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How to Compost – Produced by Tagawa Gardens, a partner in PlantTalk Colorado

By letter2self on February 12, 2024

Learn from Tagawa’s Garden Ambassador Luan Akin and Master Composter Kris how easy it is to make your own, rich compost! Source

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21 Herbs and Spices You Should ALWAYS Grow

By letter2self on February 11, 2024

In this video, I give you my best 21 herbs and spices that I recommend you should always grow in your home garden. Go here to get Birdies Raised Garden beds (featured in the video) in the USA: https://shop.epicgardening.com/ and use SSME2020 for a 5% discount. In Australia, go to https://birdiesgardenproducts.com.au/ and use Code SSMEbird…

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Boland Elementary School students learn how to grow their own food

By letter2self on February 10, 2024

Boland Elementary School second-graders learned how to grow their own food Thursday. Twenty-one students planted seeds that will grow into carrots and radishes in a garden they created outside on school grounds. Source

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OFF THE GRID | Episode 2 | Minnesota | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

By letter2self on February 10, 2024

Can solar technology fuel modern life? In this video series, American Experience travels to three different climate zones across the United States to find out how — and why — people are living off the grid. In this episode of OFF THE GRID, we meet Cierra and Kyle who, in their one-bedroom Minnesota cabin, are…

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Create a no dig raised bed, compost on weeds, with tips on planting + see the growth

By letter2self on February 10, 2024

I show how to prepare and assemble a wooden frame, lay it on weedy ground without any digging, then fill with compost, firm and plant straightaway. I made the bed in August 2016, and the stages of filling and planting were also filmed by BBCtv for Gardeners World, screened 21/04/2017. More on no dig at…

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How to grow a forest in your backyard | Shubhendu Sharma

By letter2self on February 9, 2024

Forests don’t have to be far-flung nature reserves, isolated from human life. Instead, we can grow them right where we are — even in cities. Eco-entrepreneur and TED Fellow Shubhendu Sharma grows ultra-dense, biodiverse mini-forests of native species in urban areas by engineering soil, microbes and biomass to kickstart natural growth processes. Follow along as…

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No more black flies ’round your indoor plants – Fungus Gnat Control tips // The Gardenettes

By letter2self on February 8, 2024

The pesky little black or grey flies darting around your indoor plants are fungus gnats! While the flying adults are just plain annoying, it’s the larvae which live in the potting mix that can be doing some serious harm to your plants. The adult flies lay their eggs into the potting mix and the teenie…

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Summer in the Rainforest: Building with Bamboo and Permaculture Living

By letter2self on February 8, 2024

Get your first purchase from Blueland for 20% off by clicking our link https://bit.ly/3shEbiq Now shipping to the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia & New Zealand! This week, we’ve been building and gardening in our permaculture haven — join us in our alternative life in nature! https://www.patreon.com/motherthemountain https://www.instagram.com/motherthemountain/ Anastasia’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anast.asia/ Julia’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliavanderbyl/ We…

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RATS! 8 Top Tips to Keep Rats Out of Your Compost

By letter2self on February 7, 2024

Find out how to stop rats from getting into your compost, using methods I’ve used for over 35 years, so you can COMPOST with CONFIDENCE–even food scraps! Many people are nervous about making compost for fear of attracting rats. If you put these tips to work, you won’t lose any more sleep over composting, plus…

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Hydrangea Season Is Quickly Approaching | Gardening with Creekside

By letter2self on February 7, 2024

Hydrangea season is quickly approaching, and we have a large inventory of hydrangeas available for our customers! Join us for this week’s nursery tour where we share a sampling of our inventory and find the hydrangea (and so much more) that will be an excellent fit for your garden. ⏰ Nursery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 9am-3pm until…

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