Hydroponics – What Is It And How It May Work For You

Many of us have done this as a child. We have clipped a part of a plant and kept it in water hoping that the plant will grow with roots coming out. This works with some plants. You are able to see roots grow from the clipped piece and soon it starts to grow into a complete plant. This is hydroponics, and we have done this without knowing that it is a part of agriculture. The term...

You can buy Microgreen Fodder Flakes from Us!!

News Flash!! Donoma Si Feed in the Box is now selling individual microgreen fodder flakes from our northern Colorado.  Yes, individual flakes.  You do not have to buy a system or build a system.  Have a few rabbits – buy one flake a week.  Have a dozen chickens – buy one flake a day.  Have two horses – buy two flakes a day.  How cool is this? We are now a vending machine for...

We have added a Dehumidifier to our System

Well, we keep producing between 1000 and 1200 pounds of micro-greens a day from our Feed in A Box system at Mountain Sky Ranch.  We took micro-greens with us to two regional alpaca shows the last two weekends and enjoyed the results we observed from our animals in their feeding.  We also had numerous comments and questions about what we are growing and feeding.  It is exciting. One of the small...

Feed In A Box – Northern Colorado Micro-Greens (sometimes called Fodder)

Yes we have micro-greens.  We are producing 1200-1500 lb. per day of fresh, green grass for our herd of almost 200  elite breeding alpacas and fiber goats.  And no, I did not say hydroponic fodder.  We are farmers and ranchers and to us here in “the west” fodder means silage or poor quality hay.  It brings up thoughts of the worst quality feed we could have. That is NOT what we are...