by John | Oct 17, 2017 | Handmade, Thoughts
Filled with the vigor that comes with hope, I dance about the rain-soaked landscape of my mind. Comforted by the shelter this one-hundred-year-old white farmhouse provides, my thoughts are filled with the possibilities this life unveils. Outside, the rain falls on...
by John | Oct 3, 2017 | Handmade, Vegetables
Fall is most certainly in the air. There is a chill in our house this morning which has not been present in over a month. Fog hovers above the pasture and slowly dissipates as the sun rises. There are accents of green sparsely scattered across the fields after last...
by John | Apr 7, 2017 | Permaculture Design
Find out the most effective way to grow food in your garden with uniform rows and inexpensive drip irrigation. In this video, I walk you through the design of a simple manifold configuration that I came up with for row crops, homestead gardens, and market gardeners....
by John | Mar 31, 2017 | Livestock
In this video, I share an update on our progress with treating for mastitis for one of our Jersey Dairy Cows. We are doing everything possible to avoid using antibiotics and so far the signs are positive. — EQUIPMENT: I use the Sony Digital Voice Recorder:...
by John | Mar 31, 2017 | Livestock
In this video, I demonstrate how to slaughter American Buff Geese using both the Kill Cone Method and the Hatchet (chopping block) Method. I include measured results of bleed out. It is my aim to manage all of my livestock using sustainable resilient and biodynamic...
