Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Agribon in the Garden

Farmers and gardeners are discovering the benefits of using agribon in the garden. Also known as "row-cover", this lightweight fabric…

9 years ago

Installing Packaged Bees

This past Saturday I installed packaged bees into the existing equipment of my recently deceased hives in the Runamuk apiary.…

9 years ago

Fast Growing Garden Vegetables

Following the long winter, as my stores of vegetables dwindle and I am once again reduced to buying Olivia's spinach…

9 years ago

Sprouts: easy DIY winter greens

I've been eating sprouts during the winter for a number of years now. Sprouts are a quick and easy way…

9 years ago

Nor’easter

We were up early this morning to face the Nor'easter that has descended upon Maine. Paul threw a few pieces…

9 years ago

8 tips for growing your own seedlings

Growing your own seedlings is not hard to do andĀ opens the door to new opportunities for the home gardener, homesteader…

9 years ago

January

I got up this morning to 45 degrees. Several times when I've gotten home from Johnny's the thermometer we have…

9 years ago

How to Build a Temporary Chicken Coop for a Maine Winter

Housing for the chickens was a big concern during Runamuk's Great Farm Move. It had taken a full year to…

9 years ago

Tufflite greenhouse film: tuff stuff!

Two years ago I bought my first roll of Tufflite IV greenhouse film and have since used it in a…

9 years ago

2016 Year-End Review

A full rotation of the Earth around the sun has brought us once again to the end of the calendar…

9 years ago