Category: Gardening
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Apple Grafting
Grafting apple trees is one of the most rewarding skills a home gardener or orchardist can learn. It’s the ancient art of joining two different plants together so they grow as one, allowing you to replicate your favorite varieties, create multi-variety trees, or save a cherished old tree. While it might seem like a magical…
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Growing Oyster Mushrooms with Hardwood Fuel Pellets
Most people who grow oyster mushrooms do so on a straw based substrate. This always seemed odd to me. Oyster mushrooms naturally grow on hard woods. In addition to this, making straw reasonably sterile for growing purposes is really annoying. I was surprised that there weren’t more instructionals on using hardwood fuel pellets for growing…
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Building a Backyard Food Forest
I’ve written before about my desire to turn my backyard into a food forest using edible landscaping. I’ve always imagined a lush, thriving garden that requires minimal effort yet provides a bounty of products—all while resembling a natural forest ecosystem. My process of building a backyard food forest started after encountering the concept of permaculture.…
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Ode to the Paw Paw Tree
The paw paw tree, native to eastern North America, holds significant historical and cultural value, having been a staple for Native Americans and recognized by figures like Thomas Jefferson. Its tasty fruit, ecologically vital and increasingly sought after, faces challenges in cultivation and distribution. Reviving interest highlights its culinary potential and environmental importance.
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Hügelkultur in Pennsylvania
Hügelkultur in Pennsylvania: Nature’s Raised Bed Years ago, hurricane Sandy turned my forested property into an open meadow with massive rotting tree stumps everywhere. The trees on my property that used to provide shade and beauty, now produced a steady supply of fallen branches, logs, and leaves. Since I had already been slowly ‘rewilding’ my…
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