Category: Regenerative

  • Compost Tea Maker

    Compost Tea Maker

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    The compost tea brewer is a custom designed machine by Living Soil Network. Assembled on site, it aerates the compost tea mixture over a period of time. The plywood box is sound insulation. The device is a cylindrical plastic bucket tapering to a cone bottom. An air pump (like in an aquarium) is placed in…

  • New Wheat Field

    New Wheat Field

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    Developed about one acre of wheat field from raw pasture. Turning raw pasture into wheat field required numerous passes of various tractors, implements, and compost injections. A keyline plow was used to make deep furrows and shake the earth from beneath the surface—it does not move lower soil to upper soil. Compost extracts were dripped…

  • Updates on Living Soil Project

    Updates on Living Soil Project

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    The 2025 season was characterized by extensive work and exploration with the Living Soil Network. Roseanum Foundation and Living Soil Network worked in collaboration to bring more fields into soil suitable for nourishing food cultivation. Living Soil Network is a non-profit with the mission “to transform unhealthy soils into living fertile ecosystems.” Learn more about…

  • Floriani Corn Report

    Floriani Corn Report

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    In the spirit of experimentation, we planted two sections of Floriani Flint Corn in the 2024 season. Each section was about 15 x 15 feet – not very large! The soil had been prepared in prior years using the Living Soil method of compost tea “fracking.” (I’m sure there is a better term than that!)…

  • The Vision for 2025

    The Vision for 2025

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    When we sat down before the holidays to review 2024 and plan for 2025, we decided to add a new approach to farming in one of the gardens. This is: NATURAL FARMING Beginning with the 2025 growing season, Roseanum Farm will be planting an area according to the the Natural Farming method. The Natural Farming…

  • Background on Biodynamics

    Background on Biodynamics

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    We use biodynamic guidance and principles in our work at Roseanum Farm. Biodynamic farming incorporates practices first indicated by Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian philosopher, scientist, spiritual researcher, and polymath. A goal of biodynamic practices is to enhance soil health, environmental health, and food health and vitality through a holistic approach to the farm and surrounding…

  • Interview with Living Soil Network

    Interview with Living Soil Network

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    This interview is with Robin Jameson and Spero Latchis, who run the non-profit Living Soil Network, with its mission “to transform unhealthy soils into living fertile ecosystems.“ Q: What is living soil? Spero: I think the word “living soil” is chosen because it indicates the truth that soil is full of living organisms – healthy soil,…

  • Hoop houses

    Hoop houses

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    Serve multiple purposes. In the winter, the chickens live in a hoop house. When the hens are young, they lay all winter: possibly because of the extra light exposure. A hoop house challenge is making sure the structure survives the winter. We are adapting the hoop houses to have full mesh ends for summer and…

  • Rotational Grazing

    Rotational Grazing

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    For sheep and chickens. Guineas roam. The chicken coop can be pulled by tractor or other vehicle.

  • Lambs

    Lambs

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    The sheep provide wool and manure. They graze in rotational pastures. Lambs were born in spring of 2022.