Master Tinkerer Ray Narkevicius

...ish. All the water gets pumped around to a series of raised beds that grow herbs, dragon fruit and strawberries. His small yard overflows with the most delicious citrus you’ve ever had. And he’s a generous and kind neighbor who is always willing to lend a helping hand. Thankfully, the folks at Fair Companies, including friend of the blog Johnny, of Granola Shotgun, made a video about Ray. One of the cool things about this video is that the footage...

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Our new front yard: history

...Eventually, the front slope was the only place we weren’t growing food or herbs or medicinals–unless you counted the lavender. We wanted more fruit trees, but didn’t imagine we had room for more than the couple we already had until we learned about the concept of backyard orchard culture from Dave Wilson Nursery. This was around 2008. We decided to go radical–placing food production above any concern for traditional landscaping–and planted a mini...

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Saturday Tweets: Lyme Disease, Unuselessness and a Plum Mystery

...https://t.co/5GPl6uJlHq — Rachel Surls (@RachelSurls) May 2, 2018 Luther Burbank Left Behind a Plum Mystery… Now Rachel Spaeth (of Redwood CRFG) is trying to decode him. https://t.co/jbbaKFQQmU — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) April 30, 2018 "The heart ties everything together and is where you find meaning in all of this." @climatehuman Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution #climatechange #CLC #mindfulness pic.twitter.com...

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Why I’m Growing Vegetables in a Straw Bale

...mpost and healthy soil roll with that. If you’re in an apartment grow some herbs in a pot on your windowsill. If you’re a dilettante appropriate technology blogger with limited time for gardening and a long list of chores, a straw bale and a bag of urea might be the best way to keep the kitchen knee deep in pesto. If you’d like to try straw bale gardening see Washington Statue University’s instructions. Michael Tortorello also wrote a great articl...

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Big List of Earth-Friendly (homemade, compostable, recyclable, no-plastic) Holiday Decorations

...ecide to keep. Straight from nature: Sturdy winter berries Rose hips Dried herbs and flowers Moss Feathers Cool looking seed pods ( milkweed pods, thistle heads, sweet gum tree pods, sycamore pods, star anise, Indian cigar tree pods, magnolia pods–keep your eyes open in the autumn and you’ll find lots) If you want sparkle, sugar them instead of getting out the glitter. Nuts Clusters of acorns Sticks covered with pretty moss and lichen Curls of bar...

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