Broccoli, collards, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, book Choi Just started the seeds in the greenhouse. Purple hull peas are sprouting, may plant carrots today, good weather for it. Not tilling though, have sold my tiller and am officially no-till.
https://www.cowartmulch.com/
i bought several tractor trailer loads from these folks a number of years ago. Used it to plant blueberries. Pine fines can be affected by a fungus that after it is contaminated with it, it will not absorb water. Not entirely a bad thing as a mulch as it allows the...
They probably impact us all to a degree. Round up ready corn and soy beans are the farm industry standard because they can tolerate the herbicide application during the growth stage. Even if you grow your own stuff, most of us buy some soil, at the very least potting soil if you start your own...
https://www.corteva.us/content/dam/dpagco/corteva/na/us/en/products/us-land-management/DF_Aminopyralid_Family_of_Herbicides_Broch.pdf
Triclopyr breaks down pretty rapidly, I do not believe it is a problem. Both of these herbicides can kill untargeted plants via wind drift but I think they both...
This stuff is used so commonly that it could come from about anywhere. The only manure that I would feel safe using would be from a barn that feeds ONLY alfalfa. Thought I had contaminated my soil with this last year but now believe it was other factors. One variety of tomato was curling, others...
The method you describe is stock reduction and yes you can make knives this way. I once took an $8 file and with only a weeks work made a $5 knife from it using this method.
If you will run over that quickly with a torch and then lightly sand it the grain will likely pop even more. It will cause rapid oxidation of the iron pigmentations. This is essentially aqua fortis, the stain used on most firearms during the 1700-1800 period.