Monthly Archives: May 2011

Innisfree Farm: Because it’s a farm

Posted on May 31, 2011 by dlhitzeman

I heard today that our tenant farmer–he plants our 100 or so acres of tillage–thinks my wife and I are ripping off my mother-in-law because, well, there are goats eating grass in the front yard and chickens eating grass in the back. That’s not how things are supposed to be, you know, because now the [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Innisfree Farm: Manure

Posted on May 20, 2011 by dlhitzeman

This morning, I heard an astounding advertisement from an “organic” garden supply company that claimed that manure was bad for you and your garden. Now, to many people, their logic would sound solid. According to the ad, manure based gardening soils are low energy and stink, and if you’ve ever purchased such soils from a [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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