Comments on: GROWING TIPS

By: COMPOST HAPPENS | Little Homestead in the City

COMPOST HAPPENS | Little Homestead in the City — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:23:28 +0000

[...] Growing Tips [...]

By: Sinfonian

Sinfonian — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:07:29 +0000

Love the post! I'm doing Square Foot Gardening this year and have commented that you were even closer. I love the Square Inch Gardening term. I bet that took a bunch of trial and error to break from the published spacings.

I will look into the rock dust. I never would have thought of that.

Thanks!

By: Anais

Anais — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:24:52 +0000

Hello

Great to see seasoned and newbie commentors. Glad you enjoyed the post. I had a fun time putting together the power point for Farmer D.

Like one of the commentors (Robbyn) mentioned we are going to have to get around to doing some short how to videos or booklets. It's been on our to do list for quite awhile now. One step at a time!

Janice

Thanks, I'll pass on your compliments to Farmer D (he was battling an ear infection at the time so he'll be glad to hear you enjoyed the presentation)

Send me an email and I will pass along the co op information.

Thanks for sharing the shower link - pretty cool!

By: Janice K

Janice K — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:06:30 +0000

what a GREAT presentation that was! Thank you so much for all of your hard work. My husband is more understanding now because of it. Anais, thanks for taking time to talk to me and share loads of information with. Could you please let me know what I need to do about the Coop? Thank you very much. This is off the subject but I just saw something on YouTube that was neat, it was a Compost shower. They coiled a hose inside a very large compost heap and let the cooking compost heat the water. Warm showers even in the night/winter!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILzxOH6n7-c

By: Nuno

Nuno — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:51:50 +0000

Wow, never heard of half the stuff you mentioned.
Kory's right, if you have the time you should post small tutorial videos\tours on youtube.

By: Nee

Nee — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:14:54 +0000

I don't know if you would have time to do it, but if you were able to document the transition from lawn to productive garden, actually carrying it out on a friend's property, we could see it take place. Your place is already mature and abundant; it would be helpful to follow the transformation of a "new" piece of real estate as it becomes useful and the soil richer. Many of us are just getting started and it would be great to see the step-by-step development. Your photos are so encouraging. Thanks for taking the time to tell how you do things (and thanks for the menu lineup...gives us vegetarians some creative input).

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:56:09 +0000

I think Robbyn has some good advise! Do it in phases, like what you feed the goats, how you milk, watering, exact grains you feed., hoof trimming, even their excercise and play. All of it. Then go on to something else. This could be a real money maker, and that farm might not be too far off for the Kids! Well so much for my advice. Maybe you could even download it for a fee on internet. That would be so cool. ... I've been living this for many years, but I still love reading your info. One can never stop learning! Thankyou so much! In Christ, C

By: Robbyn

Robbyn — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:54:14 +0000

Hi Dervaeses

I keep sending folks here...your family is my ideal of "green" and "sustainable." I just wanted to mention that I can never get enough of the How To and the big picture, though I come to your site all the time. I love this blog post because it's a great overview of so many important parts of the process at your homestead. Have you ever thought of making a DVD set where each step is filmed showing the hands-on How To as you guys do each of these things? There are so many important elements, and most of us coming to this for the first time have a pretty steep learning curve. I know each person's situation will be tailored to their own personal set of tastes and circumstances, but I really feel that since you've been living this lifestyle now for so long, you are excellent mentors! For those of us too far away to come to the lectures, we're hungry for more of the sort of information we'd get by following you around for a day...regularly...as you do what you've found works best. A DVD set would be something we'd FIND the money to purchase, if it were footage of hands-on how-tos mentioned, such as the things in this post you just posted. I'm already convinced that we can grow things up, down, and sideways, but I'm SO wanting to see more of how to accomplish it. I need to see how it all works together. An instructional set would be another huge step forward for folks like me in the revolution that now is becoming less and less optional, and more and more of a necessity.

Just wondering if you've given that any thought! If so, I'll be your first customer

LOVE you guys. Thank you for sharing so much of your daily lives in print and in photos for those of us who find it an incredible catalyst!

By: Susy

Susy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:36:25 +0000

I love the photos of the gardens! I'd love to see a photo tour of your entire garden (maybe there is one, I'm new and haven't found it yet if there is).

I think the ollas are great. I'll have to see if I can find some, they're not too prevalent in Ohio.

By: Susy

Susy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:34:37 +0000

I love seeing photos of your gardens! I'd love to see like a garden tour with photos (I'm new so maybe there is one on your site and I just haven't found it yet).I love the ollas! I'll have to see if I can get some of those, don't think they're too prevalent in Ohio!