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Ordering Fruit Trees
After a phone call with Sandy Rennie of Rennie Orchards in Williamsburg, MI, we decided to simplify our tree order so we might order closer to home and in one order instead of three or more. It is...
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How to Build a Fruit-centered Guild (Pt1)
To build a guild think soil, roots, and results. A mature ecosystem has a rich layer of biomass that has accumulated over many, many years. In order to replicate, create your own layer of rich...
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How to Build a Fruit-centered Guild (Pt2)
Once you have built a healthy layer of topsoil, wait a while (like months) while the materials break down and the heat isn’t so intense as to devour the roots of early-plantings. Guild-building is a...
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Vineyard Going Biodynamic on the Leelanau
I’ve heard rumors, but today, the RE published an article on the man whose vision is to go chemcial-free in the vineyard!
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Guild Building: Grow with your guilds… (Pt3)
Once we have allowed for ample decomposition and the accumulation of multiple nitrogen/carbon-rich layers of biomass along with a healthy number of lively microbes, planting may begin. Really, what...
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Article Submission: The Cankerbird
It’s been a while since my last post. We’ve made the move to North Carolina and are adjusting to a new climate, longer growing season and a whole assortment of new ideas/concepts/issues that go along...
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Healing Tree: the website
I’ve been brainstorming ideas to make this blog more effective and I’ve decided to build a website around topics discussed on the blog while maintaining the blog as a central forum for discussion and...
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Farmer Girl
I grew up in a sturdy four square house nestled in the middle of a cherry orchard that spanned every horizon. The only tall trees I knew as a child were the two lone maples that framed the face of the...
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Staple crops that will grow just about anywhere
I awoke with a start, imagining for a moment what it would be like if we went to the grocery store for something as simple as bread only to discover the shelves emptied of all supplies and food....
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Dried (Really) Goods
The food dehydrator finally arrived. We’ve been researching the best methods for food storage and it has quickly become one of our favorite tools for preserving the harvest. We can now make jerky,...
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Sheep’s Wool and Apple Trees
Last year, we bagged ram’s wool and hung from our remaining apple trees. The thought was that prey animals (namely the ones who love to nibble our tree buds) will avoid areas in which prey scent is...
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