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Planting Potatoes in Fall… in Ontario!
Diane on Steve Solomon’s Soil and Health Group recently reported on planting potatoes in fall and graciously allowed me to…
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More Dangerous than Raw Meat
Grow your own herbs and you may avoid serious food poisoning: “While most Americans are convinced that handling raw meat…
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Should you plant on mounds in a dry area?
Calen asks about planting on mounds in fast-draining soil: “I’m a native Cracker from [coastal Florida]. I’ve been homesteading on…
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Mulching with Shredded Paper
El Borak at Men of the West has posted a good article on using shredded paper as mulch: Most…
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Hey CNN!
Thanks for the gun hysteria. It’s not going to turn out the way you’re hoping. I just signed up for…
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For the Love of Paw-Paws Kickstarter
Author Micheal Judd has launched a kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of a new book on America’s wonderful native…
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Compost Tea: An Easy Way to Stretch Your Compost
This week, over at The Grow Network: Donโt Kill Yourself Making Compost! Long ago, I used to spend a lot…
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This is my favorite song right now
And the music video is perfect: They Might Be Giants are my favorite band of all time. Nothing compares. They…
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Two Blue Watermelon Videos
I recorded and posted a blue watermelon video, which I sent to my newsletter subscribers yesterday evening. You can see…
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And it’s not just you, trust me!
My wife read yesterday’s post on seed scammers and said I sounded too harsh towards readers who may have gotten…
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No, There Are No Blue Watermelons! Avoid Seed Hoaxers!
A reader wrote me this last week sharing a site that sold blue watermelon seeds. These watermelons are a long-time…







