[agro]articles on successful organic farming&tech
--purpose of the thread is to add links and offer commentary on successful farming examples and techniques, from a sub topic of "organic" as opposed to current chemical farming as much as possible....
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--here you go tom, link to my tips page. Scroll to the sprouts gif. Just take the idea and modify it for whatever scale you wind up needing. On my cluckers when I tried it, they preferred the sprouts...
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arid lands agricultural techniques, an introduction:ag.arizona.edu/OALS/oals/...crops.htmlag.arizona.edu/OALS/oals/brf/newcrops.htmllistings of government docs avaialble for arid and semi...
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No-till, mulch -based market gardening, IMO, this REALLY neds to be looked at by more people, and especially commercial growers of any size whatsoever. the one summer I was a market gardener, this is...
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Hi Zog,Thanks for the link to your site (I like the no nonsense approach).The seven day bucket scheme will work fine, what was the largest capacity you were using? One, two, three, pounds?Would you be...
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--Tom, I tried a lot of different grains. at first, i tried some wild bird seed, most of it sprouted, but then i realised it carries thistle seed, so I stopped using it, as spreading thistles all over...
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yum yum! everyone (almost) likes fruit! here is the link from good fruit grower onlinewww.goodfruit.com/core.htmlwww.goodfruit.com/core.htmlsearch engine from the site, keyword organic-once on page,...
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Hi Zog,Thank You Much for the Info.After looking at the your post I'm wondering if this conversation should be on another thread, sorry - it's just an oversight on my part. Thanks for starting it,...
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--thread drift is ok. I also have had a board set up for a long time for sustainable farming, it just doesn't get used much. Here is the url for...
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here is a link to a general organic fact sheet that has linked off of it 14 separate short fact sheets about organic production:agri.gov.ns.ca/pt/hort/organic/agri.gov.ns.ca/pt/hort/organic/nice...
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Andre Voisin, Grass Productivity (1959). Reprinted 1988. Paperback (1989) from Island Press; ISBN: 0933280645. Used copies available thru ABE books at whipper.abebooks.com/abep/il.dll?ph=1Andre...
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Zog, do you have the link to VISTA's catalogue of informational bulletins and publications? I can't find it to save my soul, but it contains a wide variety of homestead-level, low-tech information,...
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--CW-no couldn't find it. Looked for an hour last week, too, got plenty of nothing, just how to apply for government grants, and various local websites for vista volunteer efforts. Once you get...
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----here's an EXCELLENT site with a lot of info, taken from their title page:"Welcome to NewCROP ()TM the New Crop Resource Online Program The Web site of the Center for New Crops & Plant...
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is this what you were looking for?www.extension.uiuc.edu/pubs.htmlmebs
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Tom,Regarding your problems with predators. You may want to consider a guard donkey. They will gaurd any four footed livestock against most any predator. This may or may not be economically viable,...
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"Wherever you get the manure make sure its from nonpastured horses so you don't end up with weed seeds." good point, cowgirl....i once got some hold of some horse manure that was apparently FULL of...
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Howdy Zog,I'd like to hear more about your chicken feed sprouting. I'm in the mood to try a bit of experimentation. I clicked your geocities link but it's apparently gone bad.I wouldn't feed any sort...
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alan....try this urlwww.geocities.com/zzoggy/sprouts.GIFit's the url for the gif image zog made showing how his 7-bucket system worksmebs edited to add:apparently you'll have to copy/paste the url...
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cowgirl & Mebs,Wanted to say Thanks, & bump the topic.Got some picts and updates, try to post them later.Best Regards,Tom
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RE; methane digesters. The Europeans have been using them since before WWI, I think, but the few times I have seen them proposed for this country, the MIMBY folks come out of the fog just a screaming....
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