How to get Free Wood Mulch from Tree Trimmers
This post talks about How to get Free Wood Mulch from Tree Trimmers also known as free mulch. These are the chips from the tree companies when they are taking … Continue Reading →
How to Propagate Aronia melanocarpa Viking
This post shows How to Propagate Aronia melanocarpa Viking using softwood cuttings and a mist irrigation system. The process involves taking cuttings during the summer, dipping the cutting in rooting … Continue Reading →
How to Harvest Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
This How to Harvest Elderberry Sambucus canadensis post shows you how to harvest elderberries off of the bush and then how to remove the stems and green berries and then … Continue Reading →
An Update on the Sheet Mulch Perennial Garden
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 →
How to Trim Comfrey for Mulch
This post shows How to Trim Comfrey for Mulch. This dynamic accumulator mines nutrients from deep in the soil and brings those nutrients up to its leaves. So when we … Continue Reading →
How to Transplant Propagated Rooted Cuttings
This post, How to Transplant Propagated Rooted Cuttings, addresses two great questions I have received on the matter. The two questions are: When do you go about transplanting propagated rooted … Continue Reading →
How to Propagate Illinois Everbearing Mulberry
This post shows How to Propagate Illinois Everbearing Mulberry trees using softwood cuttings and a mist irrigation system. The process involves taking cuttings during the summer, dipping the cutting in … Continue Reading →
Mid-Summer Sustainable Homesteading Update
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 →
An Awesome First Flush Downspout Water Diverter Product Review
This First Flush Downspout Water Diverter Product Review gives a demonstration of how to put this system together and describes how it works. We then use a hose to fill … Continue Reading →
How to Troubleshoot a Leaky Vinyl Liner Pond
This post is about How to Troubleshoot a Leaky Vinyl Liner Pond. It shows how I troubleshot my two ponds that are connected together by a stream. I was losing … Continue Reading →