tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post4010062085782797032..comments2020-11-22T13:29:44.961-05:00Comments on mountainsteading in rural appalachia: short and long term plansmitsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17672061234210054304noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post-89944045213769722682012-05-05T12:44:43.600-04:002012-05-05T12:44:43.600-04:00Thanks! :)Thanks! :)Holly Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post-44108433777750265872012-05-02T11:34:44.889-04:002012-05-02T11:34:44.889-04:00Hi Holly Sue! Blogger is probably the easiest plat...Hi Holly Sue! Blogger is probably the easiest platform on which to start. I'm currently using the "Simple" template and then just added my own customized header image at the top. There are lots of other Blogger templates to choose from, and you can add widgets and other design elements depending on what suits your fancy. Good luck!mitsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672061234210054304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post-72000210971516110192012-05-02T01:22:15.282-04:002012-05-02T01:22:15.282-04:00I would love to start blogging but im still gettin...I would love to start blogging but im still getting around to it. There is plenty to talk abt, for sure! :) i like how your blog looks, any pointers on getting started?Holly Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post-3259023313425200612012-03-14T22:31:18.973-04:002012-03-14T22:31:18.973-04:00Thank you! I love rusty stuff.Thank you! I love rusty stuff.mitsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672061234210054304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post-81413943498304741422012-03-14T21:58:45.293-04:002012-03-14T21:58:45.293-04:00It is indeed a sickle mower. They were/are used f...It is indeed a sickle mower. They were/are used for cutting hay that will be baled for hay. Really great picture!Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961853741772866345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post-26351424992255494752012-03-09T11:53:52.978-05:002012-03-09T11:53:52.978-05:00I actually have a few SFG beds right now. They wor...I actually have a few SFG beds right now. They work well and are easy and fun to use and maintain (plus they're very organized looking, which appeals to my OCD-ness). That said, I don't think they would work well on a larger scale like what I have in mind for our homestead garden. They must be level for one, and our farm is all hillside (I spent a lot of time leveling out the space for my current SFG beds because our property now is also all hillside). The lumber needed to frame them can be expensive unless you can find a cheap source (I bought a bunch of used 8" wide redwood fence boards off Craigslist for $1 each), and the soil mix can be kinda of pricey, too.<br /><br />Additionally, I plan to incorporate swales into our future garden in order to minimize irrigation needs (I have no idea what the holding capacity is of our two springs and don't want to drain them by mistake), which wouldn't really work with SFG beds. So my plan is to build fairly wide, long, borderless raised beds of mostly trucked-in compost to get them established and then hopefully be able to maintain them with my own compost from kitchen scraps, yard clippings, and animal waste. Sounds good in theory, so we'll see how it actually works out!mitsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672061234210054304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post-32121931252504616732012-03-09T11:36:45.093-05:002012-03-09T11:36:45.093-05:00Thanks for the identification! That piece of equip...Thanks for the identification! That piece of equipment is actually up on the neighbor's property and I think is used more for decoration now than anything. I thought the different rust colors were so pretty. Good to know about high-tensile - and the farm animals we think we want are supposed to be easily contained. You should start blogging about your ranch managing escapades! :)mitsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672061234210054304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post-12342625887320895482012-03-08T23:46:52.484-05:002012-03-08T23:46:52.484-05:00Also, have u heard of square foot gardening? I jus...Also, have u heard of square foot gardening? I just recently learned abt it and thats the plan this year... Sooop much more efficient than old school row gardens! :)Holly Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645169867785862514.post-3610554930785549572012-03-08T23:42:45.086-05:002012-03-08T23:42:45.086-05:00I would suggest high-tensile electric for your per...I would suggest high-tensile electric for your permanent perimeter fencing. you dont have to use near as many posts as with tradtional hot wire or barbed wire so that cuts down on initial cost. Your plan and mine are so similar its crazy... We got hooked in to a pretty sweet deal as ranch managers for a retired couple who like to travel and my husband can run abt any farm equipment there is so i lucked out there... I am so hooked on your blog already cant wait to see how it all unfolds for you! Ps, i think that rusted piece of equipment is a sickle bar mower... I think. My husband would know.Holly Suenoreply@blogger.com