Tag: gardening
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Goddamn, Why Won’t They Take?
I have a few seed trays where a) I have no clue what I put in there, and b) none of it’s even growing… It’s a little rage inducing. I was trying to overwinter these, goddamn it. I truly hate when these garden fails hit. But it’s something important for all preppers out there to…
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Am I Actively Growing Nettles? Hell Yes!
Funnily enough, my grow beds are the only place in my garden where the stinging nettles grow. You’d think I’d be ripping them out from the get-go, but I love nettles! They feed your garden, and if you use them right, they feed you. Pick the leaves, fry ’em up in some butter with some…
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My Grow Beds!
Finding grow beds can be such a pain in the backside. They end up being expensive and just die on you after a year half the time. So last year, desperate to have a decent growing section in our garden, I decided to make a couple of them from scrap wood. Don’t get me wrong,…
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Daisy Tea
Spring is finally here! And the first thing I’ve done? Pick and dry daisies for tea! They smell gorgeous, but they’re also great in that they: Even better: they’re everywhere! So make them into a tea or a poultice, or whatever else takes your fancy! Stick them in a salad, or make a nice lip…
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The Good Neighbors: A Beginner’s Guide to Companion Planting
Gardens, it turns out, have a social life. The way we tend to picture a vegetable garden: tidy rows, one crop per bed, everything in its place, is actually a fairly recent and very human invention. Left to themselves, plants grow in communities. They share resources, signal to each other, attract or repel insects, and…
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Photo time
did a quick water of the grow areas and took pictures as I went for here and my garden journal. Next month is supposed to bring us back to cold and snow. Will see how this all works out! spring peas. hard to tell but these plants are nearly a foot tall this is my…
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The Mini-Greenhouse
Upon unzipping the door, I was hit by a wave of heat akin to something out of Spain or Greece. Whatever’s in here is in serious need of attention. So the only green thing I can see is some sorely neglected poached eggplant flowers. I need to find them a home, ASAP. I’m going to…
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My Failures
Hi all! Now this post is going to highlight how easy it is to fail or make mistakes with gardening. You see the cardboard egg case? That was meant to be to help aubergine seeds start to grow. The problem? I didn’t put them in a supportive tray. When the rain came, the whole thing…
