Most seasons I don’t have enough compost for all of the vegetable growing spaces that I am managing and this season I had even less. I have always resisted buying in bulk soil amendment like this, preferring to produce my own, or get supplies from the local environment. But, this season I figured I would…
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Freezing Berries
This video gives an overview of techniques you can use to properly freeze your berry harvest. For more information on cultivating, preparing, and storing wild berries, please see http://cespubs.uaf.edu/ Source
Coco Coir Sterile Compost [Gardening Allotment UK] [Grow Vegetables At Home ]
Gardening Allotment UK join us doing Allotment Gardening Container Gardening plus more For me growing is a passion there is nothing more satisfying than a year round supply of home grown fruit and vegetables I have lots of useful hints and tips to help others sow & grow fresh fruit and vegetables’ all year long…
How to Ferment Vegetables
Fermentation is a great way to enjoy the harvest from your garden after the growing season is over. A simple combination of root vegetables like carrots and turnips layered with salt and root vegetable leaves will provide you with a flavorful dish in two days, weeks or months depending on the desired taste. Simply combine…
Preventing FLOODING with SWALES | Permaculture homesteading
Permaculture water systems really work – and here’s the proof! These small swales and retention ponds saved our barn from flooding during a Pacific Northwest downpour! Check it out! About swales: swales are a popular way to manage water in permaculture design systems. They are basically shallow ditches that direct water and allow for catchment…
10 Crazy Things You Can Compost
Go beyond garden waste and kitchen scraps in your compost and consider some odd, even crazy, things you can compost. There are many things around the house that are usually thrown away, but that can be composted. Just about everything organic can find a spot in your compost pile. (Video #112) If you want to…
Processing & Canning 35 Wild Alaskan Salmon
After returning home from an amazing trip to Chitina, Alaska we are thrilled to process our catch, 35 beautiful Copper River Red Salmon. We fire up the smoker and get canning. Smoked salmon dip and lox are the perfect meals to celebrate this flavorful fish. We appreciate you tagging along for our Alaskan adventure Thank…
Saving Seeds, Sustaining Our Communities
Kellee Matsushita-Tseng, UCSC Farm Garden assistant manager, and Adria Vidales of the Demeter Seed Library discuss seed saving as an act of decolonization and a tool for sustaining our communities. They share some political education around the importance of seed saving with case studies of food sovereignty and community seed saving around the world, and…
Back to the Core: A Compost Story
Follow the journey of an apple core as it travels through the composting process! Learn how compost is doing the most by keeping unnecessary waste out of the landfill, reducing landfill gas emissions, returning carbon to the soil, and helping farms grow healthy food and save water. For more information, visit Sustainability.Recology.com Source