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Awesome video!

Either disease or nutrient deficiency. I'd start with a soil test. Perhaps take some pics and send them to your county ag extension agent.

My understanding is that the seed comfrey is an aggressive spreader. For that matter, the Bocking varieties are aggressive. You'd better not need to move it, once you've planted it!

I've never used preen, so can't advise there. Any liquid soap mix should do the trick. Do a google search on home made spider mite treatment. I use permethrin. They are soft bodied, so just about anything knocks them down. But, you have to get to the underside of the leaves, and all of the...

Looks like spider mite infestation to me. Look at the underside of the leaves. SM are nearly invisible, but you can see them if you have good eyes. You might need a magnifying glass. You can also see their webs which are very very fine. What are you using for fertilizer? Any chance that...

That is so awesome.

Thank you so much. This looks like it would be much simpler than the typical hydro or aquaponic system with the many required fill/drain cycles/day. It might be a good system for a basement/winter/grow light application.

??? Is there a drain cycle for the PVC, or does it stay full of water all the time? What keeps the water from draining out of the pipe, since it appears to be lower than the bucket? Inquiring minds want to know. What do you plan to plant, what are you using for planting containers, and what...

Love the repurposing.

Potatoes are heavy feeders. Did they ever bloom? They also don't like to have it too dry, or too wet.

Um... still about 2.5' of snow on the ground here. Want some????

Still way too early for that in the green house! But... I may start some within the next week or so.

This is me today: happy dance, jumping for joy, shouting praise! The soil in my green house has finally thawed out! I'm washing up some milk jugs, and other plastic lids and such to do a double layer of plastic. Can plant some seeds in the green house this week. There are about 6 plants...

I stopped buying straw when it got to be so expensive. It's 8.50/bale last time I checked. I simply refuse to spend that kind of money. I get hay from a local farm. The farmer harvests from his own fields, and never uses herbicides. I have bales in my coop and run, and the chickens are...

I've done it a couple of times. One thing you need to be sure to do is set it up with good water access. If I do it again, I plan to set plastic under it, as I did in the past, but drain the water into a reservoir at one end of the bales, and recirculate it with a fish tank pump to cut the...

Here's a video for your gardening pleasure. Note, there is a follow up to the first:

The flock are making good use of their sun room. They are all out shuffling through the leaves, all day long, except on the coldest, nastiest, blusteriest days. I've given them some grit, but see it wasn't necessary as they've excavated down to bare soil in several spots, and it appears that the...

If you have plenty of HK material, you might find an other log and place it parallel to the big one, with about 5' of space between the two. You can then fill the void with your brush and smaller stuff. If you can, it would be helpful to excavate the soil from the middle, so you can then heap...

PC, congrats on the goats. I've always wanted to have a couple of goats. As for the giant log: I have limited experience with HK. Is this log in a location where you wouldn't mind having a garden bed? Do you have access to lots of material to build a garden bed with? Could you use...