So much is afoot here! My garden blog lags a bit in summer because of all the gardening! I have a huge amount of photos archived for posts that will likely happen once the harvest is in.
I thought I would share the voluptuous beauty of some of our Gold Medal heirloom tomatoes with you!
Look at how crazy heirlooms get!
Dairy goat management includes psychology, trust me.
When baby goats are born you need to separate out the babies and bottle feed them until they are weaned and then you can return them to the herd.
The video above shows what happens when your kids are piggish, dont wanna stop nursing, and the momma goat refuses to push them away.
This is an idea that really sings to me! An unattended gumball dispenser dispensing seedballs!
Support their project at KickStarter at this link: Greenaid-Seedbomb Vending for Greener Cities!
See how it works: (click through for video)
See their site at: GreenAid
This crowd sources guerilla gardening.
I really hope it takes off!
Here is their description:
I am still trying to identify the weeds that inhabit and terrorize my landscape. Their fecundity is a sight to be seen and I definitely respect it I just wish I could get tomatoes to do the same thing!
Today I am going to show some of my main weeds and identify where I am able.
Pennycress – Thlaspi arvense
Thlaspi arvense (common name Field Penny-cress) is a foetid Eurasian plant having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America. It is also related to the Lepidium species in the cabbage family.
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We are a family of 5, including Nika, Ed, Q (13), KD (6), and Baby Oh (3). We garden 1024 square feet of raised beds plus assorted permacultural plantings. We also have 16 LaMancha dairy goats, 30 chickens, and one guard llama.
