This was our second year to plant a raised bed garden at our place in Conway. What I lacked last season in production was balanced out with a tremendous amount of education when it comes to “square foot gardening.” Last season I ran into some issues w/ my tomatoes, cucumbers, and melons because of disease. […]
Our Urban Farming Experiment Continues to Take on Wings, Literally… Our Flock of Backyard Chickens!
I guess if you have to pick one positive thing about the whole COVID-19 thing and the subsequent “shelter in place thing”, for me it would have to be the ability to get caught up on thousands of household projects that I had been putting off or thinking about that were still unchecked on my […]
2019 Season Recap: Planting Kodiak Mustard in our Central Arkansas Raised Beds as a Cover Crop
Once my 2019 raised bed garden was pretty well finished I cleaned and tilled my beds and placed all of the remaining materials into compost and began researching cover crops. I have had the privilege of working w/ multiple commercial growers the past few years that utilize cover crops on their large scale farming operations […]
2019 Season Recap: Raised Bed Garden in Conway, Arkansas
I wanted to throw a quick post up to show the progress of our first raised bed garden at our home in Central Arkansas. The photos below show the progression from started seeds to transplanted into the raised beds. It’s important to keep in mind that we learned more in our first year than we […]
Our 2019 Urban Garden
Early this year when I was recovering from back to back heart procedures to address some major blockages that had snuck up on me over the past few years I made up my mind that I was going to plan and execute on a garden this spring / summer. Honestly, it’s something I’ve always enjoyed […]
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
As I’m sure most of you that follow me on instagram, twitter, or facebook are already aware. This past weeked I got bit by a snake. If you ask my son, he’s quick to tell you that it was a “dangerous brown cobra” and that he’s planning on dealing w/ him later (true story, out […]