Community Garden Inspiration
Up the street from our apartment in Brooklyn is a community garden I have admired for awhile called 6/15 Green. […]
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compost, garden, green living, locavoreMaking Good Garden Soil
A garden is only going to be as good as its soil quality, which is why we gardeners are obsessed
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compost, frugal, garden, mulch, permaculture, sheet mulching, soil healthUse Those Leaves
Piles of leaves under bare trees are becoming a very common sight in our cities at this time of year.
Big Time Composter
I have been learning a lot about various composting methods over the last few months, mostly from my volunteer hours
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compost, soil healthSimple Compost Bin
Ladies and gentlemen, we have compost! If you are going to keep urban chickens, maintaining a good composting system is
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compost, soil healthPreparing the Vegetable Beds
During a break in the rain showers, I spent an afternoon outside turning compost. We have one of those black
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compost, soil healthSaving August
The month of August in our garden means produce bonanza. This year I vowed to preserve the bounty better than
The Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part III of III)
Okay, I am tired of sheet mulching. I am going to pretend this is the final chapter of the project,
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compost, garden, modern homesteading, mulch, permaculture, sheet mulching, soil healthThe Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part II of III)
I knew I would be doing all of the sheet mulching alone this weekend. I also knew the weather forecast
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clay, compost, garden, mulch, permaculture, sheet mulching, soil healthThe Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part I of III)
Our plan is to sheet mulch our entire front and backyard. We want to eliminate all of the grass in
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clay, compost, garden, mulch, permaculture, sheet mulching, soil health