You Are What You Eat

I saw this neat graphic display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in the “Hall of Life – Exploring Human Health” exhibition.

This exhibition seems to be quite successful and is very interactive. You can even get your own personal health profile printout that includes such things as blood pressure, resting pulse, active pulse, [...]

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Starting Seeds

A few weeks ago Sandy got me all excited about starting seeds so that I got a new project off the ground nearly three weeks ago: starting my own seeds.
Sandy was so gracious to teach me her true and tried method of getting very quick and good results in starting seeds. Thank you very much [...]

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Sharpen blade

Either the ground got harder or I was getting weaker but cutting through the tough grass patches was getting nearly impossible.
Looking at my shovel blade I could visually tell the abuse it suffered from being forced into the dense soil and hitting hard objects.
Since I didn’t think that the soil has gotten that much harder [...]

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Extend Easter Lily Bloom

The stores are overflowing with Easter Lilies and especially after Easter you can get them at half price off or more. Their large white flowers have a really nice fragrance and I just love to walk into a room that has Easter Lilies in it.
Here is a quick tip on how you can extend the [...]

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Gear to start

Since it looks like I will have some land available pretty soon, it is time to get my basic gear together to get started.
Active Fallow relies heavily on constant tilling. That sounded like: tilling machine. But then I was informed that the recommended tilling depth was between 1 – 2 feet! The typical tilling machines [...]

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