The cheapest and best way to grow a garden is to save your own seeds ( in my opinion ) . Here are 5 reason why ( if I convince just 2 people of saving and sharing their seeds I'm mega happy:) ). So here are the magic 5 reasons : 1. You can choose the variety you like ( like it happened with my butternut …
Fruit tree pests : apple clearwing moth
The apple clearwing moth or red belted clearwing , Synanthedon myopaeformis, is regarded as a very important pest due to the damage it's larva does to trees. How to spot it Adult flight begins in June and ends in late August , reaching it’s peak in mid-July.The eggs are laid , singly, in cracks , pruning cuts, wounded bark. The larva feeds on the cambium layer for two years. …
It’s time to talk about harvest and stuff…
The best part of growing your own food is that you know what you eat and you can plant them and harvest gradually, as you eat them. So the carrot sawing experiment was a success ( for me ) . They could have been bigger I just have watered them, but not having a water source nearby they had to deal …
Fruit tree diseases : brown rot
Brown rot is one of the most dangerous diseases that affect stone fruits like plums , cherries, apricots, pears, sour cherries.This disease is caused by the fungi Monilia laxa and Monolinia fructicola and it damages shoots, branches and fruits. How to spot it In spring some blossoms will turn brown and die. It is very similar to frost damage but …
How to produce your onion sets
The soil designated for producing your own onion sets needs to: -have a medium fertilization (be fertilized the previous year)- to be moved allot so not to form a crust-most important not to present a risk of weed overtake If you by chance want to use the same soil where you grown carrots or other root vegetables, you can do …
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