Berkshire weaners for sale

29 04 2008

Delilah\'s litter is about to weaned, which means 10 must go

Delilah’s litter of birth-notified Berkshire weaners will be seven weeks old on Thursday, which means they’re due to be weaned next week. From the litter of 12, five boars and five gilts are for sale, although at this point it appears all five gilts may have buyers. The weaners will be available for collection on the weekend of 10/11 May.

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Is there a place for inorganic fertilisers?

29 04 2008

Some of our crops from 2006

I’m going to put my foot in it again and offend the puritan. green, organic gardening/farming brigades by challenging the notion that there is no place for inorganic fertilisers if you’re growing crops to organic principles.

The ideal—that you should be able to grow strong, healthy crops with high yields with only organic inputs—is a good mid to long-term approach, but it’s not necessarily practical or realistic in the short-term.

Looking at our example on the croft, we moved in during early spring and had to grow enough vegetables to store for our first winter.

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