Combining Tradition with Technology for Custom Food Options
We’re reviving some of our informational ‘series’ – and today taking a look at heirloom tomatoes. This isn’t your supermarket tomato – oh no! These have other traits that make them ideal for many areas. How are they part of the team? We’ll be starting seeds of these heirlooms to go into your garden or [...]
In the book “Getting By: Lessons From a Rural Past” I took a look at things past and present – community, rebuilding our country. Sometimes it takes looking at the past to look forward. I’ve often said that here at SlowMoneyFarm we blend tradition with technology. The barn we have planned will be solar/wind powered. [...]
It’s been a busy spring like week here, and a very mild winter that works to our advantage. We have several breedings completed in the last couple weeks with the rabbits. Among them: 1/18 CB4 bred to Bargain(Giant Chinchilla litter) CB2 bred to Half Time (Giant Chinchilla litter) 1/25 CB1 to Half Time (3/4 Giant [...]
What makes certain vehicles worth more money than others? Perceived quality. All must go a set speed limit down the road. Many will spend thousands of dollars on show stock. There are show horses for which $100,000 is but a drop in the bucket. There are bulls worth the same. There are also livestock at [...]
Would you rather be able to read other people’s minds, or live forever? What a question! Sometimes I am thankful for the gifts I have and there are gifts, like these, that I’m glad I don’t. Although sometimes it’s easy to think reading minds would be a good thing…I don’t know that I want to [...]
Two trios of colorful Muscovy ducks joined the flock here Saturday. They appear fairly young, and are making their home in the hoop house. One of the girls. Our Muscovies are a basis of meat for those buying the farm shares and special packages. We like the all white, but the black and white color, [...]
A heavy heart here this afternoon in a time of renewal. “Be though diligent to know the state of thy flocks and look well to thy herds. For riches are not forever; and doth the crown endure to every generation? Proverbs 27:23-24 Our rabbit herd is a carefully built herd with a handful of bucks [...]
As many of our regular readers are aware, among our projects is rabbits. We have several breeds at present, so how do we keep track? A rabbit is a rabbit right? In short, no! All of our rabbits are individuals! They get essentially the same feed – right now that’s a 16% protein pellet. They [...]
More than any time in history people want their food ‘clean.’ They want tests – soil tests, food tests, seed tests, many tests on animals. Technology means more than ever one needs a good education. So it’s with some amazement I read Terence Loose’s “Most Useless Degrees” article which included not just one but three [...]
January 31, 2012
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