Monthly Archives: March 2011

Innisfree Farm: Broadforking, gardening, and growing your own food, expanded and refined

Posted on March 24, 2011 by dlhitzeman

Earlier this week, I discussed the idea of using a broadfork as a method for tilling the ground instead of using a tiller and and why this method is superior to traditional tilling. Of course, this method still has its own related expenses and may seem like a daunting investment of resources and time to [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Innisfree Farm: What’s your excuse for not growing your own food

Posted on March 23, 2011 by dlhitzeman

I’ve heard most of them already: it’s too hard, too expensive, takes too much time, takes too much space, etc. The worst excuses run along the lines of why should I grow my own food when I can pay someone else to grow it for me. Of course, all of these excuses are worth far less [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Innisfree Farm: Broadforking and policulture

Posted on March 22, 2011 by dlhitzeman

Over the winter, I came across an interesting concept while reading Eliot Coleman‘s Four Season Harvest: the idea of using a broadfork to loosen soil instead of a tiller to grind it. As it turns out–and anyone who has played in the dirt for any length of time probably already knows this–what we call “top [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →