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  1. csafarmer

    Want winter eggs?

    Very true, we have 16 hens, mix of Barred Rock and RI Red. In the summer we have more eggs than we can use, so we sell/barter a few to friends and neighbors. Yesterday I picked up 6 eggs from the coop; it was -10C outside (14F),we don't use artificial light or heat. Good quality feed is...
  2. csafarmer

    Most profitable plants to grow

    Other than cannabis, my most consistently profitable crop (most money for least work) has been garlic. I plant in late fall/early winter, after other production is done. i plant through plastic film mulch, and cover with mulch hay and row cover after a good freeze. Harvest and cure mid-July...
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    Most profitable plants to grow

    That's how it's shaking out (cannabis joke) in Canada. Lots of big companies put a lot of money into production, without an adequate channel for distribution. As a result, there is currently a glut on the market.This is made worse by the perception among consumers of the product that the LPs...
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    April152018cropped.jpg

    This was my greenhouse a couple spring's ago near Merrickville Ontario Canada
  5. csafarmer

    Are chickens the gateway livestock?

    Chickens were the first livestock we raised. We 'inherited' a small flock of laying hens when we bought our farm in 2000. The next summer we raised a couple batches of meat birds. They are relatively easy to care for (we day-range our meat chickens and turkeys, snow-free months only),and offer...
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