Food Plants – Annual
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How to Use Your Fresh Culinary Herbs
I’m a huge fan of the herb garden right outside the kitchen door, as well as dotting herbs throughout vegetable…
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Rice Will Grow in the Mountains of North Carolina
I grew up in Louisiana, and we have a culture centred on rice. Cajun dishes—chicken and okra gumbo, crawfish etouffee,…
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Foraging for Chanterelles
One of my favourite parts, and there are many, about foraging food is that some things can only be grown…
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Growing Grains at the Home-Scale Farm
I dream of growing grains, of being so far down the line in establishing a kitchen garden, a vegetable garden,…
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Horseradish: Why I Should Try It Again
Earlier this year, in the spring, I was able to acquire a handful of horseradish roots to plant in a…
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How to Start an Urban Farm
Like any new venture, starting an urban farm is a daunting and difficult task. Not only do you have to…
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Fixes for Nutrient Deficient Soil
Basic understanding of plant health comes from the soil they grow in. Their nutrition is vital to their health and…
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Real food does not come from supermarkets: 6 steps from bare ground to homegrown cauliflowers
I imagine that when our grandchildren and great grandchildren read in history books about the supermarkets we relied upon for…
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Straw Bale Gardens
What do straw, paint brushes and the human blood circularity system have in common? The answer is capillaries, very narrow,…
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Ornamental Plants That Are Edible and/or Edible Plants That Are Ornamental
When I first began growing food and working with ideas of permaculture, I lived in the tropics where many edible…
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Planting by Schedule & Plagiarizing Instinct
With a recent transition from the wet-dry tropics to Zone 7b in temperate USA, this year’s planting schedule has been…
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Raised Garden Beds in the Bush – Growing Your Own Food in Poor Soil Conditions
“We acknowledge and pay respects to the Dhurga people of the Yuin Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country where we…
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