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by Jeanne
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Source: Daniel Ito, Morguefile.com |
Learning how to grow butternut squash organically ensures you know how to grow this tasty, nutritious vegetable in your home garden. I’ll share with you some basic information on growing butternut squash, followed by some organic gardening tips that have been helpful for me here at Seven Oaks Farm in dealing with the various pests…
Make the perfect cup of herbal tea, right from your own garden! In May, I gave two free talks on how to grow, harvest, dry, and create your very own herbal teas. This lecture proved so popular that I recorded the narration and uploaded it to YouTube. You can view it below: Supplies to Make…
I spent last Saturday morning getting rid of Eastern tent caterpillars from the apple and pear trees in the orchard here on the farm. Malacosoma americanum, the Eastern tent caterpillar, is a regular visitor each spring. We first spot the shimmery webs on a clear spring day. The small ‘tents’ built by the caterpillars quickly…
Raised bed vegetable garden soil soil needs to be replenished periodically. If you’ve done your job right and selected great soil, and amended it with nice compost, you’re going to have super garden soil for the first few years. Because you don’t walk on a raised bed garden the way that you do with typical…
We have lots of grape growers and wineries here in Michigan. For me, grapes are a nuisance that I tear out of my yard much to the dismay of local women who would walk along the back fence and collect the leaves for stuffing.
Good luck with this if you do decide to try it. I believe it takes quite a time to establish a good vineyard though. Will be interested in your progress.
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When I was growing up my grandmother grew grapes in her backyard in Brooklyn. She made the most delicious jelly out of them!
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