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Tag Archives: companion planting
Beautiful, Useful Borage
Borage, a lovely herb in the garden, bears periwinkle-blue flowers and attracts hummingbirds, bees, and pollinators of every kind. The flowers are rich in gamma-linoleic acid which is known to fight inflammation and are good to eat right off … Continue reading
Posted in Companion planting, Food & Recipes, Garden, Health, Herbal Remedies, Herbs
Tagged attract hummingbirds, bees, borage oil, cake decorations, companion planting, cottage garden herbs, cucumbers, disease resistance, herbs, nutrient rich minerals, periwinkle blue, Photos, pollinators, seed-saving, summer garnishes
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Double Crop & Grow Snow Peas
Like Timmy Willie in Beatrix Potter’s story, we love snow peas – those crunchy, fresh, sweet pea pods grown in the spring! “The gardener left the hamper by the garden gate, so that the carrier could pick it up when … Continue reading
Posted in Companion planting, Garden
Tagged Avalanche Snow pea, Beatrix Potter, Carrots Love Tomatoes, companion planting, composting, double cropping, fall crop, germination rates, Holland, innoculant, intensive gardening, Louise Riotte, Photos, stringless, Tale of Johnny Town Mouse, Timmy Willie
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Harvest Early Tomatoes Using Teepees
Using these insulating cloches, we have been able to have tomatoes as early as the 10th of July. The French developed the cloche, or bell jar, – a solid glass dome. The purpose was to protect an early garden plant … Continue reading
Posted in 4' x 8' raised box, Companion planting, Favorite Products, Garden, Thrift
Tagged 4' x8' raised bed, cold and wind protection, companion planting, cozy caps, eggplants, heirlooms, insulating cloches, Kentucky Wonder pole beans, organic, peppers, Photos, red stimulates tomatoes, red tomato teepees
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Early Planting and Greens For Broth
Start with the first cool weather seeds outdoors as soon as the soil can be worked ~ beets, chard, the lettuces, red Russian kale, parsley, radishes, carrots, and greens like mustard all work well together. They can be planted as … Continue reading
Posted in Broth, Companion planting, Food & Recipes, Garden
Tagged Avalanche snow peas, broth, Carrots Love Tomatoes, chard, companion planting, cool weather planting, early planting, garlic, greens, kale, lettuces, Louise Riotte, minerals, nutrients, onions, parsley, parsley radishes, pastured chickens, spinach, succession planting, symbiosis
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It’s Time To Plant Lettuce!
You can plant lettuce seed in between onion sets or, all alone, as early as you can work the soil. By the time the onions are ready to be pulled, the lettuce will have already been in the salad bowl! … Continue reading
Posted in Companion planting, Garden
Tagged 4x8 box, beets, broccoli, cabbage, cabin fever, Carrots Love Tomatoes, chard, cold frame, companion planting, compost, cool weather, cucumbers, diagram, early, garden, growing squash, It's Time To..., kale, Louise Riotte, onions, peas, peat moss, plan, planning, planting, radishes, seeds, soil, space saving trick, spring, tomato teepees, trellis, vermiculite, vines
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The Beginning
Do you have cabin fever? Well, spring is coming ~ can you feel it? I am energized by the thought of it… Here are photos of our 2010 garden to show … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Seed Saving
Tagged 4x8 box, beets, broccoli, cabbage, cabin fever, Carrots Love Tomatoes, chard, cold frame, companion planting, compost, cool weather, cucumbers, diagram, early, garden, growing squash, kale, Louise Riotte, onions, peas, peat moss, plan, planning, planting, radishes, seeds, soil, space saving trick, spring, tomato teepees, trellis, vermiculite, vines
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