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I love my herbs as much as my heirlooms for the folklore and the history. Have you ever noticed all the pretty little Rosemary Christmas Tree Topiary’s at the market for the Holiday’s? I’ve always thought they make such splendid little trees for Christmas. There are tales told of Rosemary as far back as biblical [...]
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Sustainable, responsible ways to keep your family ready.
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One of my favorite gardens to visit is From Dirt to Dinner located in San Jose California. The gardens curator, Julianne Idleman will be sure to show us all how to take the lawn out of the yard and grow food in its stead. Growing both in front and back of her home and everywhere [...]
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To better understand sustainable agriculture in its most simplistic terms we can divide the Agricultural Growing Methods into 3 types of farming practices Conventional Growing Method First there is conventional farming that relies on the heavy use of synthetic chemicals fertilizers. Without them nothing would grow. The soil has become void of any beneficial properties [...]
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This little personal size cantaloupe really caught my eye this summer. I can still hear heirloom grower Ruth Hardy when I asked her if it was worth growing again. As I heard the excitement come over her, she exclaimed, “TONS OF SEED saved! I ate a very ripe one today, OMGoodness! it was something in [...]
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Gardening for children means so much more than playing in the pole bean tunnels. Although how can gardening get any more fun than this! I think that Grandson Bradley will always remember gardening with his Grandfather, Tom Meade in this special Virginian Heirloom Garden! What do you think? The Pinto Snap Bean growing is a [...]
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How could any gardener not be totally captivated by a Heirloom Garden in Maui Hawaii? It was here that I found myself totally charmed by grower Jane Sperr and all of her exquisite and rare heirlooms. Like most heirloom gardeners across America, we find ourselves with limited information and resources for growing information in our [...]
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You daringly dashed out, kids in tow, to the pumpkin patch this year and proudly hauled your pumpkin loot home. Now, what is the next natural step but to carve away! Right? Hold it! You want Halloween to be filled with fake gore, not real severed fingers. Before you break out the candles and knives, [...]
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I’ve been visiting with Jackie Nybo as she shares her KraZgardenz ~Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ~ near Denver Colorado. She has been giving me the most fascinating details on growing this unique pink heirloom Australian Butter Pumpkin. I always appreciate a virtual garden tour, but none so grand as one that contains a very rare heirloom in such perfection. [...]
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I often think on our Native Americans and all the uses they had for different types of gourds. Gourds date back centuries throughout the world. Most of them require warm and even tropical growing conditions from countries such as Africa, South American, Asia and India just to name a few. So how did so many [...]
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“The 3 Step Challenge is designed to get you well on your way to a chemical free Garden. Chemical free gardening is all about nature. The goal for every natural gardener is to bring nature back into balance. As this happens harmony will begin to replace the chemicals.” ~ Pamela Kimsey How we approach natural [...]
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One of a cooks greatest rewards is having easy access to fresh culinary herbs. There is nothing like slipping out the kitchen door with a pair of clippers to snip a cutting from your own garden. Even during the winter months many culinary herbs can be grown successfully indoors as long as you provide them [...]
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