“After visiting Jim’s winter market garden in Florida, it’s time to follow up and see his summer market garden in Maine. See all the tricks of this nomadic gardeners trade.”
Landscaping
Weeds and Trees: Free Super Soil Builders
This is another segment on how to restore depleted soil on your homestead. Search our blog for numerous related stories. It’s a big topic because most soil now is depleted of nutrients, and of course, plants are only as nutritious as the soil they’re grown in. The cost of depleted farmland is typically far below the cost of rich bottom land, so this soil building technique can save many thousands of dollars when buying land.
Make $100,000/Year with Chicken Tractors
Whoa. This information about chicken tractors caught my attention while watching a Joel Salatin video.
NEW WAY to Plant Tomatoes in Your Garden!
“Tim shares an innovative new way to plant your tomato plants that gives them the water they need as well as great support while they grow. Each spot holds 4 tomato plants!”
Traditional Landscape Design vs Permaculture Landscape Design
“A young family wants to make a change and asked two different landscape design teams to design their landscape for healthy fruits and vegetables, nuts and eggs. The two companies create designs and got back with the couple. The video shows the results and below you can easily see the connections and benefits the permaculture design took into the family’s consideration.
The Natural Farmer – Healing Damaged Land
Our Natural Building Blog covers various topics including ways to restore degraded land for growing food and homesteading. The Natural Farmer shares a good story about Peter Ash of Embracing the World who helped restore some highly contaminated land in India. The main story is from 1:57 to 5:41 in case you’re in a hurry.