The Frog Chorus Is Back: And Your Great-Grandmother Knew What It Meant
The spring peeper frog chorus is back, and I want to tell you what Missouri settlers knew: those tiny frozen-and-thawed frogs are your planting calendar.
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Composting Animal Manure: Complete Guide to Using Chicken, Cow, and Horse Manure in Your Garden
Common sense guide to composting farm animal manure I’ve been gardening since I was a little girl begging my mom to plant tomatoes in our backyard, founded a community garden in college, worked on a farm that canned everything they grew, and now steward our 500 acre working historic farm in the Missouri Ozarks. But…
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The Flower That Bleeds: What Bloodroot Taught Me About Showing Up Before You’re Ready
A White Square on the Forest Floor I found my first bloodroot of the season yesterday morning, tucked against the base of an oak where the leaf litter had pulled back just enough. Eight white petals, arranged in that odd square shape that makes you do a double-take. By the time I walked back that…
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How to Compost Manure: A Beginner’s Guide
Here’s how we compost manure at Green Acres using passive composting (also called cold composting). This is the easiest method and requires minimal effort – perfect if you’re just getting started with composting manure or if you have a busy life and can’t tend to a compost pile regularly. If you’re trying to decide which…
