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All About Strawberries
“…There are three major types of strawberries, though if you counted, youd find over six hundred varieties! Different shapes, sizes, colors and growing habits differentiate these wonderful treats. The major types of strawberries are: June Bearing either early, mid or late Day Neutral bearing throughout the season Alpine small, but packed with flavor! …” via… »
In the Garden – Upside-Down Crops Are Growing in Popularity – NYTimes.com
Ah, the upside down garden! Love it, hate it. Here’s the positives: Less space needed, no digging, no weeds! Here’s the negatives: Need something strong enough to hold them up, need to water them regularly and often, limited soil, and therefore limited harvest. Still, I may do another one, if I can figure out what… »
Small Footprint, Big Yield
Some of the best use of space I’ve seen in a long time. Even though I’m blessed with almost one acre of land, a lot of it is taken up by play areas or swamp for half the season. The rest of the lawn is “harvested” for mulch. If I had the wood, I’d build… »
Free Info in Sustainability Permaculture Visions
Free is good! Free Info in Sustainability Permaculture… »
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 plant so it doesn’t think it’s matured. Hack #2: Leaf Lettuce – Replant it –… »
Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter and Put Your Garden There Instead
Make your own “vertical veggie garden” with some gutter material and an exterior wall you’re not doing anything with anyway! The Hack: Use a wall and some gutter material to make a vertical garden where no garden has dared to cling! “… The idea is essential this: Why not put rain gutters in rows along the… »
Tomato-tainers – Growing Portable Tomatoes
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 a great link to an excellent… »
Growing small fruit in the home garden
Three types of fruit for the home gardener that are easy to grow: strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. The Hack: bigger strawberries, june producing variety, other than 1-2″ of water per week during growing season and at least six hours of sun ”…The spaced-row method limits the number of daughter plants allowed to grow. Mother plants… »
Myth-ing from the Garden
More for landscape than for gardening, but the information is valuable. Linda Chalker-Scott has a great list of articles she’s written, including the use of wood chips, epsom salt, dust mulching(!) and more…. »
Time saving
"Your Food4Wealth garden is basically a natural habitat that is made up of edible plants, and you can create one more easily than you realize. As a matter of fact, it's far easier than creating a traditional vegetable garden. You won't have to dig, and you won't have to heave heavy loads. It will only take a few hours and many of the materials you require can be gathered for free. ..."Read more...