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over 8 years ago
homesteading
Gourmet Mushrooms
Here is some pics of the gourmet mushrooms we are now growing on our farm. With our own lab on the farm we can now make our own mushroom cul
@lacostas
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over 8 years ago
homesteading
Pear Tree seeds update
30 days after planting, the pear seeds are 6-8 inches tall. !DSC_0092.JPG(
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
gardening
Fort Laramie Strawberries are part of our permaculture project
Fort Laramie strawberries produces a constant supply of sweet berries throughout the growing season, they are a self-pollinating berry and g
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Oyster Mushrooms on Sugar Maple stump
A few pictures of oyster mushrooms fruiting on a sugar maple stump in our back yard. We inoculated the stump about 2 years ago and it gave i
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Coneflowers are part of our permaculture project.
Echinacea, which are commonly called coneflowers, is a perennial plant that give an abundance of flowers every year. Coneflowers will attrac
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Cheap wasp trap that works
We are trying to go full permaculture on our farm in the future and wasps have their place here as a beneficial insect. We do have a problem
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Planting a cover crop in the pig pen last year
After our berkshire pigs exhausted the entire pen of plants and roots we move them to a new pasture pen. Our hog pens are fenced in cattle f
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Staghorn Sumac is part of our permaculture project.
Staghorn Sumac fruit clusters or seed pods are beautiful and make nice autumn foliage on the homestead. Sumac can grow up to 25 feet tall
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Rhubarb is part of our permaculture project.
Rhubarb is a herbaceous perennial growing from short, thick rhizomes. Rhizomes is a modified subterranean stem of a plant that sends out roo
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Grow Ginkgo
Ginkgo Biloba commonly known as ginkgo tree or a maidenhair tree. It has various uses in traditional medicine and as a source of food. Mos
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
gardening
Turning Citronella geranium cuttings into clones
Citronella gives off a pleasant lemon like smell that helps keep some mosquitos and other biting insects from finding you. We plant it as a
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Funfarmfacts Entry Shiitake Mushrooms
Some funfarmfacts that we have learned about our shiitake yard. Shiitakes can be grown by two methods, on natural hardwood logs and on sawdu
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Maple syrup time
One of the first things in the year that we do on our farm is collect sap from our sugar maple bush to boil down into syrup. We make a coupl
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Starting Pear seeds
Started apple seeds a couple of times this way and worked out great so we tried it with seeds from a local pear tree,that produces and abund
@lacostas
37
over 8 years ago
homesteading
Spearmint
Our farm has a few patches of different mints we have planted since we moved to our farm . However, spearmint is one of the herbs that has
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