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Agriculture/Questions Answered by Expert Kindred Beisinger penname K D Elizabeth Beisinger
| Subject | Date Asked |
| straw | 9/23/2011 |
| Q: What is the best way to store straw for long periods, eg months? I plan on keeping a small amount ... A: Well Barbara, I agree, spreading straw out and gathering it back up is a real pain. I'm sorry I ... | |
| straw | 9/20/2011 |
| Q: What is the best way to store straw for long periods, eg months? I plan on keeping a small amount ... A: I keep straw in some sort of plastic container or bag, because mice just love it. I regularly have ... | |
| save the sapling | 8/20/2011 |
| Q: I have a 6'apple sapling tree,that I planted a few years ago. The trunk is about 1" in diameter,also ... A: I'd say if this happened after the cedar mulch, it may be related. Go to your nursery where you got ... | |
| Blueberry's | 6/25/2011 |
| Q: are cedar chips bought from lowes good for blueberry mulch? Also, I planted five blueberry bushes a ... A: Hopefully maturity of the bushes will provide more berries in time, but there is also the factor ... | |
| Unknown wood like object. | 6/23/2011 |
| Q: Hope you are doing good! I had a quick question. I have something in my backyard that is hard like ... A: I am doing well, thank you. What you are describing sounds like some sort of fungus that basically ... | |
| Gardening | 4/30/2011 |
| Q: what are the problems you have in gardening? Any problems regarding collection e.g. tools? A: I enjoy gardening very much, but I was not gifted with a green thumb. I know people that can just ... | |
| Garlic | 3/11/2011 |
| Q: I want to grow garlic here in high hilly area.how to start and what to do.Please tell me everything ... A: I have no idea how much garlic you want to grow, but it's very easy to start. Garlic matures into a ... | |
| Family Working (or Hobby?) Farm | 9/3/2010 |
| Q: So, my family is looking at a 75 acre property of farmland 9 miles out of Ann Arbor, MI. I guess ... A: I will try to answer your questions individually and hopefully this will give you some info to share ... | |
| what does it take to do what your doing? | 8/16/2010 |
| Q: what kind of investment is required to begin living and working in the way you describe...is it a ... A: Mine was not so much of an investment, but rather a divestment of the rat race and hamster wheel ... | |
| does not make sense | 5/25/2010 |
| Q: can you help me and tell me why people cant bring fruits from other countries because they are ... A: I tried to answer this earlier, but had connection issues. I have two trains of thoughts pertaining ... | |
| Fencing | 4/20/2010 |
| Q: I have a 3 acre parcel of land which needs to be fenced. My plans are to have two horses, raise a ... A: I admire your plans, but I will tell you 3 acres with all you have planned will need to be ... | |
| New Career? | 12/5/2009 |
| Q: Good Morning..Suddenly, I feel a calling to go into a career with plants. I have been an herbalist ... A: There is a real upsurge of interest in gardening and herbs, these days. As a minister, I firmly ... | |
| Grape Vines | 3/27/2009 |
| Q: I have 4 grapevines on an old farm fence that is falling down. These vines have not been pruned in ... A: It's too late to prune this year. Pruning needs to happen before spring. I do it after the first ... | |
| weeds | 8/29/2008 |
| Q: can you tell me anything about how to get rid of *horse tails"? Thank you, Celia A: I have two methods. Depending upon your circumstances, one may not be doable. I have a beautiful ... | |
| potatoes | 8/25/2008 |
| Q: how do we make potatoes with the eyes for planting ANSWER: Dear Bill, I'm not sure I'm ... A: Bill, Just some place cool. I keep my potatoes in the kitchen and take note of the ones with ... | |
| potatoes | 8/23/2008 |
| Q: how do we make potatoes with the eyes for planting A: I'm not sure I'm understanding your question, but I'll share what I know. Potatoes have eyes. Keep ... | |
| tomato plants | 5/25/2008 |
| Q: What is wrong with my plants when the leaves turn yellow? One plant does not have a tomato started ... A: I never use chemical products, I'm all natural, but that aside. Usually when leaves turn yellow it ... | |
| tomatoe illness | 5/22/2008 |
| Q: I have grown few tomatoes plants in my garden. Yellow dots are appearing on the leaves on the basis ... A: If the tomato plants were healthy when you got them, it sounds like a fungus that is present in the ... | |
| Organic Farm | 3/24/2008 |
| Q: I live in a high agriculture area of California and I would like to start an organic farm here ... A: There are different criteria and standards for the word "organic." It's still rather vague in ... | |
| Starting seeds indoors | 3/22/2008 |
| Q: all the tomato plants I start indoor have died in infancy. They pop through the soil, and then ... A: Not sure if this could be part of the problem, but I do know if there is too much fertilizer or ... | |
| moldy soil and blueberry bushes | 1/23/2008 |
| Q: I have recently planted two small blueberry bushes in large pots - we have no land, only a balcony ... A: I rely greatly upon diatomaceous earth for natural protection from parasites. If this mold ... | |
| rooster | 12/25/2007 |
| Q: i have 4 hens and 1 rooster all about 12 months old. 1 hen is broody but the eggs don't seem to be ... A: If you are north of the equator, now is an unusual time for a hen to be broody. I'm not familiar ... | |
| Brix and Organic | 7/27/2007 |
| Q: I'm having a discussion with a member of an organic-food-related group. He talks constantly about ... A: As well as being organic, I am strictly natural, so I don't use or have an opinion of a brix-meter, ... | |
| use of a sickle | 1/8/2007 |
| Q: Greetings, and many thanks. You say, "The ear can simply be plucked from the stalk." So am I right ... A: Simon, You can harvest two ways, but never hold on to the target of a sickle. You can cut the ... | |
| use of a sickle | 1/5/2007 |
| Q: When you cut the ears of corn with a sickle, do you actually hold the ears of corn in one hand and ... A: I'll answer the PS first. We call Messiah, Y'shuah and we do believe he has come and is coming ... | |
| red potatoes | 9/10/2006 |
| Q: I just dug up my red potatoes. They were very scabby and some were full of holes. It looked like ... A: Yes, centipedes and grubs can be a real problem. And where there are centipedes and grubs, there ... | |
| growing plants | 9/5/2006 |
| Q: what plants relly need to grow? A: I'm not sure I understand your question, but I will attempt to answer it the way I interpret it. ... | |
| Sucrose | 8/31/2006 |
| Q: Kindred, I am fairly well educated and informed, enough to know that organic gardening is really a ... A: I wouldn't add any refined product to my organic garden, but we do utilize mulched corn stalks in ... | |
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Kindred Beisinger penname K D Elizabeth Beisinger
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Expertise
I can answer questions in regard to a "basics" approach to agriculture. My husband and I are Messianic missionaries and live on a hobby farmette. We don't have a pesticide or antibiotic on the place. I can answer questions about a simple agricultural lifestyle that affords great independence and abundant tranquility.
Experience
Our agricultural methods are Bible based, we use the term Orthodox organic. We live what we teach.
Publications
Last Days Survival Handbook, Simply Abundant
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