Soaking the Garlic Seed
It is garlic planting time. Soaking your garlic seed for 10 minutes in vodka kills hidden mites, molds and fungus. The garlic is then...
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Chad Armentrout
Sep 22, 20201 min read
Prepping the Garlic Beds
A beautiful day to prep the garlic beds. Garlic is planted in October and harvested in June.
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Chad Armentrout
Jul 22, 20201 min read
Beeswax Candles
Breaking blocks of beeswax for candle making is a meditative experience. Burning a beeswax candle is as well! Beeswax candles: - Emit no...
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Chad Armentrout
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Garlic and Salt
Garlic and Salt are historical powerhouses. An ancient Roman soldier was paid in Salt(Salar). Itâs where we get the word salary. âBeing...
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Chad Armentrout
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Cover Crop
Discing under a mustard cover crop seed after the garlic harvest. May the rains return again very soon! Many farming families were told...
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Chad Armentrout
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Bread, Spices, and Oil!
Bread, spices and oil are three foundations of civilization. They have sustained both body and soul throughout history. Our locally...
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Chad Armentrout
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Crystalized Honey
Crystallized Honey Donât think crystallized honey is bad! Actually, it is a sign that the honey contains all the good things, like pollen...
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Chad Armentrout
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Hand Crafted Garlic Seasonings
Our 10 garlic seasonings are all handcrafted. They all have excellent flavor with no added preservatives, or anti-caking agents. Our...
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Chad Armentrout
Jun 24, 20201 min read
Soil Test
Sending soil samples to the lab. The Law of the Minimum, states that if one of the essential plant nutrients is deficient, plant growth...
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Chad Armentrout
Jun 17, 20201 min read
Holy Smoke!
The bellows smoker for beekeeping, invented by Quaker, Moses Quinby. He was an abolitionist, generous and a very honest man. The...
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Chad Armentrout
May 2, 20201 min read
Local Honey!!!
Local Honey!!đđ»đ Friends and neighbors...We have been bestowed great gifts of land, air, and water in the Great Miami River Valley....
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Chad Armentrout
Apr 28, 20201 min read
The Priceless Potato
The humble potatoâs value to mankind is priceless. It was an insurance against starvation when the wheat crop failed. It was a crop...
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Chad Armentrout
Apr 26, 20201 min read
Wood Chips and Apple Trees
An apple treeâs favorite environment is to grow along the forest edge. Itâs roots love to feed off the decaying forest floor. We love...
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Chad Armentrout
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Moth Trap
I thought I was setting traps for the moths in the orchard. No, I was providing the raccoons with a fruity sweet drink! The rascals...
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Chad Armentrout
Apr 22, 20201 min read
Honey Cakes
Having a wife of Greek heritage has its culinary benefits! The ancient Greeks made honey cakes as an offering to their gods every first...
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Chad Armentrout
Apr 18, 20201 min read
Civilization and Technology
Today, technology certainly has its benefits. Past technologies certainly had their charms. Take for instance, in Wales, back when they...
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Chad Armentrout
Apr 17, 20201 min read
All Hail the Earthworm!
Cleopatra of ancient Egypt is well known for using her wiles to charm Antony and Caesar for physical and political survival. Her real...
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Chad Armentrout
Apr 15, 20201 min read
Fingers Crossed
Have the recent freeze warnings got you worried about your fruit tree blooms? The science on critical temperatures for fruit trees is...
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Chad Armentrout
Apr 13, 20201 min read
Holistic vs Conventional
Most of us try to grow either plants or trees. Inevitably, you will have to treat a problem that threatens your plant or tree. We have...
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Chad Armentrout
Apr 12, 20201 min read
Queen Bee
Our Queen Bee, helping with installing new packages of honeybees. Each package contains 10,000 bees and one queen.
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