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Some mushrooms in the raised bed! No idea what any of them are so if anyone wants a gold star lmk 👀

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Squash and radishes!

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From around the gardens

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Update I've now foraged several of my meals, tried new foods, I can play the harmonica, I can whittle, I can brush off brood X flying in my face while in a tree picking berries, and I finally have that green thumb I've always wanted

Within a year I've gone from playing Stardew Valley excessively to growing broccoli sprouts in an apartment window to successfully growing an entire garden of tomatoes, Zucchini, cucumbers, squash, beans, peas, and carrots and cooking healthier, more hearty meals with what I've grown

I'm excited to see what another year will do

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Feline Fruity Stickers and Washi Tape

Wisparia on Etsy

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pink moon 💗

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All the different colours carrots can be | source                          

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So I've done something

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Ladies 😍

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Have you ever just sat and looked at white clover? It's mostly looked upon as a weed, a pest, something in the way. But if you dismiss that kind of thinking and just look at it, it's so beautiful. You can also eat white cover. Did you know that? The leaves and flowers are edible. It's also a medicine. This plant we see as "in the way". It has so much benefit.

Also, clover pumps nitrogen from the air into the soil and so if you grow some in your lawn, it will consistently fertilize and feed your very hungry grass. Amazing companion plant for lawns or even just a patch of ornamental grass. Oh and not to be forgotten, it feeds pollinators and supports beneficial insect life.

I have an idea. Let's stop calling it a weed!

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“I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful — an endless prospect of magic and wonder.”

         – Photographer Ansel Adams

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Home Agriculture Books

For anyone interested in learning about home agriculture and permaculture for urban and suburban environments, here are some books I’ve been reading on the subject, along with a couple of titles on canning and preserving your harvests.

The Backyard Homestead

Mini-Farming: Self Sufficiency on a Quarter Acre

Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture

Greenhouse Gardening (part of the Urban Homesteading series)

The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible, 2nd ed.

The Vegetable Gardener’s Container Bible

The Farmer’s Kitchen Handbook

The Homestead Canning Cookbook

(Yes these are Amazon listings, mostly for convenience and reviews. They should be available elsewhere as well. Also make sure you look for additional sources from farmers and experienced home gardeners. Enjoy!)

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Allow me a moment to marvel at the sheer variety of the humble tomato. All of these available through the Digger’s club. Size, shape, growing habits, colour, texture, structure… we’ve modified them all. And that’s just within one species.

(Varieties: Green Zebra, Black & Red, ‘Blueberries’, Green & Black, Mortgage Lifter, San Marzano, Purple Russian, Sunrise Bumblebee, Wapsipinicon Peach, Granny’s Throwing Tomato)

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