Hi!
February is upon us and we're gearing up for spring! We're
getting ready for a wonderful spring of more cool weather crops of
brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, etc.) along with tomatoes, eggplant,
and peppers.
It's that time of year to cut limbs/trees for our
Shiitake mushroom. The more water oak logs we have the more Shiitakes
we can grow and put in our Farm Share bags. In saying this if you have
or know of anyone that has oak trees and wouldn't mind us having one or
more, depending on the size of the limbs we need, please let us know.
All in all, this 2016 year is going to be a year that we'll ask for
help...which is a wonderful thing. Soon we'll have enough money, we
pray, to rent a tractor to move chips we've had decomposing over the
last months and we'll reach out for help with the spreading and moving
of them for walkways, plant bedding, etc. We'll also need help with
harvesting, planting, etc., a few hours each week. We're not sure right
now if we can pay or only offer an exchange for teaching/sharing. Let
us know if you know of anyone that may want to get their hands dirty.
:)
Thanks so much for supporting our Little Eden and our Mission.
Ron and Annette Layton
Little Eden Heirloom Farm
850/274-7690
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Human Waste, Chemical Sludge - Toxic Fertilizers
We may not live in Canada...which is, by the way...just up the
road...in the same North America we live in....but....it may surprise
you what we do in our own country.....
say you get spring fever and want a garden or to plant organically in a pot and you go and buy organic soil and/or organic fertilizer. Take a moment and look at the ingredients:
mil organite - processed human waste - contains all listed in photo below.
say you get spring fever and want a garden or to plant organically in a pot and you go and buy organic soil and/or organic fertilizer. Take a moment and look at the ingredients:
mil organite - processed human waste - contains all listed in photo below.
night soil - human waste - contains all listed in photo below.
worm castings - one of the best fertilizers - processed through the _ _ _ _ waste processing plant. - processed human waste contains all listed in photo below.
Just because it says "Organic" doesn't mean we need to stop reading....
worm castings - one of the best fertilizers - processed through the _ _ _ _ waste processing plant. - processed human waste contains all listed in photo below.
Just because it says "Organic" doesn't mean we need to stop reading....
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Saturday, January 2, 2016
Off to a Good Start
365 blank pages before this book is complete....now there's only 364.
May it be memorable...in a good way.
May I take time to do more things fun. I want a boat to spend time running the local rivers and streams with camera in hand. I want to hike more of the woods to see, to explore.
I want to go to a couple real good rodeos.
I need to be more patient, kind and understanding.
I need to be more like Christ.
I need to stop living in the past ... less holding onto the should haves and could haves and learn to live in the now and think on the good things to come.
I must create more spare time. I love to paint, sculpt, draw, sew, etc., and want to work less and dabble more. I sell my dabbles upon completion (countrysquirrelsrus.etsy.com) but I need to learn that it's OK to dabble for my own enjoyment for my own interior / garden designs.
Yesterday was a good day. Ron wanted to take the day off and read and asked me what I was going to do.... I said I said I was going to work. Well, we did a bit of both I reckon.
We now have a much needed new tire on the truck. We had been blessed with the tire holding up for longer than a year... completely separated around close to the rim. We put a lot of weight on my sweet little Ranger every week as we load for the farmers' markets, the Lord has certainly protected us. Money is always tight but we had to get 'er done.
While waiting for the tire installation, we poked around at the jackets....we really needed a warm jacket for each of us. We found us both one on sale....I'm cold natured but I'm staying warm now!
On our way home we picked up some nice pallets to make more critter night pens and some framing that makes really awesome trellises for beans, tomatoes, etc.
Oh, I found a large stuffed candy cane dog toy on sale....yeah, it's a fan favorite to two of our dogs...one of them just hogs it for herself though. I made a video, posting it on YouTube and shared it below in a following post.
Ron asked what I wanted for dinner....doodoo stew was my response. The second time he asked a ding came on my phone at the same time....recipes...The first one on that email was a recipe for corn chowder with potatoes and carrots. It is very very good.
While Ron made dinner I went out and between me, two dogs and a turkey I planted about a hundred elephant garlic. Pink Pickle (one of our turkeys) got himself all tangled up in the string I used to mark the border around the herb garden...He had to lay down with his feet out behind him so I could detangle the crazy bird.
Life is off to a good start here at happy acres, home of wayward cats, goofy dogs, pink pickles, and, of course, organic Heirloom gardens.
May it be memorable...in a good way.
May I take time to do more things fun. I want a boat to spend time running the local rivers and streams with camera in hand. I want to hike more of the woods to see, to explore.
I want to go to a couple real good rodeos.
I need to be more patient, kind and understanding.
I need to be more like Christ.
I need to stop living in the past ... less holding onto the should haves and could haves and learn to live in the now and think on the good things to come.
I must create more spare time. I love to paint, sculpt, draw, sew, etc., and want to work less and dabble more. I sell my dabbles upon completion (countrysquirrelsrus.etsy.com) but I need to learn that it's OK to dabble for my own enjoyment for my own interior / garden designs.
Yesterday was a good day. Ron wanted to take the day off and read and asked me what I was going to do.... I said I said I was going to work. Well, we did a bit of both I reckon.
We now have a much needed new tire on the truck. We had been blessed with the tire holding up for longer than a year... completely separated around close to the rim. We put a lot of weight on my sweet little Ranger every week as we load for the farmers' markets, the Lord has certainly protected us. Money is always tight but we had to get 'er done.
While waiting for the tire installation, we poked around at the jackets....we really needed a warm jacket for each of us. We found us both one on sale....I'm cold natured but I'm staying warm now!
On our way home we picked up some nice pallets to make more critter night pens and some framing that makes really awesome trellises for beans, tomatoes, etc.
Oh, I found a large stuffed candy cane dog toy on sale....yeah, it's a fan favorite to two of our dogs...one of them just hogs it for herself though. I made a video, posting it on YouTube and shared it below in a following post.
Ron asked what I wanted for dinner....doodoo stew was my response. The second time he asked a ding came on my phone at the same time....recipes...The first one on that email was a recipe for corn chowder with potatoes and carrots. It is very very good.
While Ron made dinner I went out and between me, two dogs and a turkey I planted about a hundred elephant garlic. Pink Pickle (one of our turkeys) got himself all tangled up in the string I used to mark the border around the herb garden...He had to lay down with his feet out behind him so I could detangle the crazy bird.
Life is off to a good start here at happy acres, home of wayward cats, goofy dogs, pink pickles, and, of course, organic Heirloom gardens.
Friday, January 1, 2016
2016 New Year's Candy Cane = One Happy Puppy!
Our wish for each is within this silly video featuring one of our rescued dogs.
2016 New Year's Candy Cane = One Happy Puppy!
It's going to be an awesome year folks.
"Today begins the first page of a blank 365 page book", let's make it a great one!
Happy 2016 from your friends at Little Eden Heirloom Farm.
Ron and Annette Layton
Website: littleedenheirloomfarm.blogspot.com
Facebook: facebook.com/littleedenheirloomfarm
Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/littleedenheirloomfarm
Email: littleedenheirloomfarm@zoho.com
2016 New Year's Candy Cane = One Happy Puppy!
It's going to be an awesome year folks.
"Today begins the first page of a blank 365 page book", let's make it a great one!
Happy 2016 from your friends at Little Eden Heirloom Farm.
Ron and Annette Layton
Website: littleedenheirloomfarm.blogspot.com
Facebook: facebook.com/littleedenheirloomfarm
Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/littleedenheirloomfarm
Email: littleedenheirloomfarm@zoho.com
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