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Thinning Fruit Trees - Needs Thinning

Thinning Fruit Trees – Less Now for Substantially More Later

  • By Todd McCree
  • June 2, 2016
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Today I worked on thinning fruit trees.  Most traditional fruit trees require thinning.  The exceptions are cherry and pear.  Cherries usually never get thinned and pears only require thinning if … 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 →

Large Rainwater Harvesting System

Really Large Rainwater Harvesting System a How To Post

  • By Todd McCree
  • May 26, 2016
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Really Large Rainwater Harvesting System a How To Post. This post goes over a large rainwater harvesting system that is even bigger than the one posted last week called DIY … Continue Reading →

Plant Identificaiton Tags - Laminated

Plant Identification Tags Experiments To Find The Superior Tag

  • By Todd McCree
  • May 25, 2016
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Plant Identification Tags Experiments To Find The Superior Tag. This post is a how-to and demonstration of how to make three different types of plant identification tags.  One variety of … Continue Reading →

DIY Rainwater Collection System Complete Right Side

Educational DIY Rainwater Collection System – All You Need to Know

  • By Todd McCree
  • May 20, 2016
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This Educational DIY Rainwater Collection System – All You Need to Know covers another rainwater system.  I put together a DIY Rainwater Collection System this past weekend.  It consists of … Continue Reading →

My Sheet Mulching Project

Sheet Mulching Project on the Farm What you need to know

  • By Todd McCree
  • April 21, 2016
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This post, My Sheet Mulching Project on the Farm, is about a sheet mulching project I did in the month of April 2016 in my garden area at the farm.  … Continue Reading →

Seed Scarification Techniques

Seed Scarification Techniques | Scarify Your Seeds – A How To

  • By Todd McCree
  • February 2, 2016
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This post goes over several different Seed Scarification Techniques.  To scarify your seeds is the damaging of the protective coating on a seed so it will break dormancy.  Yesterday I … Continue Reading →

How to Stratify Seeds

How to Stratify Seeds | Start Seed Stratification

  • By Todd McCree
  • February 1, 2016
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This post, titled How to Stratify Seeds | Start Seed Stratification, explains why you need to stratify seeds and how to stratify seeds. There are seeds that you can take … Continue Reading →

Native American Farmers

Companion Planting – The Information You Need

  • By Todd McCree
  • November 24, 2015
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This blog post on companion planting is more of a guide for future planting than a “good read”.  It is intended as a tool for you to used when planting … 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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