I.T. Farmer's Blog

Learning how to grow food, from an IT guys perspective.

Etsy Store Open
After much discussion between Kassy, Nate and myself, I’ve finally opened an Etsy shop to sell the products of my second favorite hobby: Woodworking. Above, you can see [..]
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Recipe for Grape Jam.
A few years ago, I planted 12 different types of grapes on the farm, including many plants that I cloned. This year I’ve finally started to taste the [..]
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Rainy Cool Summer
It’s been an unseasonable cool summer, with what seems like twice the normal amount of rain. I’ve only had to water the garden in the first few weeks [..]
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Hoop House Trials
I’ve been meaning to take cool weather veggies more seriously for several years now. I’ve never had much luck with the likes of broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage, and [..]
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Oliver OC-3 Dozer
This summer I acquired a small, antique bull-dozer. I didn’t have any use in mind for it, but the prices was too good to pass up. The first [..]
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Busy Building
When I moved into my new home, I had a half completed project waiting for me in the background. This structure was originally intended to be a horse [..]
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“A Normal Garden”
After years of telling myself to cut back, I’ve finally managed to plant a much smaller, much more “normal” sized garden. It’s amazingly simple to maintain, and I [..]
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Towering Tomatoes & Number5
I’ve been starting tomatoes in my greenhouse for several years now, but I’ve just now learned something new: If you start tomatoes too early, it seems to stunt [..]
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Trays All In
This year I managed to get all of my tomato and pepper seeds started at roughly the same time. I started all of these trays in my home during the [..]
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Tomato Trials, Winter Wrap-Up
The winter blues finally got the best of me, and so I gave in, and started planting seeds early. I told myself I was doing a tomato trial [..]
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Tag Archives: cows

New Chics and New Pics

Posted on August 14, 2010 by itfarmer | Permalink 0

I’ve snapped a lot of pictures today, as it’s been one of those days where a world of difference unfolds. A few days ago, I decided to trade [..]

Chickens, Cooking from the Garden, Cows, Goats, People Chickens, cows, East German Shepherds, puppies