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  1. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    Seeding grass in previous corn field

    He disced it in the fall. Do they disc again in the spring? This area is many many hundreds of feet from my house, so watering it myself just ain't gonna happen :/
  2. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    Seeding grass in previous corn field

    Part (a few acres) of the land my wife and I bought has been getting used for corn growing by a farmer. We've communicated to him that we're ending that arrangement and will be using that land for our homestead. That makes me feel a little bad, but oh well. Anyways, I will be planting some...
  3. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    Seeds

    I've done Baker's and Seed Savers. I even ordered some apple trees from Seed Savers. I think they're both great and their shipping is on point :). I've also ordered trees from Stark Bros and have no complaints
  4. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    Selling plants and seedlings

    I have not, but your description of it lines up with what I've heard from some others :) One person I know was in some restaurant and said "sure" when the waitress asked if they wanted coffee. They soon had a similar experience you had
  5. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    Selling plants and seedlings

    Very pretty. I love the form it grows in, that it has giant kidney beans for seed pods and the fact that it exists still, despite the hardness of its seedcoat which used to get broken down in tthe bellies of mastadons with sand and rocks
  6. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    Selling plants and seedlings

    Northern Catalpa, Bur & Red Oak, Kentucky Coffee, Yellow Buckeye, American Sycamore and some others. All native to the Minnesota region
  7. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    Selling plants and seedlings

    I'm literally starting a tree farm, so there's that :). My plan is to plant at least 200 trees each year and sell them in 2 and 4 year stages to customers. My customer base is already built by way of the "it's who you know, not what you know" rule and I already have 50 in the ground from last...
  8. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    45 North Reporting

    Thanks. Where in Ireland?
  9. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    45 North Reporting

    I want to learn what I can :)
  10. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    45 North Reporting

    Ha! A friendly face :)
  11. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    45 North Reporting

    Oh thae storm hit us. I just wish we had more. The ecosystem needs it and I have some piles of brush I need to burn :)
  12. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    45 North Reporting

    You one of those lucky folks that can grow bananas and palms?
  13. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    45 North Reporting

    it's about 10 F outside but I wish we had more snow :/ I actually think I'm at 44.5 but rounded up for the sake of fun. The last pic is a grow tent in my basement ;) tomatoes, scotch bonnets, jalapenos, thai basil, genovese basil & spinach.
  14. SprigOfTheLivingDead

    45 North Reporting

    Hey everyone, I came over from the sister site The Easy Garden. I live up in Minnesota, have a bunch of kids, ^ a couple of them some chickens, love growing things to eat ^ peppers, basil and some spinach and have just this past year started a small tree farm for growing native...
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