Category Archives: Gardening
Native Pollinators: Build a tiny house with a big impact
Save the Bees! And wasps and hoverflies and ladybugs and butterflies….. There’s a lot of attention to bees in the media lately: hive collapse, mass deaths due to improper pesticide use, the list goes on. But much of the “Save … Continue reading
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How To Braid Garlic (Illustrated Step by Step)
You carefully planted your garlic last fall. You cared for it all spring: watching its water, fertilizing a few times, weeding the patch well. Sometime around July you harvested a bundle of gorgeous bulbs and dutifully hung or laid them … Continue reading
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Planting Garlic – A Fall Favorite
Leaves are turning golden, days are bright yet shorter, and it’s time for one of my favorite chores in the garden: PLANTING GARLIC! I have blogged my ‘how to’s a few times on this blog and have several links to … Continue reading
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It’s Garlic Time!
Garlic is a kitchen staple around here. I put it in basically EVERYTHING but cereal and believe it is a big reason my immune system is so strong and healthy. Garlic is truly a super food, plus it’s really fun … Continue reading
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