Garden Drip Irrigation Systems Reviews

You can be really fancy and put together a whole spreadsheet of your crop, variety, planting date and days to harvest like Parson does or figure out a record-keeping system of your own.

Sugar levels rise when the temperatures drop, which results in sweeter carrots, beets, rutabagas and parsnips. When they do visit flowers, they are more effective pollinators than honeybees because they are less meticulous about their work and end up...

This is water that has condensed when the hot air flows over the evaporator coils. Learn how to retain and use it in the yard and garden. Adding two tablespoons of chlorine bleach per gallon of water will extend storage time somewhat.Minimize contact...

Unlike horizontal gardens that you typically grow in long, straight rows or large raised beds, gardeners use narrow strips of soil with plant supports either freestanding or attached to walls.

“Other plumbing can be done for under $1,000 for a small-scale operator. It took a pretty sizable tractor to handle most early bed shapers, but smaller ones can now be found.” While commercial use of plastic mulch in combination with drip tape was...

(Rodale Institute has a video explaining this process.) Either way, you'll need a no-till transplanter and seed drill to cut through the residue and get your transplants or seeds into the soil.

Take a soil sample. Such tests are often quite economical (less than $20 for a basic test in my area of Wisconsin) and connect you to local resources more familiar with soil management in your area.

We can also assume, though, that gas—the finite substance that it is—will inevitably become too expensive to not at least supplement some farm work with more renewable power, like that of a horse, so let's not rule it out either.

“When you look closely and walk through the fields in other countries where rotational grazing is truly effective and stored-feed expenses are high, you see the importance of making grazing available through the winter,” Wright says.

These channels, which don't necessarily have to be large or permanent, are designed to provide an outlet for puddles of water to drain to a more appropriate—and less troublesome—location.

Clear the Manure Obviously, manure piles are prime breeding grounds, but you should also clear areas of all animal droppings—livestock or otherwise—remove any debris in the corners of feed troughs, and discard damp hay beneath mangers, wet bedding...

A pasture rotation plan should be implemented so that portions of pasture are untouched and preserved for future years, and so that previously grazed areas have ample time to recover before being grazed again.

Christmas trees need to be well composted at high heat if they were treated with herbicides, otherwise the herbicides could still be active and damage your garden plants. Unlike the fake versions, which can sit in landfills for decades once deemed unusable,...

Additionally, members get voting interest in future decisions of the co-op. Generally members pay a fee to join and receive dividend payments of the profits made each year, based on their spending.

Not only do they not hold water very well, organic matter decomposes quicker in sandy loam. Traditional tilling methods that turn under crop residue speed organic decomposition, making it even more difficult to improve sandy soil structure.

Densely packed bales are also more stable when stacked. Store hay where it's accessible. If fully outdoors, cover stacks of square bales (large or small) with tarps, securing the tarps with strong tie-downs.

Fallen logs or timber might be useful for cultivating oyster or shiitake mushrooms. The possibilities are as abundant as your curiosity and interests: collecting plants and other materials to craft into beautiful objects or delicious foods or developing...

In the Western United States, the use of goats for weed control is becoming popular. Goats of different sizes are a good idea in a herd of weed control goats since each size goat will focus on plants that are most suitable to its stature.

Examine these closely and correct problems in your irrigation system design.Proper irrigation practices can lead to major water savings. This highly efficient watering method consists of a system of nozzles that deliver small quantities of water at low...

Clover The end goal of pasture remediation is, of course, healthy land packed full of highly nutritive feed for future animals. Tillage will eliminate a lot of damage caused by rooting and wallowing, and a good till will spread manure around.

There are different categories: tropical, warm, cool and cold water and climate dictates the species it's appropriate and possible to raise.Cold snaps and hot spells can have a devastating effect on the pond life.

Then pick up the November/December 2011 issue of Hobby Farms for more complete information on starting an aquaculture operation with catfish or prawns. To wrap your head around the construction of an aquaculture pond, use the diagram below to jog the...

American persimmons will ripen in late fall and drop when the weather turns cold, so if you can get your pigs close to a stand of persimmons at the point you need a jacket for morning chores, do it.

One great way to make the most out of these crops is to plant a second, faster crop alongside them in their beds. The goal for any gardener, small or large, should be to get the most food out of their growing space.

The nine preparations—numbered 500 to 508—used in Biodynamic agriculture are derived from herbal and mineral sources meant to aid organic-matter fermentation. The farm is not separate from us, rather we live and work as one.

Build A Buffer Strip Runoff from the sacrifice area can be of some concern if the area is near a stream, pond or other groundwater source. You don't want to see your pastures get torn up by your cattle's, horses' and sheep's hooves, but you don't want...

For these reason, Mack Evans of Jakin, Ga., integrated silvo­pastures on his farm. Start Small Silvopastures require more knowledge and more management than traditional systems. Silvopastures are not an easy solution or an alternative for every landowner.