The Hacks: mulch, drip irrigation, cultivation, crop rotation, close spacing and cover crops. Good article. Get rid of those weeds once and for all – Oregonlive.com.
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Meet the healthy food entrepreneur: Peter Schatzberg from Freefoods NYC
An article of note Meet the healthy food entrepreneur: Peter Schatzberg from Freefoods NYC.
A win-win: U-pick pumpkin farms recycle urban leaves
The Hack: Don’t have enough leaves to make your own mulch? Get them in bulk from your local municipal waste management. “…The scientists noted the benefits of the research to both farmers and taxpayers, stating; “Small farm operators near urban…
Canning a comeback Preserving fruits, vegetables in favor, again | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Montgomery Advertiser
A quickie here – hoping to do this ourselves this fall. Canning a comeback Preserving fruits, vegetables in favor, again | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Montgomery Advertiser.
More on Septoria (blight), and avoiding it next year
“… If you are an organic gardener, you can use a sulfur spray once a week — but for future reference, those crumbled leaves that fell off into the garden soil can be the startup for septoria next year.To not…
WECK Home Canning Products – NO BPA!
Yep, it’s in the baby food, it’s in the tin cans, and it’s in the canning products you’re using to get away from it in the first place! No mechanical seal after it’s cooled, which is actually a good thing…
Spotting Late Blight
The warmer days and cooler nights are prime conditioins for late blight. “… Late blight symptoms first appear as somewhat circular, water-soaked spots near the edge of expanded leaflets. These spots expand rapidly during moist weather to form irregular brown,…
Craftzine.com blog : Tiny Terrariums
Craftzine.com has a dead link to this idea, though if you’re persistant, you can find a lot of information about making small terrariums. There’s a number of ways you can make similar items – there’s a great globe here, and…
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Eggshells and Banana Peels for your Tomatoes
Adding selectively what normally goes out in the trash can keep away blossom end rot and compliment your soil. The Hacks: save your eggshells and banana peels and add them when you plant tomatoes out – an interesting thought too:…
Lettuce Have Salad the Whole Summer Long
Lettuce likes to bolt in the hot sun, but there are a couple of ways to keep the greens coming all summer long. Hack #1: Leaf Lettuce – Cut and Come Again – taking the outer leaves only, shocks the…
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