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  • teaming with microbes
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    What I’m Reading: Teaming With Microbes

    There is a world beneath your feet, or, if you avoid stepping on your garden soil, beneath your hands. Bacteria hide from hungry protozoa in tiny soil pores the protozoa…

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    10 Easy Edible Plants to Propagate

    The only thing better than plants is free plants. If you have a friend who brags about their pomegranate tree’s perfect fruit or how their rosemary bush thrives with no…

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    Free Plants: How to Propagate Plants From Cuttings

    Imagine cutting off a finger, sticking it in some soil and growing a new you from it. Many plants can do exactly that. Seeds are the most common way to…

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    growing microgreens – how to grow microgreens at home

    For this post on growing microgreens, I want to send you to an article I wrote for The Gardening Cook. Follow the link below to learn how to go from…

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    Garden Cocktails: The T-Rex (A Kale Cocktail)

    I once read that the Greeks boiled and ate leafy greens as a cure for drunkenness. I realized kale has not made its way into the cocktail world yet. While…

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    How to Successfully Start Seeds Indoors

    Buying seedlings from nurseries works for the new gardener. But, soon you will be looking for something other than yellow squash and beefsteak tomatoes. You may want to grow Mexican…

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    Check Out These Seeds: What is a Seed Library?

    Seeds should be shared, their nature insists upon it. A single pumpkin contains hundreds of seeds. when lettuce bolts, the seeds produced are difficult to contain. Nature produces in abundance…

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    Banking on the Future of Seeds: What Are Seed Banks and Why are They Important

    “A seed is really something spiritual as it is something material. It contains a life spark that allows the regenerative process to happen. We need seeds because they are the…

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    8 Seed Companies With More Than Great Packaging

    Seeds are miracles. The seed of a giant sequoia blows out of your hand in a light breeze. But, that seed contains all the genetic material needed to make the…

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“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.”

– Paul Cezanne

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Okra flowers. Okra is great eaten raw, pickled and Okra flowers. Okra is great eaten raw, pickled and of course, fried. Make sure to harvest the fruits when they are young for best flavor.

#okra #growsomething #urbangarden #growsomething #flowers #organicgardening #harvest
You can build great soil on top of poor soil by us You can build great soil on top of poor soil by using items normally thrown out. Sheet mulching works by layering carbon (hay, dried leaves) and nitrogen (manure, food scraps) and letting them break down.

I built the fence out of dried sunflower stalks to let the dog and chickens know to stay out. The dog mostly respects it, the chickens not at all.

Follow The link in my bio for detailed directions on how to sheet mulch.

#regenerativegardening #sheetmulch #sheetmulching #backyardchickens #backyardgarden #growsomething #buildsoil
There’s a killer in the house. #watchoutformant There’s a killer in the house.

#watchoutformantis
Reposted from @black.thumb.farm There is no wron Reposted from @black.thumb.farm 

There is no wrong time to begin gardening and caring for plants. You don’t have to have a background or education in ag. You don’t have to have grown up farming. You can start anywhere with what you have-and there are lovely communities of people who are here to help, us included! We believe in accessibility and we are here to provide our young people with resources to take back their health! 

We are still fundraising ahead of starting or youth programming this fall. Visit my link in bio to show your support. Thank you!
I found these old and sprouted ginger roots in my I found these old and sprouted ginger roots in my mother-in-laws house. Not ideal for eating but they can be broken up and planted for new ginger. Why did my mother-in-law buy so much ginger? We may never know.

For directions on making your own pro-biotic ginger soda check out my article @palosverdespulse 

#ginger #growyourownfood #organicgardening #organic #gingerlove #growyourownmedicine
With this heat most greens in the garden will quic With this heat most greens in the garden will quickly bolt and turn bitter. This green however, is actually an amaranth called “Chinese Amaranth.” It loves the heat! Its multicolored leaves can be used like spinach. 

#amaranth #chineseamaranth #organicgarden #instagarden #chinesespinach #growsomething #urbangarden
Chamomile is easy to grow but takes time to harves Chamomile is easy to grow but takes time to harvest. It is important to harvest flowers every few days by gently pinching or cutting each one off, otherwise, the plant will set seed and begin to die back.

Flowers can be dried and stored or used fresh for a relaxing tea. 

#chamomile #chamomiletea #growyourown #herbs #herbalmedicine #herbaltea #organicgarden #herbalism
Green and red shisho (perilla). This is a common h Green and red shisho (perilla). This is a common herb in Japan and Korea but not as often seen in US. The taste is a cross between basil and mint. It is an annual but self-sows in the garden each year.
 
#shisho #medicinalherbs #herbs #growyourownfood #growyourownmedicine
They grow up so fast. #backyardchickens #backyard They grow up so fast.

#backyardchickens #backyardchickensofinstagram #urbanhomesteading
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