How far would you go to get a Philodendron Spiritus Sancti? What is it? It’s currently the hottest plant in the rare plant market and people are paying more than $10,000 to score one. They’re also stealing them from greenhouses, and even the “sacred ground” of the San Diego Botanical Garden. What is it about…
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Making compost in a dalek, and how to access it
Making compost in a 330L / 75 gallon Dalek from mid-April to end July, and how to access it. It’s dry around the edge and nice in the middle. Dry also on top from leafy additions being drier than usual, in a summer heatwave. Usually these containers hold almost too much moisture. However this summer’s…
337 lbs of Potatoes! NO digging, NO watering, and VERY LITTLE work!
UPDATE: Here’s how we ended up storing them all: Mini “Root Cellar” from broken freezer (for storing potatoes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evM7taps76s Where We Get FREE Garden Mulch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww34XwhdeZ4 — After our first attempt at growing potatoes last year, it was pretty obvious that we’d need to increase the size of our crop if we’d ever hoped to…
How to prepare your veggie garden beds for Spring and Summer | Gardening 101 | Gardening Australia
Tino shows us how to shape up and prepare veggie beds for bumper spring and summer crops. Subscribe http://ab.co/GA-subscribe Clean up: Rake up leaves and dirt that has built up around the vegie patch to help discourage pests and diseases and create a nice clean space to work in. Chuck it all in the compost.…
#1 Reason Why Your Compost is Not Composting
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the #1 reason that he sees why your compost pile is not composting or heating up. Having too much moisture and/or having bugs in your compost pile is another sign it is having problems. You will discover the top reason for having problems with your compost pile and how…
Growing My Own Food for 365 Days Living Off Grid in the Mountains
Growing My Own Food for 365 Days Living Off Grid. Go to http://squarespace.com/eugeniadiaz to save 10% off your first purchase of a website using code: EUGENIADIAZ Link to My Farm to Table Garden Guide: https://www.eugenia-diaz.com/shop/p/farm-to-table-garden-guide I embarked on the journey to turn our abandoned land into a green haven, building my own home, living off…
Learn this ONE rule of Permaculture and Your Half Way to Your Homestead Dreams
Watch the full video series on Abundance Plus: https://bit.ly/abundance-plus How to Make Connections of the things of your homestead for 100% Sustainability ___________________________________________________________ Intro to Permaculture Lesson #2 From the book, Intro to Permaculture by Bill Mollison… “The core of permaculture is design. Design is the connection between things. It’s the very opposite of what…
Compost Like a Pro! Greens vs Browns #shorts
See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Composting needs a balance of ‘greens’ and ‘browns’. Here’s what that means. #shorts Source
Fall Garden Tour at Spring Meadow | Gardening with Creekside
Recently Jerry & I were fortunate to take a fall garden tour of the private trial gardens of Spring Meadow Nursery in Michigan. Spring Meadow is the home to the Proven Winners Color Choice Shrubs and these gardens are the final trials that the shrubs must go through before being added to the Proven Winners’…