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August Garden Chores for the Pacific Northwest
Soaking up summer If you pay close attention you’ll begin to notice the angle of the sun is changing. The days are getting shorter and summer is beginning a long Minnesota goodbye* It’s time to hurry. We run out of daylight before we run out of garden to harvest and each day is a frenzy …
Fall – Winter Harvest/ Lawns To Lettuce Class Slides
After filling your upcycled/free raised bed with, you guessed it, free compost, surround with cardboard and woodchips. Sheet Mulching is great slug repellent, it also locks in moisture, insulates raised beds, creates natural pathways, encourages worm activity, manages run off and…and…and… Get it free from ChipDrop.com, sign up every 28 days if you haven’t received …
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What to Plant Now! July for a Fall/Winter Harvest, July Tips
Fall/Winter Harvest, Start In A Pot, Sow Outdoors, July Tips, Harvest/Preserve: Managing Blossom Rot Preventing Blossom End Rot on Tomatoes, Peppers, Squash, Cucumber, & Melons A water-soaked spot at the blossom end of tomato fruits is the classic symptom of blossom-end rot. This relatively common garden problem is not a disease, but rather a physiological …
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DIY Herb Drying Rack
This cute little drying rack is useful and adds aromatic herbal scents throughout your kitchen while the herbs are hanging to dry. My favorite parts of any meal are the herbs and sauces, the details that make a meal come to life. Most meals call for just a dash of herbs, so when picking herbs …
Build Bee Hotels to Help Save Native Bees
Build Bee Hotels to Help Save Native Bees Source: Ariana Marisol contributing staff writer for REALfarmacy.com. Bees are an integral part of our ecosystem. A garden with happy, healthy bees grows happy, healthy plants. Why not help these friendly pollinators even more by building “bee hotels”? There are 4,000 species of bees that are native to …
What To Do With All of the Poo? Share it!
Whether a farmer has one cow or 1000, manure problems are the likeliest route to trouble with the neighbors. Everybody poops; animals just happen to do it more than the rest of us. A lactating dairy cow can produce 150 pounds of manure every day. Twenty broiler chickens will produce over four pounds a day. …
$30 in Wild Greens, FREE!
Source: Haphazard Homesteadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARaUBo9vDkYIf you have some of these common wild plants, weeds, and trees in your yard, you could be eating an incredibly delicious wild salad, too. Forage 24 plants from your yard. Then turn them into an amazing salad with a wild salad dressing. Even though spring is the easiest time for foraging a …
How to Clean & Sharpen Garden Tools
How to Clean and Sharpen Garden Tools This shovel could use a little TLC. Properly maintained quality garden tools are a joy to use and can last for generations. And, like most things, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Regularly cleaning and oiling your garden tools will prevent rust, keep them …