Bidens rebuttal

...ly would have added a paragraph praising Bidens, despite its wicked little seeds. Erik was frustrated when he wrote that post because he had just spent an hour pricking the hitchhikers out of his clothes. I don’t blame him, because the same thing happened to me when I pulled some the week before, and cleanup wasn’t fun. They weren’t only in my clothes–they were buried in my skin! Getting them out of dog fur must be a real joy. This is a mighty per...

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105 GardenNerd’s Tips for Organic Gardening Success

...pSwap Time Banking Homestead Hamlet Repair Cafés Sandflex Almanac.com Epic Seeds Baker Creek Seed Savers Exchange Renee’s Garden Summer Spinach National Heirloom Expo Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry Keeping tomatoes healthy mid-season Powdery mildew When to harvest tomatoes Extending the growing season for tomatoes Mulch Shade cloth Capillary matting Don’t pull your bolting vegetables! Ollas What to do with zucchini? Growing wheat Hugelkultur When to h...

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110 A Report from the 2017 National Heirloom Expo

...the first week of September 2017. The organizers of the expo, Baker Creek Seeds, hold a press conference in the midst of the fair and that gave me the chance to talk to some really interesting folks including: Hawaiian squash farmer Anna Peach of Squash and Awe Farm. Ashley Madrone who represents Mycopia Mushrooms and Bay Area Green Tours. Peter Gilmore, executive chef of Quay and Bennelong in the Sydney Opera House. Here’s Chef Gilmore at work:...

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Saturday Tweets: Muting, RIP Hygge and an Owl

...anuary 2, 2018 No-one paints owls like Hieronymus Bosch [Garden of Earthly Delights] pic.twitter.com/wPCicbsnMT — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) January 5, 2018 Let us nurture the seeds of peace as they grow and let us transform our cities into workshops of peace. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 1, 2018...

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Baker Creek Invites and Un-invites Cliven Bundy to Speak

...t related to either double digging or the use of Miracle Grow. Baker Creek Seeds found themselves at the center of a social medial firestorm after inviting Cliven Bundy to speak at their Spring Planting Festival on May 5th and 6th at their headquarters in Mansfield, Missouri. Bundy is the patriarch of a family at the center of a grazing dispute that led to an armed occupation and standoff with federal law enforcement at the Malheur National Wildli...

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