Gautschi’s Gardens
I’ve written on a few occasions of Back to Eden style gardening. Back in October my Dad and I made a pilgrimage to the Sequim, Washington in the Olympic Peninsula to…
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How much to grow?
One of the most common questions I get asked about gardening is “How much should I grow?” Another question that goes along with it is “How big of a garden do…
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Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing for Sheep
Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing. That’s a mouthful. MIRG for short. MIRG is a system of pasturing animals to maximize pasture growth. Proponents call it farming grass. Rotational grazing is nothing new.…
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Sheep & Apples
The story of our getting sheep started with a hunt for hay baling equipment. Every year we lose one-third to one-half of our hay crop to delays. We rely on…
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Back to Eden Garden Update
It’s a happy day when blueberries and cherries are ripe for picking! We spent the the evening in the berry patches after dinner. Strawberries have come and gone, blueberries are…
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Six weeks with the goats
It’s been a little over six weeks since we brought goats to our farm. All in all, it has been very smooth. I was expecting a lot of fence-breaking and…
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