First Off Let Me Start By Saying This Is A "Medical Garden" For Real Medical Purposes =D. This vid was taken 01/05/10.There is 3 Strains in this garden "Afgan,Blue Berry, and some "Supposed "Sweet Tooth" but im not sure yet This small but very effective closet setup is runing off a 400 watt HPS The bulb is a Normal Philips High Pressure Sodium bulb that you can puchase for no more than $25.00 USD The Reflector is what makes all the difference spend a little extra change on a good reflector cause they are soo worth it im using the Xtra Sun 6 im almost positive hydrofarm makes it but dont quote me on that what makes the Xtra Sun 6 so different from you everyday cheap under $50 doller reflectors is that it contains a very highly reflective european aluminum and the reflective aluminum cause what can best be described as a "honey comb" pattern in it which helps the light reflect at all different angles therefore you can grow more bushy plants and not have to sacrafice and prune off the lower growth as much because your light is and can still hit the very bottom growth now im saying you will never have to prune because that is a normal and should be expected but thats a different topic this "Xtra Sun 6" reflector went for $99.95 at my local garden store comes with a 5 year warrenty on all reflective materieal from the manufactor and also a 1 year on the whole thing for some of you who are new at this most good reflectors comes with built in mogul sockets the "Xtra Sun 6" does ...
Monday, April 26, 2010
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Enjoying Farm Fresh Eggs
One of the most enjoyable reasons to have chickens is the regular supply of delicious farm fresh eggs. Here are a few tips on egg production from your backyard flock.
First, you don't need a rooster in your flock to have eggs. Hens will lay eggs with or without a rooster around. If your only goal is to have eggs to eat, you can skip the rooster. He'll just consume feed and raise the cost of your egg production. If, on the other hand, you want to hatch eggs, you will need a rooster.
As a general rule, your hens will begin laying eggs between five and six months. If you've never seen young hen eggs, you are in for a surprise. They are miniature versions of the ones you buy at the grocery store. They will get bigger as your hens get bigger, but the eggs are tiny when the hens first start laying. Hens will lay eggs until they are four years old (sometimes longer), but reach their peak between one and two years. My young hens generally produce an egg a day.
To ensure good egg production, make sure you provide proper nutrition for your hens. They need plenty of protein (16-18%). My chickens free range and get much of their food that way, but I also supplement their diet with a good layer feed. The feed is also specially formulated with additional calcium to ensure strong shells. If you can't find a layer feed with the proper balance of calcium added, then you will want to give your chickens another source of calcium. You can use oyster shell, or even feed them ground up egg shells. You also need to make sure they have access to plenty of fresh water at all times. This can be challenging during the winter if you live in a harsh climate where their water may freeze.
It's a good idea to have nesting boxes for your hens. They prefer to lay eggs in a somewhat enclosed area. Be sure to have a separate perching area, so that the hens don't try to sleep where they are laying their eggs. Be sure to have some sort of bedding (I use hay) for the hens to scratch out their nests to lay the eggs. Be sure to collect the eggs frequently, unless you want your hens to go broody and hatch them. They will tend to lay eggs in a series until they have a "clutch" of eggs to sit on. If you don't collect the eggs frequently, your hens may feel they have enough eggs to hatch and stop laying.
There are several reasons why your hens' egg production may decrease. The most common reasons are the change of seasons, poor nutrition, age, stress, molt and disease. Your hens need 14 hours of daylight to maximum egg production. When the days become shorter in the fall, your hens may stop laying altogether unless you provide artificial lighting.
As stated above, your laying hens need the proper balance of food. Feeding your chickens whole grains and table scraps may affect their ability to continue to lay a good supply of eggs. Be sure to keep their diet balanced. You can count on good layers producing well for two years. After that, their egg production will gradually fall off until it eventually stops altogether around four years.
Chickens are highly susceptible to stress. Stress can come from changing environment, either moving the chickens, their coop, the dynamics of the flock (adding chickens -- especially roosters) or a change in weather conditions. Loud noises and predators can also cause stress and result in a fall-off of egg production.
Your chickens will molt a couple of times a year -- usually in the fall and in the spring. During this time, they will loose feathers and egg production will decline or stop altogether until they are finished molting.
