by temp | Sep 25, 2015 | Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, Plants, YouTube
First we created winter pig pens using pallets that were freely available at many warehouses in town. Then we fed the pigs old vegetable waste from town throughout the winter, then covered the left overs with leaves. Many squash and tomato seeds from the food waste... 
by temp | Sep 23, 2015 | Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, YouTube
For the last couple years we have been experimenting with movable pig pens (pig tractors) and cover crops in order to build the soil fertility, and plant diversity of our pasture. The results have been overwhelmingly positive! In just two years, we’ve... 
by temp | Sep 19, 2015 | Animal Husbandry, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, YouTube
This is one of our pig tractors at Realeyes Homestead. We built them out of salvaged lumber and pallets, on cedar skids so that we can drag them all around the pasture. This keeps the pigs healthy and happy because they always have fresh ground to root up and forage... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Sep 15, 2015 | Agriculture, Farm, Herbs, Permaculture/Homesteading, Plants, YouTube
Over the last few years we’ve been collecting unique and useful perennial plant species from all over the world. (except invasive species) Some we get from friends with farms and gardens, some are responsibly transplanted from the wild, and some we order from... 
by temp | Sep 7, 2015 | Animal Husbandry, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, YouTube
Inspired by Karl Hammer’s Compost-Chicken Hybrid system in Vermont, we began creating a compost pile inside our portable bird pen using food scraps collected from local restaurants and grocery stores. The chickens not only get to eat the fresh veggie scraps we... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Feb 19, 2014 | Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, YouTube
Realeyes Homestead and Bay Area Recycling for Charities are teaming up to turn city waste streams; Old Produce, Food Waste, Pallets, …into marketable products; Nutrient Rich Compost for amending gardens and farm soils, Pastured Pork, Poultry and Eggs. Andy Gale...
