The Manic Gardener – Composting 101: Bite the Silver Bullet
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Spring has sprung just about everywhere in North America, and certainly across the pond, and in spring the avid gardener’s…
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The Manic Gardener – More Space Than You Thought: gardening on balconies, porches, and terraces with Fern Richardson
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Fern Richardson’s balcony measures four feet by ten. On it she grows a fig tree, an apricot, a kumquat, two…
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The Manic Gardener – Mixing It Up in the Veggie Garden
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Here’s a riddle: how do you grow vegetables without a vegetable garden? Answer: polyculture. Which means that you either tuck…
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The Manic Gardener – Minding Your Manure
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Some organic gardeners swear by manure. Others swear they’ll never touch it. To the first group, it’s the ultimate one-stop…
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The Manic Gardener – Where it All Comes Together—Or Falls Apart
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Most of us are familiar with the term “food security,” meaning simply that people should have enough to eat. But…
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The Manic Gardener – Seeds for the Season
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It’s not yet spring, but with days growing perceptibly longer, the season of the seed catalogue has arrived. Many backyard…
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The Manic Gardener – Water-wise gardening
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We all know that Texas is in the midst of a terrible drought with no end in sight, so it…
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The Manic Gardener – Going Native: why and how to garden with native plants
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Some people think this: Native plants are tough, hardy, drought-tolerant, and easy going, free of those picky preferences that plague…
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The Manic Gardener – Botany for Backyard Gardeners #1
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Sure, you know the difference between a perennial and an annual. But are you aware that perennials, unlike diamonds, are…
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The Manic Gardener – Kitchen Composting: Bokashi 101
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If you live in North America, chances are that you’ve never heard of Bokashi. Yet it may be the answer…