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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Potatoes grown in containers were a fail. but we did get a small harvest of purple viking potatoes from an in ground patch. Not sure if we will plant those again, but if I do it will be IN GROUND for sure. Looking forward to 2012, if the spring weather doesn't turn, the gardens should be very productive. If it does go south, we have a small supply of frost blankets at the ready. Stay tuned for more photos, gardening tips, recipes and more. Tuesday, March 27, 2012. We are gettin...
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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: January 2012
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012. OkI had to laugh at this one :D. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). All Season Fruit Company. OkI had to laugh at this one :D. Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land. The scene: A short, somewhat unkempt woman in a dirty shirt and a bad ponytail walked out onto a stage. A single spotlight illuminated her in the darkness. Getting Back into the Blogging Spirit. Blog moved - update your bookmarks! If you subscribe by email should already be swi. Hello friends, it is I, Fitz, here!
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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: March 2011
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Seed shopping in the food isle. Everyone knows you can buy seeds in those cute little seed packets in the garden center. But you can also get great garden seeds from packages of food in the grocery store. I've had great luck at the local Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocer. Their bulk beans, seeds and grains usually come in 1 lb bags, move quickly enough to ensure freshness, and are even organic. Other stores will have bulk beans and seeds or prepackaged bags, just make sure t...I pla...
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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: June 2011
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011. The coturnix quail are 2 1/2 weeks now. Since they can be laying eggs as soon as 5 weeks I guess this makes them teenagers. Their baby fuzz is almost gone and so far they all look like girls! One may surprise me, but i guess it is time to start thinking up girl's names. Sunday, June 12, 2011. Friday, June 10, 2011. Colorado is not the first state that comes to mind when you think of sweet potato production. Since sweet potatoes need such a long, warm growing season, California...
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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: May 2011
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Here are the new coturnix quail we picked up from Kiowa Kountry Korner. They are extremely active and very healthy. Since they are straight run, we have no idea who is a boy or girl, so no names yet. Like most children, they really seem to enjoy playing with their food. These are the three girls we are keeping from Abby's hatch. They have already been named so I will introduce you to Amy Farrah Fowler (left), Bernadette (center) and Penny (right). Monday, May 16, 2011. The scene: A...
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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: Bale Fail
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Sunday, June 12, 2011. One of my experiments for this year was growing vegetables in straw bales. It is a pretty simple concept. Instead of planting in the dirt, you add a layer of dirt to the top of an aged straw bale and plant in that. This allows you to grow in areas with bad soil, lots of rocks, or other challenging garden situations. August 6, 2012 at 3:11 PM. You might try seeding the bales with mushroom spawn instead? September 3, 2013 at 10:21 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The scene: A ...
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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: June 2010
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010. The duckling we thought was a boy at hatching is actually a girl. Initially named Oscar because mom decided to brood inside of a garbage can on its side, the duckling will now be called Abby Cadabby. (Abby is another Sesame Street character.). Both duckweed and minnows are food a wild ducks thrives on. By providing as much natural food as possible to our animals, we are helping to keep them happy and healthy. Sunday, June 27, 2010. Mixed green salad with hard boiled quail eggs.
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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: May 2010
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Friday, May 7, 2010. 10 little ducklings all in a row. The final count is 10. Not a bad hatch rate considering we thought she only had 8 eggs! Saturday, May 1, 2010. If these ducklings are from some of the pure-bred Welsh Harlequin eggs, it looks like I have at least 2 boys. I will try to get a better count later today. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). All Season Fruit Company. 10 little ducklings all in a row. Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land. Getting Back into the Blogging Spirit. I had a chat wit...
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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: August 2010
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Thursday, August 19, 2010. Egg recall good reason to grow your own. I have a mild chicken egg allergy. Fortunately being allergic to chicken eggs doesn't necessarily mean you are allergic to other types of eggs. That is one of the reasons I got in to raising ducks, and then recently, quail. I wanted fresh eggs without the risk of allergic reaction. Have a handle on the allergy front, my eggs are not contaminated. A total of 380 million eggs have been recalled since last week because of concerns they may ...
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Blue Feather Micro-Farm: Need an excuse to start a garden?
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Thursday, April 5, 2012. Need an excuse to start a garden? If you have been pondering whether or not to start a garden, this news story might give you the extra push you need to break out the seed catalogs and place an order. World food prices are likely to rise for a third successive month in March, and could gain further beyond that, with expensive oil and chronically low stocks of some key grains putting food inflation firmly back on the economic agenda." (Click here for the entire article. I am consi...
