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Saving basil seed?
http://www.evergreenseeds.com/thaibasil3.html ever sells red and green.
Tagged: seed saving, basil
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Edible "weeds" such as dandelion
actually more of a wild mustard than an arugula(rocket). http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/02/23/ a couple of species of these around. cheese mallow is also a common edible weed and a lot m…
Replied Mar 18
Where are Phoenix's community gardens?
Hey Doreen i'm about to move into the coronado area in a couple weeks. how can can i get get involved with the Coronado Community Garden?
Replied Mar 18
Edible "weeds" such as dandelion
there's a lot of dandelion relatives. some of them are pretty mean looking and a lil spiky to be palatable. but i've found them to be edible if you pick them young and make sure they're not too spiky…
Replied Mar 18
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I've grown a plant from the Himalayan variety sold in health food/organic stores. I've also found plants growing desert landscaping. I used to live on farmer right off of University in Tempe and i found a plant mixed into an Ocotillo. They seem to b…
my malabar spinach has yet to make it through a winter.
http://www.evergreenseeds.com/thaibasil3.html
evergreen sells red and green.
nice jojoba
actually more of a wild mustard than an arugula(rocket). http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/02/23/20090223mustard0223.html
there's a couple of species of these around. cheese mallow is also a common edible weed and a lot more mild. there's…
Hey Doreen i'm about to move into the coronado area in a couple weeks. how can can i get get involved with the Coronado Community Garden?
there's a lot of dandelion relatives. some of them are pretty mean looking and a lil spiky to be palatable. but i've found them to be edible if you pick them young and make sure they're not too spiky to chew.
fungus from the wood chips or at least eating them. we have them at Khalsa too. makes for a fun lesson on the five kingdoms!
i basically use the method layed out in How To Grow More Vegetables by Jeavons which is to double dig. i think your best bet is to loosen the soil at least 4 inches with a pick and spading fork then remove the bermuda roots and all. if you don't rem…
eventually the bract left over from the flowers get brown. when they do you can rub them between your index finger and thumb and the seeds will fall into your palm. they're the little black ovals.
what kind of weeds are they?
i use coffee grounds and spent tea all the time. i just wouldn't disturb the plants root by diggin it in too close to them. you should see more activity in your tomatoes as it warms up(like today). how big is the garden bed? 3x3 is the usual recomme…
thanks!
nice!!
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- Growing a vegetable garden, breeding new plant varieties, and supporting local, sustainable, organic agriculture is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and the world.
gardening, homebrewing, herbal ale, seed saving, Food Not Bombs, cooking, activism, feminism, freedom, chiles, nightshades, legumes, curcurbits, traditional chinese medicine, traditional chinese martial arts, bikes, daoism, paganism, live-culture foods, Native Seeds SEARCH,
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Ericka Cero Wood said… - Thanks for joining us! YES, Food not Bombs, or if you prefer - Food not Lawns too!
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I didn't get a chance to thank you Doreen but this was VERY informative, a must for all newbies!
So I cooked the first of the rabbits we processed last week. Fried it like chicken. What went wrong is I have never fried chicken and I cooked it too long resulting in rubber rabbit so I popped it into the crockpot for three hours and it was divine…
I was just reviewing John Jeavon's book How to Grow More Vegetables and in it he mentions planting Mexican marigold (Tagetes minuta) for controlling nematodes.
Hi Brittany,
Now is sure the time to be making Kombucha since it's been gone off the shelves for a few months now. I so miss it! I hope and pray that the issues get resolved and it comes back.
I've had some really good success with making Kombucha…
Hi Chris - I don't have a PH tester. I've always just added bagged composted mulch, steer manuer and Starbucks grounds to my existing AZ soil to ammend. Some years my spring tomatoes are really good and sometimes not so good. Is there anything in ad…
Thanks for the heads up. When should transplants go in? It's so stinking hot out there! I have an area preparred and ready to go but dragging my feet in fear of the heat.
Sustainable KIDS! ~ Finally... a kid-friendly, family FUN class! with Christy Grace at private farm near Tatum & Dynamite in North Phoenix
September 11, 2010 from 10am to 11:30am
For families who are interested in raising eco-conscious children and living more in balance with nature... Bring your kids to this fun, interactive and informative class on learning more about sustainable living and permaculture. What does it mean…
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