Month: October 2014

Muscadine grape juice

With my bobcat I excavated a level terrace along the slope of the hill, then I dug a ditch down the middle of it, filled it with logs and ran a single cable about 5 ft high on either side of the ditch.  The cables are threaded through posts planted every  35ft for a total length of about 110 ft.  Then I relocated my muscadine vines from the vegetable growing area to the terrace where they have thrived.  The problem with muscadine vines is their roots can extend up to 50 ft so they were mining Read more [...]

sweet potato, pests, a broody hen

I had my best harvests this year.  Everything did well and while the weather, rains and fewer pests all helped, mostly I think is I am getting better at growing.  (I mention rains because all my irrigation is with rainwater).  Last year, my first with sweet potatoes, I produced finger sized specimens.  This year, tho I left it a bit late, they are big. Pest pressure has been minimal which I attribute to increased biodiversity and natural predators etc. tho this week I noticed two instances Read more [...]