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Fermented Plant Food
Comfrey (a.k.a. “boneset”) is a perennial herb used in herbalism as a topical salve for wounds & to treat inflammation from broken bones & sprains. In the garden, it has long been coveted as a fertilizer. Comfrey has a long tap root that allows it to dig deep below the soil surface & mine for…
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Planting With the Moon
If you believe in the Ancient wisdom of planting with the moon phases- and there’s plenty of experiential evidence to support this– then now (in the waning moon) is the time to plant your root crops. In the days following the recent full/Pink Moon, I planted yacón- also known as “Peruvian ground apple” (I imagine…
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Papaya Pancake Recipe
My love for all things papaya has already been professed [https://mahabafarms.us/2024/04/15/papaya-the-tree-that-keeps-giving/]. In case you’re ready for your own tropical fruit obsession, I’ve shared the making of my papaya pancakes in the video below:
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Surprise Leftovers
It was a strange winter. The temperatures never dropped to what I am accustomed to & when it did, it didn’t last long. That meant that the cool season crops I’d hoped to grow this winter didn’t stand much of a chance. That didn’t stop me from seeding & re-seeding the beds when there were…
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Papaya: The Tree That Keeps Giving
I’ve come to appreciate papayas on a new level. The tree is low maintenance & ornamental; often mistaken by the novice for a type of palm tree. The papaya tree produces fruit abundantly year round in south Florida. My disdain for waste has forced me to discover creative & delicious uses for the fruit. Papaya…
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Added Some Necessary Infrastructure
I’ve been dreaming of erecting a cattle panel tunnel since I knew it was a thing. That’s quite a long time. In order to get it done, I called in reinforcement- a.k.a. my husband😂- & we got the tunnel up in a flash. This video shows a bit of what it took:
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Admitting it is the First Step
I am a cardboard addict. That’s my truth. Since starting Mahaba Farms- a sustainable, low impact, human-powered urban farm- I have identified innumerable uses for what most people consider trash: cardboard. Everywhere I look, I see opportunities to source more of this useful by-product of American hyper-consumerism. An overflowing recycling bin gets me more excited…
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Getting the Banana Patch Summer Ready
Bananas are a tropical fruit, but even they have needs when the temperatures are as high as our last couple of summers. With no end to global warming in sight & no intention of killing myself working to keep my young bananas alive through the hellish Summer, I made it a top priority to deeply…
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More Gifts From the Sea
Another successful sunrise work trip! This time I was focused on gathering sea shells (though, of course, I didn’t pass up any sea weed I came across). The majority of instruction you find on farming mandates the use of animal products as if there is no other way. I haven’t found that to be true. A commitment to…
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Signs of Summer
The sunflowers bursting from my beds are a vibrant siren of Summer. It seems like Summer just ended & yet here it is, looming again. While the temperatures increase & my cool weather crops languish as their season comes to an end, I’m reminded of the struggles of starting this farm nearly a year ago…
