SEED/ANIMAL SOURCES: Here’s an intriguing herb garden seed source herb farmers may be interested in. The Center for the Micro Eco-Farming Movement is compiling a major database of seed and plant sources that may be of interest to the eco-friendly and unique niche farming many readers are involved in. As sources come in, we’ll [...]
MICRO FARMING HOW-TO — SEEDS/ANIMAL SOURCES
For a bee source from your own neighborhood, here’s an old beekeepers’ folk method for attracting a new swarm of local honeybees to the bee skep or hive. Rub lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) on the inside of the skep or hive you’ve built for honeybees right before the summer honeybee [...]
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MICRO FARMING HOW-TO — SEEDS/ANIMAL SOURCES: The urban, backyard and small scale farming of heirloom tomatoes continues to be profitable for many involved in micro eco-farming. Different varieties grow best in different regions, making the crop of heirloom tomatoes in your tomato garden unique. And if desired, the value-added possibilities with crops from a tomato [...]
SEEDS/ANIMAL SOURCES: Rare breed farm animals are often perfect matches for the small and micro farms emerging today. From miniature dairy goats that give milk without an off flavor to the heavy laying Welsh Harlequin ducks, these animals restore critical diversity while producing well in natural environments, some being especially well-suited to small-scale operations. One [...]
SEEDS/ANIMAL SOURCES: Wild Garden Seeds, www.wildgardenseeds.com, sells open-pollinated organic seed for unique salad greens and herbs with the micro eco-farmer in mind. They are helping continue the age-old link in farming evolution with natural selection of better and better varieties with their method of producing open-pollinated organic seed. Plus, they’re helping restore the productive and [...]