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General Gardening Wisdom, Organic Gardening

More Than One Way To Build A Cold Frame

 

Design a cold frame, then add a touch of creativity

Cold frames aren’t exactly the most popular topic among gardeners. Many resort to greenhouses, or even skip planting in the winter.

Yet, we can ask why! Cold frames give so much freedom and beauty in your garden. You keep the fresh produce all year round, and with a touch of creativity, you can have a wonderful cold frame.

To challenge some gardeners who don’t have cold frames yet, we share with you an article that shows you many different cold frame designs. Many of them can be made with recycled materials (ends up being free) or other organic materials.

Whatever you choose, the sky is the limit!

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General Gardening Wisdom

The Root Cellar: Which Type Is Best For You?

 

Find out which is the best root cellar type for your purposes

Generations ago our ancestors didn’t have fridges or freezers. Yet they managed to keep their food stores in cool places and still have plenty of food ready for the winter.

We know about root cellars, but how many variations are you aware of? There are quite a lot of options for you to have your own root cellar, depending on where you live, and how much space you have.

The following article will give you only a handful of ideas, to get you started, but keep an open mind – there are more options. Use the following advice for idea generation. You can then safely get down to work and make your own root cellar.

If you don’t know the details, the reasons why a root cellar is such an ingenious idea, etc. the article will answer all your questions.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

(Video) Organic Fungicide: Make Your Own At Home

 

If you never knew how to put a stop to the fungi killing your plants, now is your time

Fungi are the bane of any gardener – organic or not. The unfortunate things is that you need to use some solution on your plants’ leaves to remove it, but you’ll still have a damaged plant.

On top of that, often fungicides are harmful for the environment. Since we are all organic gardeners, we found a recipe which will be neutral for the beneficial insects, but a killer for the fungi.

You’ll learn which the ingredients are and how often to apply it to your infected plants. Hopefully, the plant will shed the damaged leaves (with your help) and will heal. And the invading fungi will be removed.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

(Video) Eggplant: Get It Growing Healthy And Tall

 

What is a garden without eggplant?

Eggplant isn’t among the top favorite food, but it’s incredibly nutritious and good for the entire family.

So, if you’re a gardener, why not try growing your own eggplant? It’s as easy as growing tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.

If you like the idea, the video below will be all you need to get started.

You’ll see how to plant it in your garden, how to provide it with ample support, and most of all, how to protect it from harmful insects without using insecticides (we’re all organic gardeners, right?)

All of these tips are super useful and helpful for people who had never had eggplant in their garden.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

(Video) Do You Really Know How To Store Potatoes?

 

Here are the best practices and lots of expert advice

We all love potatoes, whether baked, fried or boiled. Potatoes are the staple food of so many nationalities and communities all over the world, that it would be improper not sharing tips at least once.

Very often gardeners store the harvest in root cellars. No matter if it’s built in the ground (old-fashioned way) or it’s a mini-room of its own, the harvest needs to be stored properly.

If not, the fruits and veggies will ripen way too quickly and will go bad (and in the compost pile).

Potatoes tend to grow a lot and in order to prolong their life, they need to be kept in conditions similar to those in the ground – it must be cool, but not below freezing point. It should be dark and the level of humidity must be perfect.

You’ll learn how to store your potatoes during the winter and enjoy them for months ahead.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Organic Gardening, Plant Care

(Video) Organic Molasses: One Of The Best Fertilizers For Your Soil

 

Less popular among gardeners, molasses is a natural fertilizer with amazing benefits

Molasses isn’t as popular among gardeners and farmers, but it should be. The reasons why it’s so beneficial is mostly the sugar levels. Of course, blackstrap molasses has mineral traces too, so the plants can benefit from that as well.

As you watch the video, you will learn how exactly molasses work to help promote soil and plant health. You’ll get to know how to apply it (and how often).

You’ll learn the difference between sulfured and non-sulfured molasses and which is best for the soil and plants.

Overall, this video will give you the basics, but it’s a tiny treasure source of information.

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General Gardening Wisdom

Do You Know What Gardening Was Like In 1750?

 

It turns out not many things were different, but some definitely were

How is it possible that gardening is different now than what it was in the past? Well, the answer is, new things were introduced and gradually our gardening experience became way more pleasant than it used to be.

How do you think people watered their gardens? They didn’t have hoses, so they used buckets. And someone had to carry it from the well (water source) to the garden. Women and children would do that.

What you’ll find interesting is how they battled pests and insects. In fact, how they didn’t.

The article that follows is a wonderful gardening history lesson and makes us appreciate the fact that today we have it way easier and gardening isn’t a luxury, but a life style.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Organic Gardening

How Bee-Friendly Is Your Garden Actually?

 

Could it be possible that some of your plants and seeds aren’t as organic as you thought?

We know you’re an organic gardener, but there could still be practices which are deadly for bees. You may not even be aware of that. This is why the alarm needs to be raised.

It turns out gardening products and plants labeled ‘bee-friendly’ aren’t bee-friendly at all. They still have been found to contain the notorious neonicotinoid. This is one of the pesticides known to be deadly to bees.

So, what can you do? There’s always something we, as organic gardeners, can do. Surely, one thing is to be cautious about what seeds, plants, fruits or veggies we buy.

In the following article you will learn all the specifics.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

(Video) How To Easily Grow Raspberries And Blackberries

 

We all love raspberries and blackberries, but how do we grow them? Read further and you’ll learn how

Berries aren’t the easiest plants to grow, but yet, once you get the hang of taking care of them, you can be sure to have a plentiful harvest year after year.

If you have enough space in your garden, we highly encourage you to grow these two wonderful berry plants.

There are a few tips you need to be aware of to prevent your plants from dying, plus to keep them healthy. You will quickly get used to these practices.

Learn how to provide the plants with enough support, how to prune them properly, when and how often. You will learn everything to get you started.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Watering

Ditch The Barrel! Here’s An Improved Rainwater-Harvesting System

 

You don’t even know how much water soil can store! This rainwater-harvesting system will make the most of your soil’s capacity

Once they hear ‘rainwater harvesting’, most people immediately think of the water barrel.

The article that follows will change that belief, and offer you a way better and much more efficient rainwater system.

You’ll learn how much water soil can retain and you will be amazed you didn’t take full advantage of it. You’ll also get to know how to implement this new system, all the steps you need to know, and finally, how this entire settings works.

It’s basically a self-sustained system which we’re sure you’re going to love.

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