Author: APerkins

Raised Bed from One Pallet

An oldie but a goodie, did this about one year ago, and as a green podcaster, I’m recycling.

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ALERT! Irish Potato Famine Disease affecting Gardens and Farmers throughout the Greater Northeast

taken from a pdf at From njfarmfresh.rutgers.edu – click this link to get it directly. Irish Potato Famine Disease affecting Gardens and Farmers throughout the Greater Northeast Revised by A. Wyenandt, NJAES, Rutgers University and M.T McGrath, Cornell University Original

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YouTube – The Store Wars – Organic food versus chemicals and GMOs

Too good to miss – worth the watch! from What is GE, GMO, and GM food – genetically-modified food war, part 2 via YouTube – The Store Wars – Organic food versus chemicals and GMOs.

Where did strawberries come from?

Tangent: The amazing strawberry – love them fresh from the garden, but they’re only around from June through late July, typically (in Western MA).  So where did strawberries come from? California strawberries, sometimes the size of small apples, are available year-round.

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Paghat’s Garden: Slug control

Yuck. Okay, after reading why he believes that spraying coffee does not kill slugs and snails (a good article, but I’m still making an extra cup for now), I ran across this article.  Sluggo has iron phosphate in it, which

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Have a Morning Cuppa With Your Slimy Enemies

There are baits, brews, traps and tubs you can get rid of slugs with (okay I couldn’t think of anything else that started with the letter t…), but why not just use what you may already have in and around

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Bethel Organics, Inc. Wins Top Honors at 2009 All Things Organic™ Trade Show for 100% Biodegradable DOT Pots™

Shows I’ve been asleep at the ingredients aisle – thought all the other peat pot type pots were 100% organic.  These pots are part of a great little seed starter kit.  The “Cow Pots” are made of manure and fiber,

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Make it Yourself – or not…

Great article, a small tangent from gardening but worth it. http://www.slate.com/id/2216611/pagenum/all/#p2

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Tomato-tainers – Growing a Portable Garden

Moving soon? Need to conserve space? Need (or want) to conserve water? How about saving loads of money by making your own container garden and forgoing the shipping and handling charges for the ones advertised in the sunday magazines? Here’s

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Got Fruit?

There are fruits, and then there are fruits.  Some you’ll never be able to pick, and will be littering your lawn, others are on public land and will be dropping on cars.  In either event, it would be a waste

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