Growing amaranth is easy. Starting it off in pots is a sure ways to get it established well once planted into the garden. In this video we will mainly focus on harvesting seeds and how to process the seeds once we got them out of the tiny flower heads. Seed saving is fun and generally helps you get better results, than if you buy your seeds year after year. #workwithnature
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex3uZxNq-Ng
We take a look at why soil erosion is the biggest threat to our arable lands. Why we need to develop a better understanding on keeping our soils healthy. Why Agrochemical Intensive Farming is causing quite a lot of damage to to our agricultural soils and why correct organic farming practices are the answer. We will also look at nitrogen fixing plants like azolla and I finally go around to doing an update on how it is doing.
#forgewelding#Damascussteel#patternweldedsteel #workwithnature
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skxxePkmlX8
Making blacksmith tongs can be challenging at times. So I was trying to think of ways to make the production of a set of tongs a little bit easier and faster, but at the same time not to end up with a weak pair. Forging tongs is a great way to practice our blacksmithing skills and making mistakes is all part of the learning curve. These are not to replace the traditional tongs, but rather to help us beginners to get started and also they should be ideal as a one size only pair that busy blacksmiths can knock out in a pinch.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8yL9nOiMw
We are going to attempt to forge a grape pruning billhook from wrought iron, sent to use kindly by Roy, from Christ Centered Ironworks.
I decided to drop the idea of case hardening the bill hook due to the clay available to me not being suitable. It should be interesting to watch how we will get around the case hardening method by adding yet another way to add carbon to the blade, using crayoning cast iron onto the edge!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLumdiZI5Q3f-csQ7zyXEiT_gmIhvcoVmi
#billhook#blacksmithing#forgewelding
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOZIwltwPoo