Category: Gardening

Cutting Firewood To Improve Our Gardens

Cutting Firewood to Improve Our Gardens

That might sound a little strange! After all, how does cutting ones firewood improve one’s garden?

Great Question! Glad You asked! 

I think this Video will help explain it better…

So, gardens need fertilizer, the more natural that is the better, water of course, and sunlight! Over the past couple of years we’ve worked tirelessly, Ya! Right! I think tiringly would be a better word, if it we’re actually a word! I’ve got it to a point where the soil looks good, we make our own compost and have manure and we have even added water hoses. Yet, the gardens still aren’t growing as well as I’d like. Although they are improving, making gardens from woodlands means they are still surrounded by Trees! Trees are great! Problem is, the tree canopy’s block sunlight! So, cutting the trees around the gardens open up the gardens to more sunlight! Thus, we’re cutting firewood to improve our gardens! 

Making Seafood Chowder for Our Gardens!

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Making Seafood Chowder for Our Gardens

Here at Briden Farm, we try to do things, as much as possible, the natural old fashioned way! That includes making Liquid Fish Fertilizer! Actually, because it often has clams, or other things mixed in, we refer to it as Seafood Chowder for our Gardens! The following Video is humours, and shows how we make it, although it is not for the faint of heart as it does show the raw guts of the operation! So, if you’re faint of heart, you may not like it, but otherwise, I hope you enjoy, learn something, and also have a few laughs…

Hope You enjoyed that, and my helpers! If you’d like to learn more, come visit us at Briden Farm. Call Brian at 902-907-0770 now to Book Your Visit! 

New Babies, Pastures, & Gardens At Briden Farm

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New Babies, Pastures, & Gardens

While many birds and animals have their young early in the spring, it seems ours like to wait! June seems to be our busy month! 

With outs of Chicks, Ducklings, Baby Bunnies, and the Goats are due in July. I think!

Garden needs tending and fertilizing, we use natural fertilizers and that takes time. Plus rotating pastures!

So, it definitely is a busy time of Year! It’s also a great time to visit! Yes, we’re busy, but your visits give us a break.

So, call Brian now to Book Your Visit…. 

902-907-0770 

Growing A Self Sustaining Future

Creating Compost

When we think of growing self sustaining, we often think of gardening and the meat we can put on the plate. However, to be truly self sustaining we need go deeper than this! We really need to begin and work from the ground up! For only then can we truly become free! 

We need to produce our own fertilizer, preferably natural fertilizer, and develop our own food and feed. Without fertilizer, without the ability to create our own fertilizer we will always be beholden to others. Dependent on the System! 

Perhaps that is why it gives me such immense pleasure to see us turning animal waste, manure, hay, etc., into well developed compost. It will in turn be used in our gardens, and eventually to help grow livestock feed! 

While manure and compost may not be the end all and be all, it sure does provide an uncanny sense of accomplishment! Just knowing we’re that much closer to being able to grow our own food, and survive when the crap hits the fan! 

Creating Compost helps a Self Sustaining Future 

Want to learn more?

Call Brian at Briden Farm to book a visit: 902-907-0770