M&F FARMette

09/18/2024

Now and forever Closed. We had a hella a run! 2006 the first 2'X4' herb garden through 2018.
A one time total of 3000 sq. ft. food production space with year round food production.
Vegetables & fruit
Chickens for mainly eggs. And even one season for meat!
Rabbits for meat and manure. Two years I think. Harvest day was cheese pizza night.

Summary: come the Zombie Apolypse, we could gear it back up. (HA! fat chance).

Anyhoo, sympathy cards would be welcomed. This is harder than I thought it would be.

09/18/2024

The Bidens Alba https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidens_alba
is doing what it does. MyMike, bless his heart, thought roundup would work. Bwhahshahaaa, um, no.
The beautiful but mostly useless Dog Fennel
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupatorium_capillifolium
has become a management issue.
And Of Course, the Mugwort,

sigh, wins the day, month, year.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_vulgaris

Bidens alba, which belongs to the family Asteraceae, is most commonly known as shepherd's needles, beggarticks, Spanish needles, or butterfly needles.[1] Bidens means two- toothed, describing the two projections found at the top of the seeds, and alba refers to the white ray florets.[2] This plant i...

09/18/2024

M&F FARMette is now and forever decommissioned.
Enjoy the images of its glorious past. I sure do.
Meanwhile... the Florida jungle is reclaiming the BIG Vegge, Food & Roses, the Circle of Death. As well as Faye's Forever Garden (ha, forever)!

09/18/2024

Alas, the last chicken has rejoined ecosystem. We suspect as a tasty meal. Rather than the pointless killing by a racoon. They are notorious for killing but Not eating them.
Bastids!