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Photo: New York Botanical Garden Laying mulch before the winter gives your soil a head start for the next growing season. It also protects delicate plants, adding the equivalent of a whole zone level to those that might not be hardy enough for the area. Kristin Schleiter, the acting Director of Outdoor Gardens at the New York Botanical Garden , shares some tips to make the most of mulch. When choosing the type of mulch you want to lay in your garden, avoid both those made of raw wood because it robs the soil of the nitrogen plants require, and any artificially dyed, since they add extra chemicals to the garden. The New York Botanical Garden prefers leaf mold (pictured above), which you can make yourself in the backyard, and pine bark mulches (right).
The DIY Modern Outdoor Succulent Planter #2 | Apartment Therapy Los Angeles
Inspired by Annette's Modern DIY Outdoor Planter post , Apartment Therapy reader Chris shows us all how easy of a project this is to all mimic... Thank you for your post on Annette's modern DIY outdoor planter . I immediately went to Home Depot to replicate it in my barren back patio. Since the patio was not even remotely level, I had to pour a concrete footing for the blocks.
Medicinal & Culinary Herbs Herbs listed in this section have been used by humans for their medicinal or culinary properties. They may also have psychoactive properties, but these are generally much milder than for those plants listed in the Psychoactive Plants section.
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My newest buzzword for 2011 is CSA. I'd never heard the term until recently, but now it seems to be popping up all over, as is interest in sustainable agriculture and urban farming . CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture -- the practice of signing up with a local farm for weekly produce and, in some cases, meat and dairy. I first read about CSA in Kristin Kimball 's recent memoir, " The Dirty Life ," which is justly attracting rave reviews on Amazon. A Manhattan writer who gave up the city for love, she has been farming an organic spread, Essex Farm, in upstate New York since 2003, with her husband, Mark. Essex Farm provides a complete sustainable diet for its 150 members.
The Rise of Urban Farming and Other Varieties of Sustainable Ag | GreenBiz.com
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Our Dwindling Food Variety As we've come to depend on a handful of commercial varieties of fruits and vegetables, thousands of heirloom varieties have disappeared. It's hard to know exactly how many have been lost over the past century, but a study conducted in 1983 by the Rural Advancement Foundation International gave a clue to the scope of the problem. It compared USDA listings of seed varieties sold by commercial U.S. seed houses in 1903 with those in the U.S. National Seed Storage Laboratory in 1983. The survey, which included 66 crops, found that about 93 percent of the varieties had gone extinct.
Gärtnern als Mieter: Ein Beet im Hinterhof | Lebensart | ZEIT ONLINE
Der Hinterhof ist kahl, warum also nicht ein paar Beete anlegen? Leider ist es nicht ganz so einfach. Wann und wie man als Mieter zum Gärtner werden darf. Den Hinterhof verschönern - daran kann doch nichts Unrechtes sein!Chris decided to lend a hand to the dry stone walling team It was my first attempt at the black art of dry stone walling. Piling rocks on top of each other to build walls. No cement, nothing to bind them except the weight of the rocks and the skill of the waller in linking the intricate shaped rocks into infinite combinations; a 3d jigsaw stretching miles into the distance. I was spending a morning with a team working for the Fix the Fells project.
Ordnance Survey Blog » Dry stone walling for dummies
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Well, the snow eventually melted up in the high Sierras, opening the passes up for foot travel, so the pilgrims have picked up their staffs yet again, they are lacing up boots, and planning for an adventurous walk East, to Lake Tahoe. The California/Nevada border is about 60 miles from Nevada City if one follows the hiking trails that go along the Yuba River, and climbs through the cracks and crevices up to Donner Pass, and down through high meadows into the Tahoe Basin. The plan is to walk as a small hiking party, spending time learning about the history, geology, and botany of the Sierras and remebering our inspiration, Frank Cook, all the while, planning, exploring and mapping the last stretch of a 300 plus mile walk that connects the Mendocino Coast, with the eastern border. Whether you are available for a five-day, three-day, or even just a nice day hike, please contact Turtle at turtle343@gmail.com .
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This? Yes, I’m talking about turning your average, ordinary grocery store pineapple into a tropical showpiece within your home. A plant that is not only impressive but will WOW! you with a succulent pineapple in 24 months.
Planting A Pineapple — Tickled Red
Next time you're about to yank an offending plant from your immaculate garden of perennials, think twice: you just might be looking at dinner. Free dinner. Oh, I know what you're thinking: damn hippies! Always eating anything and everything that grows under the sun. What's next?
Free Food in Your Yard: Edible Weeds! | Wise Bread
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