MICRO FARMING HOW-TO: When considering painting barns the traditional red with white trim, many people have found that old-time white wash is making a comeback for the trim, and even for fences and other outdoor projects. But the old time red barn paint (actually not red paint at all, but more of a naturally preserving [...]
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MICRO ECO-FARMING HOW-TO: As urban farming, backyard farming and small scale farming grow along with the popularity of raising chickens, some print magazines have suggested feeding chickens leftover lettuce or produce that’s a little too wilted for humans’ taste, as well as winter squashes including pumpkins.
Both of these can be useful, but when feeding (hopefully [...]
MICRO FARMING HOW-TO: If your small scale farming or backyard farming operation involves growing watermelons, your customers will thank and remember you more if your melons are very sweet.
As your melons begin to swell in size, help them get as sweet as possible. Find ways to raise the melons’ temperature if your summers are in [...]
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MICRO FARMING HOW-TO: Those involved in small-scale dairy farming may have known all along that cows in natural conditions without the stress of fearing the humans who regularly handle them produce better milk yields. The Ig Nobel prizes are awards given to legitimate scientific research that can’t help but make one laugh at first, but [...]
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MICRO FARMING HOW-TO: Many of those involved in small scale farming and micro farming utilize various organic mulches. If you own a farm dog or cat, you may want to avoid cocoa mulch, an otherwise excellent mulch widely available.
It’s made from the shell waste caused by the extraction of chocolate from cocoa beans. It [...]
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