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13/6/2020 Crowing Hen Farm COVID-19 Safety Plan
In every handful of soil, sleeps thousands of enemies; The seeds of weeds that, given the slightest moment of inattention, will gleefully smother all your hard work. But what if there was a way to turn your enemies superpower against them? A weed is just a plant that is growing unrequested. And the thing about weeds is that they are just so good at growing. They outgrow and smother just about any domestic plant. The weeds have the advantage, they have been growing and reproducing in this garden for generations. Through natural selection, the weeds have adapted to thrive in these conditions — clever little fellas. As the weeds grow and reproduce, they create a seed bank in the soil. This is like a savings account of weed seeds that they can draw upon for future generations. Some seeds will stay dormant for over 100 years, waiting for their moment. No matter how many weeds we kill this year, there are always more seeds in the savings account. We can fight this seed bank with chickens, chemicals, fire, heat, cold, all sorts of things - but weeds are tricky and have evolved over the years to survive all of these torments. Let's face it, weeds are smarter than us and always will be. It's time to start playing the weeds' game - And Win! Click "read more" on the right to ...
2/6/2020 How to ship a carded batt?I want to know the best way to ship carded wool batts so that the fibres stay lofty and easy to draft. So I did some experiments. A batt is the result of preparing the fibre on a drum carder. It can be a giant drum carder like they have in a fibre mill, or a tiny one like mine. Not that I mind tiny. To me, it's just the right amount for what I'm doing now and I'm hoping my carding adventures will earn my way towards a bigger, better, bolder machine. Click "read more" on the right to ...
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