Monday, June 8, 2009

Clover be good to me!


I'm trying to be cool and plant a living mulch of clover-fix'n-nitrogen-till'n-in-that-organic-matter-lov'n-saweeetness.

Here's a pic.

Potatoes popp'n on that raised bed - clover on the sides.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

The Beargeon Family Invades my farm!


Fun times at the Bailey spread


Alysha on the slack line. Nick beating the crap out of stuff with a stick >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

And here is Nathaniel cleaning up after Nick's demolition. Alysha still slack'n.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Help!!! Phosphorus...how do you work?

Ok, I need help. Someone explain to me what this all means:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zHIhWM5R9LcC&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&dq=organic+phosphorus,+grow&source=bl&ots=KOE95O4qJf&sig=hCVb9pZXGOVasndbUFhzY0FQajM&hl=en&ei=L1EoSse0KZKHmQe7rICHCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9

...and how micro organisms/plants/animals make it naturally in a way that we can rotate organic agriculture crops and CREATE IT. So we don't have to keep hauling it in from outside conventional sources.

And, so we don't go take over Moracco someday: Read this:
http://johnwphipps.blogspot.com/2009/06/another-alarm-sounding.html