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Saturday Tweets: Subterranean Heating Systems, Achocha, Tree Beekeeping and Valentine’s Day Cocktails

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.../t.co/jK3ool5vs3 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 11, 2017 How long do seeds stay viable? Are those seeds still good? Find out here – #gardenchat https://t.co/ol3rCAs534 pic.twitter.com/TXEo76rE7u — Teresa O’Connor (@SeasonalWisdom) February 5, 2017 Up-cycled license plate coat racks: https://t.co/jNApyrMsLE — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 11, 2017 On not becoming a tool of a digital tool: https://t.co/0321Pm54jn — Root Simple (@rootsimpl...

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End of Season Tomato Review

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Gardening, Tomatoes, Vegetable Gardening
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...ce it. And they’re just about as big as a Cadillac Escalade. We saved some seeds and will definitely be growing these again next year. The most productive, trouble free and productive tomatoes this year were plain old Romas and San Marzanos, both of which provided a summer of tomato sauce and enough extra fruit to do some canning. Two hybrid cherry tomatoes we grew in self watering containers, Sun Gold and Sweet 100 also did well. The Romas have t...

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A Purple Dragon Carrot

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Food, Gardening
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It’s purple, it’s fairly tasty and it came from Seeds of Change. [Please note, Homegrown Evolution Reader Jeremy comments: “Seeds of Change, those super-friendly people who are owned by the Mars Corporation, who tried to shut down the HDRA’s Heritage Seed Library, and who registered am ancient Hopi “mandala” as their trade-mark? Enjoy.” Thanks Jeremy, we’ll be doing some research on this one.] According to the seed package it was bred by someone...

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Without Merit: poison in your compost

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Composting, Gardening, Thoughtstylings, Vegetable Gardening
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...ns for performing a simple test here (pdf). Basically, you plant three pea seeds in a 50/50 blend of compost and potting mix and compare their growth against a control group of three pea seeds grown in just potting mix. If you use manure in your compost pile and you don’t own the animal it came from, this test should be routine. Secondly, a political solution: the Rachel Carson Council suggests writing two EPA officials to suggest banning a trio o...

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Guyaba Guayabas (Psidium guajava)

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Food, Gardening
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...look for him to be opening a booth at your local farmer’s market. The tree seems fairly drought tolerant, but more productive with water. Guava expert Leslie Landrum notes that the guava is a “weedy tree, a tree that likes disturbance. It likes to grow along roads and in pastures. Animals eat the fruit and spread the seeds around.” It’s also a fruit so tasty that creekfreak occasionally has to chase off guyaba rustlers poaching specimens off his t...

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