#9 Stratification of fruit trees - results
Last winter, we covered up a lot of natural fruit trees seeds we received as a gift from Natural Farm Shizen in Italy in a bucket with...
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Nov 7, 2023
#8 November 2023: Planting a wind break
We live in a very windy area, on a mountain side. This means that a lot of our plants and trees are affected by strong winds, especially...
Oct 31, 2023
#7 October 2023: Stratification
Did you know that when you put the seeds of fruit trees in sand over the winter months they will grow roots and no stem, which makes it...
Sep 12, 2023
#6 September 2023: Autumn is sowing time
We hoped it would rain, but the storm passed us by and we didn't get a drop. Over the upcoming months we will regularly sow different...
Jul 22, 2023
#5 July 2023: Cutting the green manure as mulch
It is time to cut the green manure, which has been making seeds, as a mulch layer for the soil. While the deep roots of the green manure...
Mar 20, 2023
#4 March 2023: Sowing a lot of green manure
When you want to feed the soil, biodiversity is key. In March 2023, before the spring rains, it was time to sow 16 types of different...
Dec 15, 2022
#3 November 2022: Awakening the soil - Sowing yeros and rye
In November we covered the first part of the land with sheep and goat manure out of the local stable. We sowed a mixture of yeros (a...
Feb 9, 2022
#2 Winter and spring 2021: protecting the land from grazing sheep and goats
This land has been grazed by the local herds for a long time, so new vegetation has been eaten immediately and there has been no chance...
Jan 3, 2022
#1 Winter and spring 2022: Starting with the manual removal of rocks on our very dry land
Our land has 150 almond trees, planted in rows. The soil is very dry, there is no irrigation and there are a lot of rocks. Because the...
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