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No Love For Lovebugs
Just as I was becoming fully convinced the only role of lovebugs was to annoy the hell out of me😖, I caught them doing something useful: pollinating! I’ve found myself more tolerant of them since this discovery😝 Watch them work in the below video:
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New Benchmark
Perhaps you see this little bench I made entirely from scrap 2×4 wood that I got for free from a retail store’s trash pile & think, “What does this have to do with growing food?” I built this little bench in a matter of minutes using a single 2×4 from my wood pile & deck…
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Culinary Waste Becomes Foliar Spray on the Farm
Time is my favorite flavor ingredient. Fermentation is a fun & easy way to explore new flavors. I spent time in Japan years ago & discovered that the salty mush that passes as commercial miso paste in the US isn’t what miso paste is meant to be. In the last few years, I’ve taken on…
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Choose Joy
“I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the Earth gives me daily & I must return the gift.” -Robin Wall Kimmerer Have a great week on purpose!
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Mulberry Madness
Mulberry is an unsung South Florida fruit tree hero. As soon as the Winter dormancy ends, the delicious berries quickly drip from nearly every limb of the easy to grow tree. My fingers have been blissfully stained from the sweet berries since the start of Spring & all I know is I need more! This…
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Cardboard For the Win—Again!
Just when I thought cardboard couldn’t get any more useful in growing food, I stumbled upon a YouTube video of a man making biodegradable pots from cardboard boxes. I must say, this never before occurred to me. Now that I’ve tested it myself, there’s no going back! Biodegradable pots are handy for plants with sensitive…
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Farm Helpers At Work
As hard as I work, I can’t grow food without help from my more-than-human friends. The microbes that feed on/in my soil; the wasps that pollinate flowers & hunt other insects; the millipedes that breakdown organic matter for my plant roots to use; the ants that aerate the soil & notably the bees that pollinate…
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Kabocha Squash Plants For Sale
My Kabocha squash seeds have germinated very generously🤲🏾. I have more beautiful plant starts than I need, so am offering some to you- my farm friends- at a ‘pay what you can’ rate. These organically grown Kabocha squash plants are ready to go into the ground, along with their biodegradable pot. I have several plants…
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Abundance All Around
What most Floridians take for granted hanging from the trees all around us, I recognize as a gift. The ubiquitous Spanish moss is my go-to medium for rooting new air layers. They would have you believe that “special” moss must be purchased for air layering, but my life tenets demand use of the renewable resources…
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Trouble Seeing My Photos/Videos?
Happy Monday! It’s been brought to my attention that some people who receive my weekly newsletter via email are unable to view my pictures/videos. If for some reason the pictures/videos featured in my newsletter fail to come through on your email, you can simply click the “Comment” or “Like” button at the bottom of the…
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