Plants
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Spring in the Gardens, Fruit Trees in Blossom and Ground Covers
Just one week to go before the arrival of our 2019 Polyculture Study team and we’re getting ready and looking forward to…
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Herbs of Zaytuna – Aloe Vera
So here we are, on the Zaytuna Farm Herb Tour. We met Yarrow here and after him, the most multi-functional plant…
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A Forest Garden With 500 Edible Plants Could Lead to a Sustainable Future
National Geographic in this short film shows us an example of forest gardening of food forests from the UK. Martin…
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Ramps: Saving Our Wild Edibles
Since moving to North Carolina a couple of years ago—my, how time flies—Emma and I have developed a minor obsession…
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Herbs of Zaytuna Farm – Yarrow
Plants have secrets that science is only just discovering, but that traditional herbalists, healers and farmers have known about for…
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Vanilla Cultivation: A Practical Guide for the Tropical Homestead
The vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia) is one of the world’s most interesting plants. Of the nearly 35,000 species of orchid,…
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The Herbs of Zaytuna Farm – Rosemary
Welcome to Zaytuna Farm. To get here you turned off the highway and drove through rolling hills, covered with macadamia…
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A Homemade Vegan Version of Natural & Organic Fertilizer
Featured Photo : Photo: Corn, Beans, Squash, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Amaranth and Gardener Last year I worked a couple of gardens…
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Can you help us save the trees? EU asks citizens for ‘solutions’ to deforestation
As the world continues turning into a new calendar year, many people may be reflecting on what actions they can…
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How to make your garden have less weeds?
In crop gardens, we sometimes get into a spatial race with weeds, and the solution is to replace the weeds…
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Growing Grains at the Home-Scale Farm
I dream of growing grains, of being so far down the line in establishing a kitchen garden, a vegetable garden,…
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Multi-Functional Living: Wood Heat
This year Emma and I are taking something we did last year and making it more functional: We are heating…
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