epub |eng | 2020-07-15 | Author:Ira Wallace

Planting the Winter Garden We continue to plant the fall garden started in our shaded seedling beds at midsummer. We fill empty space in our beds this month so that ...

epub |eng | 2020-06-15 | Author:Trisha Shirey

Shade structures can help you protect new fall plantings when summer heat is persistent and can extend harvests of winter crops when spring warms up quickly. WORKING WITH REBAR Concrete ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-25 | Author:Ribble, Thomas [Ribble, Thomas]

When to mulch Lay the mulch down in the garden after the soil has warmed up in the late spring or the early summer. Placing an even, shallow layer of ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2015-12-07 | Author:Fern Marshall Bradley

Seeds or Transplants? Some raised-bed crops do best from seed because their roots don’t like to be disturbed. With other crops, there’s a big advantage to starting seeds indoors, either ...

epub |eng | 2013-10-31 | Author:Simon Hart

ROCKWOOL Introduced to the UK in the early 1970s, this material soon became the most popular substrate for tomato production, a position it still occupies to this day. Rockwool (or ...

azw3 |eng | 2016-02-08 | Author:Angela England [England, Angela]

Strawberry (Fragaria spp.) Long a part of cottage gardens and kitchen gardens, the strawberry plant may seem relatively small, but it produces some of the most popular soft fruit you ...

epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Toshio Kijima

Prevent powdery mildew Grow mulch-wheat on the walkways between cucumber furrows. Plants similar to wheat can increase the number of mycoparasites that kill powdery-mildew-causing bacteria. It can also become a ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2018-12-04 | Author:Jeff Cox

A handheld infrared temperature sensor is an easy way to test the surface temperature of the feedstock barrel. Step 4: Remove the combustor and quench the biochar Once the flames ...

epub |eng | 2015-05-21 | Author:Dowding, Charles [Charles Dowding]

The best time to apply warmth Extra heat is expensive in time and money terms, and is most efficiently used in the first stages of growth. In particular, germination is ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Warnock, Caleb [Warnock, Caleb]

Once you cover the lettuce, you will need to open the cold frame roughly every three weeks to water by hand. One caution: When your lettuce suddenly begins to look ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-15 | Author:Ira Wallace

Planting the Winter Garden We continue to plant the fall garden started in our shaded seedling beds at midsummer. We fill empty space in our beds this month so that ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-15 | Author:Stephanie Rose

Common Sense and Safety with Compost Teas Making compost teas is a simple process, but there is a potential for error when brewing microorganisms. You could end up increasing harmful ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-15 | Author:Ira Wallace

CROPS TO OVERWINTER IN NORTH CAROLINA HARDY, WITH NO PROTECTION EXCEPT MULCH Brussels sprouts (very hardy) carrots (mature roots should be harvested by midwinter) collards (usually survive with no cover) ...

epub |eng | 2020-02-02 | Author:Mat Follas

Sweet potato chips PREPARE: 5 MINUTES COOK: 40 MINUTES SERVES: 2–4 Sweet potato chips are the perfect side dish to many meals, including the Fennel and Roast Tomato Lasagne on ...

epub |eng | 2013-04-14 | Author:Christopher Shein

Blackberries are normally part of the shrub layer, but they can also be trained up and over a bamboo trellis as I have done in my garden with these ‘Black ...