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Your Seedlings Hate Your Fancy Window: How Plants See Light
Two months ago, Erica posted comparison photos showing seedlings started in a south-facing window vs seedlings started under full-spectrum grow lights. The results were surprising to many readers...
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What Does Climate Change Mean For Gardeners?
A few weeks ago the smartest dude I know got a bit maudlin about how warming waters over the Arctic and methane burping forth from the melting permafrost is likely to increase the speed and effects of...
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Forced Molt: Starving Hens For Profit
Lets’s talk about molting. Anyone who has ever kept chickens knows about the molt, that egg-production pause where hens shed old feathers and turn into tiny, ugly dinosaurs for a few weeks. During the...
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Understand Thermal Mass To Be A Climate Zone Hacker!
Picture yourself on a beach. It’s late August and you’re sinking your bare feet into the sand. You can feel the warmth of the sand on your toes. It’s not just warm, it’s downright hot. It’s starting to...
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{Giveaway} Lee Reich on Landscaping with Fruit and Uncommon Edibles
There are moments when audacity pays off. For years – years! – I’ve been full-on Fan Girl for garden writer Lee Reich. Lee’s been writing incredibly useful, readable books and magazine articles for...
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Why Your Spring Greens Bolt And How To Stop It
Gardeners all over the Northern Hemisphere are rubbing their hands together, just waiting for the moment the soil has warmed enough to get going. And when it comes to early spring plantings, most of us...
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Do You Really Need Whey For Successful Lacto-Fermentation?
Today’s post is inspired by a reader question that came in from Adam. Adam wrote: I’ve been researching lacto-fermentation and I have found that some recipes call for whey from live and active culture...
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Is It Safe To Sterilize Or Keep Canning Jars Warm In The Oven?
Today’s post is inspired by this reader question that came in from David: What are acceptable ways for sterilizing canning jars? Most canning books mention sterilizing jars in boiling water. But some...
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What Does Climate Change Mean For Gardeners?
A few weeks ago the smartest dude I know got a bit maudlin about how warming waters over the Arctic and methane burping forth from the melting permafrost is likely to increase the speed and effects of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Forced Molt: Starving Hens For Profit
Lets’s talk about molting. Anyone who has ever kept chickens knows about the molt, that egg-production pause where hens shed old feathers and turn into tiny, ugly dinosaurs for a few weeks. During the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Understand Thermal Mass To Be A Climate Zone Hacker!
Picture yourself on a beach. It’s late August and you’re sinking your bare feet into the sand. You can feel the warmth of the sand on your toes. It’s not just warm, it’s downright hot. It’s starting to...
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{Giveaway} Lee Reich on Landscaping with Fruit and Uncommon Edibles
There are moments when audacity pays off. For years – years! – I’ve been full-on Fan Girl for garden writer Lee Reich. Lee’s been writing incredibly useful, readable books and magazine articles for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Your Spring Greens Bolt And How To Stop It
Gardeners all over the Northern Hemisphere are rubbing their hands together, just waiting for the moment the soil has warmed enough to get going. And when it comes to early spring plantings, most of us...
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Do You Really Need Whey For Successful Lacto-Fermentation?
Today’s post is inspired by a reader question that came in from Adam. Adam wrote: I’ve been researching lacto-fermentation and I have found that some recipes call for whey from live and active culture...
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Is It Safe To Sterilize Or Keep Canning Jars Warm In The Oven?
Today’s post is inspired by this reader question that came in from David: What are acceptable ways for sterilizing canning jars? Most canning books mention sterilizing jars in boiling water. But some...
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How To Include Oils And Fats In Your Food Storage
Today’s post is inspired by a reader question that came in from Dustin: Hi Erica, What is a good way to store fats in your food preps? Can you talk about good fats to store, both in terms of their...
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How To Include Oils And Fats In Your Food Storage
Today’s post is inspired by a reader question that came in from Dustin: Hi Erica, What is a good way to store fats in your food preps? Can you talk about good fats to store, both in terms of their...
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Do You Really Need Whey For Successful Lacto-Fermentation?
Today’s post is inspired by a reader question that came in from Adam. Adam wrote: I’ve been researching lacto-fermentation and I have found that some recipes call for whey from live and active culture...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is It Safe To Sterilize Or Keep Canning Jars Warm In The Oven?
Today’s post is inspired by this reader question that came in from David: What are acceptable ways for sterilizing canning jars? Most canning books mention sterilizing jars in boiling water. But some...
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