Hi, I'm Jim. Welcome to Redbay Farm!
About Redbay Farm and this website
Redbay Farm is a website providing useful information for anyone interested in raising some of their own food. Redbay farm is also the name of my families 47 acre suburban tree farm in Swansboro, North Carolina in the USA. The Redbay Farm website is dedicated to people like myself who have a connection to the land, a continuous desire to learn and desire to share information with others.
The Local Area
Useful Information
During your visit to the Redbay Farm website I am sure you will find something of interest . Below are links to pages throughout the website which will help you with your backyard, small farm or small holding effort. Like most backyard farmers, small farmers and small forest owners I work full time away from my home. Below is a collection of some of the information I have gathered over the years which you might find useful for your own efforts.
- Chickens and a crow muffling chicken tractor (plus free building instructions)
- Beneficial Insects
- Tractors plus free Farmtrac 60 manuals
- Water wells plus free information on
- Composting (Ten Free Compost Bin Plans)
- Gardening styles
- Virtual Backyard Farm Market
- A Bicycle canoe trailer
- Canning vegetables, fruit and meat
- Companion planting to increase yield and flavor plus deter insects and disease
- Growing mushrooms on logs
- Free instructions for building an inexpensive hoop style greenhouse
- Angel's Trumpet plants
- Solar water well pump that can be built for ~$250
- Pest control...strategies for detering deer, insects, and other damaging pests from the garden
- Simple and inexpensive do it yourself ideas
Please send Redbay Farm an email if you need some information or just want to provide a comment on the website. I look forward to hearing from you!
