is...
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Sunday February 05, 2012 - By Jeff
I have been doing a bit of research on the tomatoes I will be planting out in the field. It seems that the size and character of the plants at the time of transplanting to the field have a marked influence on the yield of early tomatoes. The age of the plants...
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Thursday February 02, 2012 - By Jeff
I have been wondering what happened to winter? It has been so warm here in Northern Illinois the last two weeks, I am not sure I ever remember it being this warm. It makes me a little nervous about what the later part of March will look like. I have heard when...
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Thursday February 02, 2012 - By Jeff
Today I am finishing up the mechanical repairs of one our farm trailers. The new paint was applied yesterday and it really looks nice! We have two of these trailers we will be using around the Bountiful Blessings Farm to bring vegetables in from the field....
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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...
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At Home in Nature -
Sunday May 09, 2010 - By Mary
Louis Pasteur said that fortune only favors the prepared mind and some of the foods and medicines and other useful things that we harvest and grow might take some preparation. Not only in the kitchen, but in your mind. It may seem strange at first...
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Sunday May 09, 2010 - By Mary
Louis Pasteur said that fortune only favors the prepared mind and some of the foods and medicines and other useful things that we harvest and grow might take some preparation. Not only in the kitchen, but in your mind. It may seem strange at first...
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Wednesday February 10, 2010 - By Brian
Planning the garden, is something that we really enjoy, emotions get involved, words might be said and past experiences brought up and used as salvos. Each person pushing to have their favorite fruit or vegetable planted. It is all done in good fun...
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McFadden Ranch -
Wednesday October 21, 2009 - By Marilyn and Jim
As with all organic farms and ranches both big and small, the continuous annual cycle of ranch work is dictated by the seasons. Thus preparation for the spring and summer planting of vegetables begins in the fall when foot-deep trenches are dug for each...
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Sunrise Farm -
Thursday February 26, 2009 - By Jetboy
I'm not new to computers but this is my first "blog" experience. Since we are really gettin goin on the farm right now, I thought I would share an experience none of you have had (yeahrightsure). A couple of years ago I read a really cool article in...
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Saturday January 03, 2009 - By Merry
The garlic made it into the ground. We have been fortunate to have a few co-ops around the area to sell the remaining garlic. Basics Co-op in Janesville and Bushel and Pecks in Beloit have our beautiful hardneck garlic for sale.
As we...
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