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10 Years No Dig at Homeacres

By letter2self on December 15, 2022

Showing the changes that have happened since I arrived here autumn 2012, without a masterplan. It was “space out of doors” with almost no garden, a small house which appealed to nobody, and good soil. I thought to make a teaching garden, developed another market garden, and created a base for educating through social media.…

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REVEALING 6 SECRETS OF ALOE VERA FOR YOUR GARDEN | USES OF ALOE VERA IN GARDENING

By letter2self on December 14, 2022

Aloe vera has 6 miraculous uses in gardening. All of us know the numerous benefits of aloe vera to the human body. So, what if I told you that aloe vera can provide many of those same benefits to plants as well? Aloe vera is sometimes known as “the plant of immortality” – because of…

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Cover Crops as Living Mulch under Vegetables, Claire Strader, WI

By letter2self on December 14, 2022

Claire Strader is a small-scale and organic produce educator with FairShare CSA Coalition in Madison, Wisconsin. She received a SARE Partnership Program grant to explore using cover crops as a living mulch for organic vegetables. Learn about this SARE project here: https://projects.sare.org/sare_project/onc15-011/ Source

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Can you grow in only compost?

By letter2self on December 14, 2022

I’ve long been a HUGE fan of Charles Dowding. A rainy Saturday morning with a cup of hot coffee and Charles’ soothing voice sharing his latest No Till and Compost gardening techniques? Count me in! As a result of the influence from Charles, I started using tons of compost in my beds. And this season,…

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Fall Garden Cleanup Begins | Gardening with Creekside

By letter2self on December 13, 2022

Our first freeze warning is only a few days away and so the fall garden cleanup begins! Join me as I spend part of an afternoon cleaning out the annuals surrounding the backyard patio. 🪴 Companies We Partner With 🪴 Proven Winners https://www.provenwinners.com/ Power Planter Garden Augers & Drills https://powerplanter.com/ref/13 Felco (Use GWC10 for 10%…

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This SIMPLE Garden TIP Will Get You MORE CUCUMBERS!

By letter2self on December 12, 2022

The right tip for the right job can make all the difference! Merchandise: https://jamesprigioni.com Amazon Store: www.amazon.com/shop/thegardeningchannelwithjamesprigioni MY FAVORITE GARDEN PRODUCTS 🧰 → Birdies Raised Beds: COUPON CODE: TUCK https://lets.growepic.co/jamesprigioni →Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2z7NIRQ → Sulfur Dust for Fungal Diseases: https://amzn.to/2VETaXP → UV Resistant Marker: https://amzn.to/3oUevXb → 40% Shade Cloth- https://amzn.to/3vrAYNF → Garden Straw Mini:…

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Permaculture living things

By letter2self on December 12, 2022

I don’t live here too much, sleep in 20-30 nights a year with the day before and after activity. Slowly overtime it develops. Permaculture is not a thing, it is a way to think. #permaculture Source

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Worm Composting…Underground?! Subpod Review

By letter2self on December 12, 2022

Reviewing the Subpod, the composting product I get the MOST questions about. It took me a while to get this review together because I wanted to put the system through its paces, and as you’ll see, there were some design challenges I faced with the larger model. The Subpod Mini is my favorite version of…

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What is a Plant? All About Plants for Kids – FreeSchool

By letter2self on December 11, 2022

Plants are everywhere, but what is a plant? A plant has special parts. They need sunlight, water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide and use photosynthesis to create sugars and oxygen. There are many different types of plants. Because plants can’t move the way animals do, they have to have different solutions to their problems. Like this…

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Inspiring Woman Growing a Huge Amount of Food in Her City Permaculture Garden

By letter2self on December 10, 2022

The Plummery is a suburban home where a tiny urban permaculture garden measuring only 100sq/m (1076 sq feet) produces over 400kg/900 pounds of food year-round. Kat Lavers describes her approach to gardening, including vertical and biointensive growing, and how important it is – and possible! – for city dwellers to be food resilient in the…

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