The worst situation, of course, is to have disease in your flock. If you suspect your hens are sick, you should contact a veterinarian for help. In order to protect the health of your flock, make sure you provide them with proper food and water, shelter and protection from predators. It's also best to be very cautious when adding other chickens to your flock. I always keep any new chicks in quarantine until I am certain they are healthy -- even those I hatch in the incubator, and I never take in adult chickens
Eggs are a wonderful and delicious source of nutrition for your family. But beware: Once you've had farm fresh eggs, you'll never want to go back to store bought again!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
A train Clones Prop 215 thseeds 175MH & 125W CFL growing 25 days pt.5
A-Trains under sunburst 175MH & 125W CFL grow 6500k lights 25 days old = Prop 215 patient Rx current and grown compliant to the laws of local government A-Train from Thseeds Mazar I Sharaf x Train Wreck very tall spindly plant, Indica Dominant 60 I 40 S type Hybred. Started on Feb 09, 2010 under lights, transplanted to Soil (Fox Farm: Ocean Forest :) . Video footage is dated Mar 6,2010 via Canon IXY L4 (Jap ver.) Parts: Sunburst Hydrofarm 175MH Mogul Vertical socket w/ 125W CFL 2 15L Black Pots A-Train Clones specs: Type 40/60 Sativa/Indica Height 120-140 cm Yield 300-350 psm Flowering Time 55-60 days Ocean Forest Fox Farm Soil 2 small Hindu Skunk clones too :) eww stinky hindus haha :) and lots of TLC and Grass Gazing not grazing yet or hazing hahaha Comments or give props thanks :) subscribe for more treats
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Indoor Gardening, Hydroponic, Hydroponics Store Portland OR
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Farm Business Ideas - Turn a Lifestyle Into a Money Maker
People from time immemorial have always practiced farming. This being so, there very many farming business available and they can be transformed into highly profitable incentives. Most people have been able to venture successfully and made a niche business from these ideas. Such Farm business ideas are like;
* Herbs Farm-It is obvious that herbs and anything herbal nowadays enjoy a big following. You plant and take care of your herbs, then when they are mature you harvest them, take them to the market .Wholesalers, retailers, and manufacturing companies have a big demand for these herbs. You start small then as demand grows you expand and plant more. The only disadvantage of this business is that you need to have some prior knowledge about herb farming before you start out. This though should not be a hindrance to your starting the business. You learn as you grow your farm business. Furthermore, the profits are worthy the learning trouble.
* Organic Farming-For farming enthusiasts, this is the ideal farm business idea. There is a big booming market for organically grown produce. Organic grown products have been scientifically proved health than the traditional grown produce. They really a big following and the market is quite hungry for these produce. Before you start on this endeavor, you should consider various factors. Start up financial investment is quite hefty, also this is a specialized type of farming hence you should consider getting an expert to help you out. Once it take off profits are huge.
* Flower farming
* Lawn care farm business
* Tree planting and selling business
Monday, April 5, 2010
How To Farm Gold In WOW
Most people are asking how to farm gold in WoW. This should help you out. I will include a list on of some of the ways of farming for Warcraft gold. It is EASY! In the south, middle edge of The Badlands zone, nestled in the small valley, you can farm normal rock elements. These people seem to drop a lot of grey loot which vendors for 50 silver to 1.5 WoW gold, and they drop it at every kill. What they also drop is Elemental Earth which sells at the auction house for 1-3 WoW gold a piece. The average drop is 1 out of 17. Another way of how to farm gold in WoW, is to farm elemental slaves on the west side of Alterac mountains, for the chance to get elemental earths (1 out 15 kills). This goes for about 1-3 WoW gold a piece on AH.
You can also use elemental exiles on the southwest area of Arathi Highlands for elemental earths, which is also the same 1-3 WoW gold per earth on AH. How to farm gold in WoW is to farm in Arathi Highlands for 30 npcs of 2-6 silver each on 3-5 minute spawn timers. Times are not often camped. You could easily generate 1-5 WoW gold - even more if you are an AOE class. You can also farm in Arathi Highlands, as the alliance only, for 30-40 npcs of 2-6 silver each on 3-5 minute spawn timers. These timers are also not often camped. You could easily generate 1-5 WoW gold an hour. How to farm gold WoW? You can enter the secret scarlet monastery graveyard, in tristfall glades northwest corner of the map. This will get you a good 2 silver to 6 silver kill. Nevertheless, an AOE class can easily farm and reset the instance for outstanding 30-60 WoW gold in an hour.
Another way of how to farm gold in WoW, is to farm Warpwoods and Deadwoods for about 2-10 silver, rare herb drops. These sell around 1-5 WoW gold each. Living Essence sells for 1-1.5 WoW gold each at the Auction House. On the north side of Felwood zone near the alliance flight parth person, Warpwoods are located. The Deadwoods can be located just southwest of where the Warpwoods are. An easy 40-80 WoW gold an hour depending on AH prices. If you know how to farm gold in WoW and if you have faster dps class, then you can easily double your WoW gold per hour. Twilight hammer elites in Searing Gorge, is another way to farm. These elites are located west of the alliance/horde flight points. This is an easy 3-5 mageweave cloth per drop, and somewhere around 2silver to16silver per kill, with 9/10 silver, being the most common drop. You can undoubtedly make 10 WoW gold per hour off coin drops and around 5-20 WoW gold p/hour for the green and mageweave drops.
