by John Johnson | Jul 22, 2021 | Food Forest, Videos
Native plants should be part of your urban homesteading food forest design. We are using some native plants such as elderberry, western red cedar, red flowering currents, and more as a hedge in the front of our yard. We have intermingled flowers and ground cover...
by John Johnson | Jul 16, 2021 | Backyard Poultry, chickens, Ducks, Videos
Chickens or Ducks what is the difference in the eggs. The duck egg is much larger and richer in taste while coming in at around 130 calories. The classic chicken egg is about 70 calories so much smaller in comparison to the duck egg. We love to use our duck eggs for...
by John Johnson | Jul 16, 2021 | Ducks, Videos
Does your ducklings have leg problems? It could be a lack of niacin in their diet. A niacin deficiency is a common problem with ducklings and individuals learning how to raise ducks. This unfortunately can leave ducklings with lifelong problems and even early death...
by John Johnson | Jul 16, 2021 | Ducks, Videos
Do the Welsh Harlequins choose to eat peas or go forage on their own? These ducks love running around the food forest hunting for bugs in the mulch and as seen on this video, while they are interested in having a snack these duck girls would much rather go on the hunt...
by John Johnson | Jul 16, 2021 | Community Garden, Growing Vegetables, Videos
We use the Florida weave for our sauce tomatoes growing in the community garden plot. This is a great way to trellis indeterminate tomatoes. Together with T posts or wooden stakes, you wrap the string around all of the tomatoes. By weaving the twine around the plants...
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