Tag: Companion
Building an Old-fashioned Pole Barn, Pt 6 – The Farm Hand’s Companion Show, ep 12
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It's finally time for Pa Mac to add a few finishing touches to his new workshop, hang his tools up, and settle in to this old fashioned pole barn, made with homemade lumber using a chainsaw ...
Old-fashioned Pole Barn, Pt 4 – Framing the Roof – The Farm Hand’s Companion Show, ep 9
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Using homemade lumber made with a chainsaw mill, the skeletal structure of the roof goes up in Pa Mac's old-fashioned pole barn workshop. It's the 9th episode of The Farm Hand's Companion Sh...
Companion Planting (Vertically in Greenhouse)
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Companion planting in gardening and agriculture is the planting of different crops in proximity for pest control, pollination, providing habitat for beneficial creatures, maximizing use of s...
Planting Heirloom Apple Trees on the Small Farm – The Farm Hand’s Companion Show, ep 7
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Pa Mac makes things fruitful on his new small farm by planting some apple trees while demonstrating the beauty, value, and historic significance of the multifaceted American apple. Be sure...
Building a Small Log Chicken House – The Farm Hand’s Companion Show, ep 10
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Pa Mac quickly builds a small log chicken house from materials on hand. But this episode to speaks to something just a tad deeper than extra room for a few chickens: That inner conflict of p...
Vegetable Gardening: Three Sisters Companion Planting
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Companion planting what the Iroquois valued as the sustainers of life: beans, corn, and squash. Watch the video and learn how to plant them in a raised bed. The tools I use are from Radius ...
Vegetable Gardening : Vegetable Garden Companion for Planting Bell Peppers
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When planting bell peppers in your vegetable garden, surround them with companion plants such as lettuce, cucumbers and beets that will provide shade for their roots. Give your peppers a com...
Companion planting in a small productive urban garden. Sustainable Gardening Australia
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Angelo Eliades shows how to grow fruit and veggies intensively in a small backyard forest garden using ecological principles and companion planting. www.sgaonline.org.au www.deepgreenpermacu...
Homemade Lumber for the Small Farm or Homestead – The Farm Hand’s Companion Show, ep 5
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In need of lumber to continue building his pole barn workshop, Pa Mac tries a simple method for turning trees on his property into boards. Watch as he demonstrates simple techniques of using...
Clearing Land for Farming or Homesteading – The Farm Hand’s Companion Show, ep 2
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Pa Mac clears more land for farming & gardening, showing some differences between clearing land today and what many settlers of the 1800's dealt with. Be sure and subscribe to the Farm Han...
