by John Johnson | Jun 5, 2022 | Backyard Poultry, Compost, Gardening, Mulch, organic gardening, Sustainability
Top 5 Reasons to Use Wood Chips in a Garden These are the top 5 reasons we use wood chips in a garden. There are many more wonderful ways to use a load of wood chips. While you can buy wood chips, free wood chips are available from arborists if you can find one in...
by John Johnson | Jun 4, 2022 | Building Garden Beds, conventional gardening, Gardening, organic gardening
Garden Designs for Backyard Gardening A few garden design basics to think about for the urban homesteader to think about it is what type of garden you want. Do you want a food forest with plants intermingled and guilds of dozens of plants together? Or do you want to...
by John Johnson | May 20, 2022 | Backyard Poultry, Ducks
How to Raise Ducks The basics you need to know to raise ducklings into happy egg-laying adult ducks Life Stages of a Duck Water for Ducks Shelter for Ducks Food for Ducks Duck Basics Ducks are an excellent addition to any homestead. Raising ducklings to mature adults...
by John Johnson | May 15, 2022 | Backyard Poultry, Ducks
Is it a good idea or a bad idea to use wood chips for chicken run ground cover when raising backyard chickens? Overall, wood chips can be a good material to use for an outdoor chicken run, but there are some caveats. We will break down our approach to using...
by John Johnson | Oct 17, 2021 | Building Garden Beds, Compost, Gardening, Soil Amendments, Sustainability
How to Build an In-Ground Hugelkultur Garden Bed Building an in-ground hugelkultur garden bed is an interesting garden method for developing very productive gardens. A hugelkultur bed is simply a variety of materials including wood, leafy material, straw, animal...
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