Hügelkultur

  • Breakfast with blood orange marmalade

    Blood Orange Marmalade

    I thought the Blood Orange Marmalade would be a fascinating one to try and a way to pave the way to making Seville Orange…

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  • person showing green plant in garden

    Planning My Garden Layout

    There are several places in my garden that need a change. The tomatoes have been in the same area for a long time and…

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  • Bright yellow gourd

    On Harvesting Pumpkins, Squash and Gourds

    If you are picking squash, remember to let them cure for about a week. To cure a squash, you pick it and place it on…

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  • A collection of tomato seeds

    On Saving Tomato Seeds and Using Hügelkultur

    I have been saving tomato seeds for almost 5 decades. The raw seed going straight to a paper towel to dry works, but it…

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  • Wild Parsnip invasive species

    Wild Parsnip Rash and Around the Vegetable Garden

    Sadly, I keep finding wild parsnip in and around the area and it is requiring a lot of my attention. I don’t like to…

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  • A scene full of cool weather crops, floers and greenery

    Veggie Bites – Rose Petal Jelly

    The rose I went for is the one I know as Frontenac. I brought a four-cup measuring cup with me and filled it with…

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  • bunch of tomatoes and hybrid tomatoes

    Veggie Bites – Hybridized Tomato and Rhubarb

    They discovered that when Joan’s father saved the seed it started reverting and became its own type of tomato. If for example you use…

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  • New spring purple and yellow flowers growing

    Veggie Bites – Colour in my garden

    Colour is coming back to my garden. The crocuses are jewel-like in the early morning, the bloodroot opens up to the spring sunshine, and…

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  • A container garden with Alliums, Anemone, Muscari, and Hyacinths seeds ready to be planted in layers

    Veggie Bites – Layered Bulb Planter, Container Garden

    I decided that I wanted to try a bulb ‘lasagna’ planter. These planters are often featured on my favourite British gardening shows. I removed…

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  • Broccoli

    Veggie Bites – Broccoli

    I will try growing some radishes around my broccoli to distract the flea beetles; they love radish leaves. Greetings fellow gardeners, As I was…

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  • Veggie Bites – A Egg!

    As I opened up their enclosure, I noticed something that made my day. An egg!! They had not laid any eggs since late November.…

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  • Veggie Bites – Calendula and Grapeseed

    I am very excited at how well my calendula oil turned out. I used grapeseed oil as my carrier oil this time… Greetings fellow…

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