There’s something about chemical agriculture that is so pervasively attractive to the modern mind that it looks for its cultural properties even in organic farming methods. A sustainable organic farming method balances […]
Today, two years preparation came to fruition. Here are some experimental apple rootstocks that I selected last fall from 16 multi-species apple trees, in the hope of finding a free-standing dwarfing apple […]
In the sandy Kaiserstuhl in Germany, where grapes are native and wine has been made since before the romans marched into town, wine growers have learned to use buckwheat to build up […]
Beats applying chemicals. Yarrow under the apple trees is great for predatory wasps. Highly recommended. Catnip grows well under there, too. For predatory wasps and for my pruning buddy, boots. You can […]
Here’s how to grow tomatoes using plastic and hydroponic fertilizer. After harvest, this plastic goes to the landfill. Why, you may ask? To get a jump on the season, without having to […]
Here are some apple blossoms, sweet as can be.Here are some after the weaver ants got at them. They eat out the core to get at the nectar. Bees are gentler about […]
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