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Making Soil Blocks
With the right amount of soil (special recipe) and water, Justin is able to make a whole sheet of soil blocks pretty quickly. The…
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Using Ollas in Pots
Justin shows you how to use the Olla (Oy-ya) Pots (unglazed clay pots) to help water your plants in tubs or raised garden beds….
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How Does Our Garden Grow?
A lot has happened over these past few months; however, one thing that remains the same is the garden in all its…
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Summer Bounty
Farm Update Summer’s winding down, but the garden bounty is bumper. We’ve definitely noticed a huge difference in the garden since our neighbor…
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Growing Natives
These past five years, Southern California has been gripped by a severe drought. This is a semi-arid region, which on a good year, averages…
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Suckers!
Tomato plants are in ground and getting bigger and bushier by the day. Flowers have appeared and we are sooooo anticipating the first tomato…
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Square Foot Gardener Founder Passes Away
“80 percent of a garden was wasted space — “space that doesn’t need to be fertilized, watered or improved, but does need to be…
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Edible Flowers
The earth laughs in flowers – Ralph Waldo Emerson Spring not only brings with it cheerful bird songs but cherry edible flowers…
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Hugel Mound
Hugels or hugelkultur seem to be the “buzz” word on the internet these days. I came across this technique years…
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