Category: Organic Gardening
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I’ve been living with a 5-foot-5-inch salad-producing machine in my kitchen since June. This smart, indoor vertical hydroponic system, called the Gardyn, grows heaps of fresh, organic greens. We’re talking gourmet salad every day, endless basil and mint, and enough dill to make you feel guilty that you don’t know any recipes that use dill.…
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The County of San Diego has selected a new operator for the Tijuana Valley Community Garden on Hollister Street. Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center (OGLC) was selected as the garden’s interim operator for up to one year. This allows hundreds of plot owners onsite to continue growing their crops without…
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Hydroponic Garden Hacks: How to Grow Better Vegetables – Sunset Magazine Hydroponic Garden Hacks: How to Grow Better Vegetables Hydroponic Garden Hacks: How to Grow Your Vegetables Like Zooey Deschanel Source link
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A key factor in starting a vegetable garden is the amount of sunlight it receives. Full sun (typically six or more hours a day) is advisory for most home-grown fruits and vegetables, making it a trickier task to plan a vegetable patch if your garden gets a lot of shade. Shade, due to bushes, trees…
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Self-sufficiency is a goal of many liveaboard cruisers who sail the world’s oceans, generating their own water and power, writes Erin Carey With limited space and the obvious challenges of salt, wind and motion, many would never entertain the idea of growing their own produce. Yet it can be possible: we spoke to cruisers who…
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Growing vegetables is a completely satisfying experience, and those homegrown crops will always surpass any bagged or plastic-wrapped produce you find in grocery stores. Even if you have a smaller garden or pots on a deck or balcony, you can still plant a wide variety of vegetables in containers this month. I worked as a…
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As a home gardener, I’m often frustrated with my environmental limitations. Though I’m fortunate to have a small greenhouse in my yard, I’m limited to about six plants that can survive extreme temperature changes (I’m looking at you, kale) and fruit that can grow in a short four-month growing season. I’ve had a countertop…
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When it comes to the question of what to plant in June, there is plenty to choose from. With its long, warm days, and extra sunlight hours, June is a busy time at this midpoint of the gardening year. Now is the time to plant out flowers and crops you sowed indoors in spring as…
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Around the world, designers, architects, the hospitality sector and homeowners are finding ways to bring the outside, indoors. The La Grangette is an innovative way to do this, and as you would expect from something that has been touched by the creative hands at Pininfarina, it combines looks with high-level performance. There is something very…
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This is a call to all enthusiastic young farmers in Wales eager to explore the potential of their land use beyond their existing farming enterprises. Discover the exciting possibilities that cultivating fresh produce can offer and gain the knowledge to make it a successful venture. ‘Bwyd o’r Tir’ – Growing for the Future offers young…