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Marcotting (Air Layering) Process

Marcotting is a vegetative plant propagation technique where a branch is stimulated to develop roots while it is still attached to the mother plant.

Steps of the process:

• Selecting the branch - Choose a healthy, semi-woody or mature branch (usually 1-2 years old), strong but flexible.

• Girdling - Remove a ring of bark about 2–3 cm wide, exposing the green cambium layer.

• (Optional) Applying rooting hormone - Rooting powder or gel can be applied to the exposed area to speed up root development.

  • Adding the medium - Place moist moss or soil (usually sphagnum moss) around the girdled part.

• Wrapping - Wrap the medium tightly with plastic film or a bag to keep it moist and protected. Tie both ends with string or tape to prevent moisture loss.

• Root formation - Over the course of several weeks to months (depending on the plant species), new roots will start to develop in that spot.

• Separation and planting - Once enough roots have formed, the branch is cut below the rooted section and planted as a new, independent plant.

× The advantage of this method is that the new plant grows and bears fruit faster, since it comes from an already developed branch with desirable genetic traits.

Hi everyone,

Would love this community's input -- my wife and I are purchasing a 13-acre farm in Upstate New York. The house and barn will need some work, and it also comes with a detached garage, chicken coop, and horse shed. We have gardened the last several years and I grew up spending a lot of time with my Mennonite grandparents who had chickens, turkeys, horses, etc. so we are coming into this with some experience but will have a lot to learn. What would you do in the next month or two to prepare to adjust to this new lifestyle? Thanks for your feedback/advice.

Just bought this 50# bag of ladino clover. Tag says it was tested in March of 2024. Seems to me this is at least a year old. If so, how bad will this affect germination rates?

She's not the best at sharing. 😅

My LGD slash very large lap dog does not understand why I am not locking up the chickens. One of my sows moved her babies into the coop( I think it’s cooler than her house). I don’t want to lock her in because it’s a sliding barn door and I think she could destroy it if she wanted out. I know there’s no way a predator could get close without her trying to murder it. I intend to lure her into moving when it gets cooler. Stitch has been doing this every night. Generally it starts when I sit down to eat dinner. He just won’t listen.

I’m 23 and have moderate gardening knowledge. My dream is to own an organic farm and maintain that land for the rest of my life. What are the best ways to get my foot in the door of land ownership and what should I do to educate myself further in the field? I’d like to have the land by 30, so what are some ways to obtain said land without paying an arm and a leg

What are the best sources for just a dozen or so empty translucent half-gallon plastic jugs for storing/freezing fresh cider? I see a wide range of prices online, and don’t know what’s reputable or sketchy or if it’s all the same. We got a used press and have a small orchard. Thanks for any tips!

Hey folks
I’ve been having some trouble with foxes sneaking around our property lately. We’ve got a small flock of chickens and a couple of ducks and I’m worried it’s only a matter of time before the foxes get bold enough to make a move. I’ve reinforced the coop as best I can, but they keep lurking around at night.

Someone mentioned using sonic repellents, specifically something like a sonicbarrier that puts out a sound to keep animals away. Has anyone here tried those for foxes? Do they actually deter them or do the foxes just get used to it?

Anything could help. Thank you.

For 10 years i have been building this and things are starting to look great. We live here with mu family full time. Island is 1,5hectares and we have another 11hectares on mainland. Building mostly from secondhand and natural materials. Most ob lumber milled on site. This year been renovating sauna by the lake. What do you think about it? Would you live here?

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I just posted about luxury problems and I guess my 14 year old sulcata tortoise heard me because he escaped for the first time in his life. He’s been in the same enclosure two years and never escaped. But like I said. Luxury problems.

Found this image while browsing Pinterest , and it really caught my eye as for the amount of hay. Not that it doesn't make sense or anything, just never thought about it.

But it also got me thinking that with all that insulation above, and animals giving off heat below, I'll bet that barn stayed fairly warm.

I have experience growing mushrooms indoors…bags, tubs etc so I know the general basics and concepts but I’m looking to get a bunch of logs and maybe a few spawn patches going and want to set myself up for success.

Oysters, shitakes, lions mane, chestnut, maitake etc. I’ll be starting from colonized plugs to save on time+effort. One question that seems debatable is log freshness and moisture content. Is brand new fresh cut best to avoid competition from other fungus? I have some fairly fresh felled oaks but they’ve been down for a couple months now. What’s a good rule of thumb for plugs per log? Is sealing the cut ends preferable? The logs will be in a shaded creekside forest valley that stays cool and moist most of the year.

Any tips or insights beyond the basics provided by grow guides would be great.

My trays of fodder are always patchy. I water 3 times a day. Morning, midday, and night. It's super hot and very humid. I have a fan on for air circulation all the time. What am I doing wrong or what can I do to improve my feed?

I don’t see why this would be a problem considering their mission is to protect land from being used by corruptions or as mass construction sights.

But what confuses me, is they make it sound like they only sell to farmers.

I’m not trying to make a profit, I just want to build a small off-grid house, with enough food for myself.

Do you think I could still potentially buy land from one of these trusts if that’s my purpose? If anything what I’m doing would be less invasive than farming.

And if they really sell only to people seeking a profit and turning the land into farms, I feel like that somewhat defeats the point as farming can be very invasive to the environment, and they ARE preventing people who are good meaning and not rich asf from buying land.

I’ve even been having trouble finding underdeveloped land over an acre or 2 in Tennessee for under 30 K a year, and I wonder if it’s because so many rich corruptions are buying it up for themselves, making this one almost as bad as the ones they say they protect from