There are many more ways of how to farm gold in WoW. Farm the stockades in Stormwind City for easy greens and wool. It's the best dungeon/instance to farm wool cloth because every other kill is worth 3-5 pieces of wool and there are about 100 NPCs in the instance. Don't be alarmed when I tell you that a stack of wool can go from 77silver to 2 WoW gold at the AH. Try farming the scarlet monastery chests and locked chests for large knapsacks. These sell for 1.25-2 WoW gold. Occasionally, you will get a Blue item instead of Knapsacks. You usually get them once every 11th locked chest. Also, focus on the graveyard library and armory. NOT THE CATHEDRAL! Then you could easily get about 8 locked chests an hour and 10 regular ones. For this you'd need a rouge to lock pick or use blacksmithing and use Golden Skeleton Keys. This will require a 150 blacksmith skill.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Farm Implements - The Versatile Cultivator
The spring tyne cultivator has become a very handy implement on the farm. It is lightweight, easy to attach/remove from the tractor linkage points and easy to clean after use. It is designed for the control of light weed infestations and is not greatly impeded by rocks or stumps embedded in the soil.
Multipurpose Cultivator
I have found other uses for the cultivator and now it serves as a platform for carting small quantities of water and also as a rake for the collection of mulch. This saves me the bother to remove the cultivator when a trailer is needed and also saves on money and storage space needed to house a wider range of implements.
The Cultivator Tynes
Sixteen tynes made of spring steel allows great flexibility should a hard obstacle be encountered. The tynes are also relatively easy and inexpensive to replace when they lose their flexibility with age.
The cultivator is not equipped to deal with very hard soil or situations that have a large amount of weed growth, for these situations a disc cultivator or plough may be needed.
Cultivator For Mulching
I have found this cultivator to be most useful when raking canola vegetation to be used as a mulch around young trees. Canola plants have a relatively shallow root system and are easily scraped from the soil surface. Mounds of canola plants are dragged to the required location and then spread as a thick mulch layer. The mulch layer will need a dressing of nitrogenous fertilizer as well as an application of lime in order to allow the rotting vegetation to more easily broken down by microorganisms, insects and earthworms. Badly needed humus will eventually improve the health and water holding capacity of the soil.
One Of My Best Hobby Farm Investment
I believe there are significant advantages when using a tyne cultivator if compared to implements such as a rotary hoe, as the soil is not pounded causing it to lose its structure. The relatively gentle slicing action of the cultivator as tynes pass through soil allows good control of weeds while there is a decreased likelihood of death or injury to our friends, the earthworms. Plant roots are severed and if not completely killed, certainly their growth is restricted.
The cultivator has become one of my best investments on the farm, costing about $1000 new, it has payed for itself within a few short months.
This article is taken from Alf's Hobby farm site at Hobby Farm. Alf also writes in details on farm machinery and implements There is also a special writing on Tillers and cultivators
Monetizing Your Small Farm
Do you live on a small farm? Is there something on your farm that you never thought of using to make extra income? Well, I am going to give you some ideas on how to take your small farm and monetize it. Here are a few examples of how I make money on my farm. After reading this article, I have no doubt that you will be making extra income from something that you enjoy doing.
Do you have chickens? Ever thought about selling farm fresh eggs? My neighbors are always putting in an order for farm fresh eggs. I sell an average of 20 dozen per week at $2.25 per dozen! I started out with one customer, and by word of mouth, I now have about 15 weekly customers and that number continues to grow. I now need to increase my laying hens.
Do you have a small garden? Ever think about selling farm fresh produce? I sell fresh tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage, squash, cucumbers and much more. I do this right from my farm. I have no need to go to the farmers market. Once you build a good reputation with your neighbors, the word gets out and you will have more demand then you can supply. Everyone wants fresh farm products and really do want to support their local farmers. It is a win-win solution for everyone.
Do you have a milk cow? Sell fresh farm milk to your neighbors! Or maybe you have plenty of timber for firewood? There are many ways to optimize your small farm and learn how to live a more self sufficient healthy lifestyle at the same time.
I could keep going, but I think you get the point. All of these hobbies can really add up and everyone benefits.
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