{article} How To Grow Your Own Wheatgrass Successfully. Has anyone these days not heard about the healing powers of wheatgrass? But let me tell you from experience, if you go buy this grass from a store it is 1/ less fresh, 2/ super expensive and 3/ less convenient. But there are some tricks to growing it. Fortunately, Marie-Claire Hermans has shared them all with us below! Nothing is as simple as growing grass and yet… a lot of people seem to have trouble to get those green blades up and ready to juice. So I thought it might be a good idea to tell you how you can be successful in growing your lovely waving grass in the light at your window. MoldThe berries take a long time to sproutThe grass is growing irregularly and much too ‘thin’ I must say I had some trouble when I started too.
Let me start from the beginning; sprouting the berries. The way you harvest your grass is just as important to receive all the minerals and nutrients. PLEASE TAKE NOTE! ANY QUESTIONS? Love raw recipes but you're unsure how to transition to raw?! Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening--With information on mushroom cultivation, sowing a ... ways to keep livestock, and more... (9781603583701): Sepp Holzer. The Biodome Garden Book: The only greenhouse design that needs no electrical ventilation or humidifying system. (9781463757366): Patricia Watters. Good Plants for San Diego - LandscapingNetwork.com. San Diego can be a great place for a lively garden as long as you make educated and appropriate plant choices.
You are going to want plants that are drought tolerant and thrive in bright sunlight. You will also need to consider the condition of your soil and what planting zone you are in. Below is a collection of plants being grown successfully in private San Diego gardens. Get more landscape design inspiration from these San Diego landscaping ideas. Coast Aloe & Aeonium A tall tree-like Coast Aloe (Aloe thraskii) is surrounded by blooming Large Purple Aeonium (Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop'). Silver Carpet Dymondia margaretae grows low to the ground, handles foot traffic well and requires little water, making it a great groundcover for around flagstone pavers. Whale's Tongue Agave Drought tolerance, hardiness to 5°F and fire-resistance make Agave ovatifolia, a gorgeous specimen succulent, well suited to the San Diego climate.
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Funky Urban Permaculture Designs by VEG. Adam Grubb and Dan Palmer are some of the most accomplished urban permaculture designers I know. Aside from being the founding forces of the Permablitz movement, they also design professionally – creating functional, edible awesomeness in small suburban spaces through their Melbourne Permaculture business, Very Edible Gardens (VEG). We’ve snared Adam as a special guest teacher on our Urban Permaculture Design Certificate in Sydney in January 2012, where he’ll be taking the class through the mechanics of good urban permaculture design.
In the meantime, however, I thought I’d share some of the design work that VEG have done… click to enlarge As you may have guessed by now, we rather like permaculture design. But what happens once you want to move beyond the boundaries of that backyard you know so well? The scope of permaculture design is broad and wide, but small space design is something special. But wait.
I seem to keep meeting weed nerds. Interesting VEG-like things: Chelsea Green: The Politics and Practice of Sustainable Living. Gaia's Garden : Articles. The Center for Pattern Literacy – Toby Hemenway. Gardening seeds and Planting design. Grass, orchids, bonsais and tulips. San Diego Master Gardeners - University of California Pest Notes.
The Garden Of Oz. The Basics Of Composting What Is Compost? Compost is simply decomposed organic material. The organic material can be plant material or animal matter. While composting may seem mysterious or complicated, it’s really a very simple and natural process that continuously occurs in nature, often without any assistance from mankind. If you’ve ever walked in the woods, you’ve experienced compost in its most natural setting. Backyard composting is the intentional and managed decomposition of organic materials for the production of compost, that magical soil enhancer that is fundamental to good gardening. Why Is Compost So Good? Compost is good for two very compelling reasons.
Garden Benefits Compost is great for the garden because it improves the soil, which in turn supports healthier and more productive plants. Environmental Benefits What’s The Best Way to Make Compost? To make compost, you’ll need to dedicate some outdoor space to the process. Open Bins or Containers Advantages of Compost Containers. How to Compost.org. How to make your own homemade DIY bottle cutter. Diy bottle cutter design considerations. How to Make Home Made Paper You Can Plant. Plantable paper embedded with flower or herb seeds is fun to make a can be a great gift. This is a guide about making homemade paper you can plant. Solutions Read and rate the best solutions below by giving them a "thumbs up". Article: How to Make Home Made Paper You Can Plant Making handmade plantable paper is a beautiful way to share the beauty and bounty of your flower and vegetable garden with fellow gardeners, while recycling paper into garden compost.
This recipe assumes your paper will end up planted, and avoids the use of chemicals, inks and dyes that can be harmful to growing plants and the environment. Good Paper Choices: unprinted computer paper newspaper (usually printed with soy inks-will cause grayish color) magazines (avoid high-gloss) egg cartons toilet paper paper bags (grocery store bags) non waxed boxes (require pre-soaking in water) office paper/junk mail tissue paper napkins construction paper old greeting cards phone book pages Other Supplies: Directions:
How to Make Seed Embedded Plantable Paper. Create Your Own Seed Paper | KitCameo | Green Wise | HandmadeNews.org. A few weeks back, I was talking to my sister, and she was telling me about an independent band called Cloud Cult. Cloud Cult produces all of the items on their website's online store out of organic and recycled materials. The items that stood out to me specifically, were the DVD paper inserts that were created with organic inks on plantable seed paper. At the time I had never heard of seed paper, and I was amazed and intrigued by the concept! However, a week ago I read an article in Handmade News, Green Wise section about plantable seeded bookmarks and gift tags. The article talks about a company called Plantable Papers that specializes in products created from seeded paper. As I was reading the article, I started to remember a papermaking kit that I had as a child, and I thought, "Wouldn't it be fun to create my own seed paper.
So, here's what you do to create your own plant-able seed paper: 1. 2. 3. 4. Www.HOMEGROWN.org » Blog Archive Make your own seed paper - www.HOMEGROWN.org. Urban Debris Artlog: How to Make Seed Paper. Materials List Sponge Terry Cloth Towel strainer Large Plastic Cup Blender/Food Processor (For making paper pulp) White Felt or Flannel Fabric Selected paper that can be recycled Selected flower seedsApprox. Time Involved: 20 min + drying time 1. Select the pieces of paper to be recycled. 2. 3. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.