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This category covers all topics that do not directly fit into permaculture principles, forest garden design, and unusual food plants.

Sheet Mulch Perennial Garden Update

An Update on the Sheet Mulch Perennial Garden

  • By Todd McCree
  • August 10, 2016
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This is An Update on the Sheet Mulch Perennial Garden.  I was at the farm ten days ago and the vines were only about 10-feet long.  Now they are pushing … Continue Reading →

Mid-Summer Sustainable Homesteading Update

Mid-Summer Sustainable Homesteading Update

  • By Todd McCree
  • August 2, 2016
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This post provides a mid-summer sustainable homesteading update.  Included is a sheet mulch update, perennial garden update, groundhog pest update, and mowing the fields. Groundhog Update The groundhog has been … Continue Reading →

Rainwater Harvesting System 1

Rainwater Harvesting System Actually to be Complete for the Summer

  • By Todd McCree
  • July 10, 2016
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This weekend I went out to the farm and completed the rainwater harvesting system for the summer.  I say it that way because I do have other things that need … Continue Reading →

Food Forest Update East

A Budding New Food Forest Update

  • By Todd McCree
  • July 4, 2016
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This post is a A Budding New Food Forest Update on the food forest I put in last year.  It includes various different tasks that were completed this weekend. Electric … Continue Reading →

Growing Blackberries

Growing Blackberry Vines and Stringing Them Up to Triumph

  • By Todd McCree
  • June 23, 2016
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This post, Growing Blackberry Vines and Stringing Them Up to Triumph, is a summer update to a post I did back in the fall about stringing up my blackberries for … Continue Reading →

Romney WV Farm Update - The Garden

Romney WV Farm Update Loaded with Useful Information

  • By Todd McCree
  • June 14, 2016
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Romney WV Farm Update This post provides a Romney WV Farm Update.  It provides an update on the projects being implemented out at Great Escape Farms in Romney, WV.  This … Continue Reading →

More Valuable Rain Water Harvesting Lessons Learned to Teach All

  • By Todd McCree
  • June 8, 2016
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More Valuable Rain Water Harvesting Lessons Learned to Teach All post outlines some of the mistakes I made.   The accompanying video covers how to properly bend downspouts, sizing of the … Continue Reading →

Unusual Edible Fruit - Sweet Scarlet Goumi

This is The Bountiful Spring Harvest of Unusual Edible Plants

  • By Todd McCree
  • June 1, 2016
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Today I went out into the urban homestead and had a huge Spring Harvest of Unusual Edible Plants.  I picked Sweet Scarlet Goumis, Nanking Bush Cherry, and strawberries.  The bush … Continue Reading →

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Terms used on this Site | Great Escape Farms

  • By Todd McCree
  • November 14, 2015
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This post, Terms used on this Site, shows terms that are commonly used on Great Escape Farms and may need a little more clarification than what is given in the … Continue Reading →

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