Today I went to poultney, vt to help a friend demolish an old bathroom for the soon to open Coop there. I notice that the walls in the back of the building were had a plastic washable surface on them. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentI have been scouring the internet for free stuff to help build our projects. I hit jackpot on the vermont business exchange. 15 yards of bagged styrofoam for free. We are going to pick it up this week once we … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentDumpster diving was a mild success we found lots of bottles but tinmouth recyclers are good at removing the tops. We will take another trip out there this week after more bottles show up. I’m also working on a sealing … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentToday I’m headed to the Tinmouth transfer station to do some dumpster diving. I’m on the hunt for plastic bottles, lots of plastic bottles. We need refrigeration up on the hill for our produce this summer, but we do not … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 CommentsThe summer of 2009 I became very interested in aquaponics. Aquaponics is the combining of aquaculture(growing fish or other water based animal) and hydroponics(growing plants in a medium other than soil and providing nutrients through a liquid solution). Aquaponics is … Continue reading
Posted in Aquaponics, Farming Tech, Growing Food | Tagged aquaponics, indoor growing | 1 CommentI placed our Fedco seed order this week. It is certainly a challenge trying to figure out what we are going to grow. Then figuring out how much we are going to grow. Then figuring out how many seeds need … Continue reading
Posted in Crop Planning, Growing Food, Seeds | Tagged Crop Planning, farming, Seeds | 1 CommentOn our farm we are using permanent raised beds. The beds are based on a german/austrian raised bed technique which they call Hügelbeet some folks in America are calling it hugelkulture. Which roughly translates to mound bed and that describes … Continue reading
Posted in Farming Tech, Growing Food | Tagged farming, garden beds, hugelbeet | 1 CommentWelcome to Breezy Meadows Orchards and Nursery! This is the first of what will be many a blog posts. I figure the best place to start is the beginning or at least I’ve been told that before. And it seems like … Continue reading
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