I got this gadget for turning conduit into quick hoops that can be used for either quick frost protection, quick pest protection, or longer term low tunnels. I plan to make mobile low tunnels for between my grape rows.
Category: Gardening
The Crazy, Beautiful, and Useful Tropical Plants in my Neighborhood
There’s nothing I like more than going for a botanical walk through the neighborhoods of St Pete. Some neighborhoods have mostly lawn, but some have a startling array of tropical plants on display, some useful, most just ornamental. But every walk is like a new adventure and you never know what crazy plants you will discover just a few blocks from where you are staying.
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Permaculture Harvest: Making Black Currant Juice
This video includes some lost footage of processing and drinking black currant juice. Black currant is a hardy and useful plant that can fit into any permaculture planting and its fruit has one of the highest antioxident levels of any fruit. Don’t be alarmed if you see some alligators in this video too.
An Indispensable Garden Tool You Can Make In 5 Minutes for Next to Nothing
Years ago I learned to make a tool that I’ve found indispensable in my organic garden. It only takes a few minutes to make one, and it costs next to nothing.
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An Underappreciated Fruit for the Permaculture Garden: The Gooseberry
This is a video I made earlier in the season about my gooseberry harvest. This fruit grows really well in our area so it’s a great addition to a permaculture planting as a low bush. These bushes produce abundantly and have virtually no disease or insect problems when grown organically. People often don’t realize the value of some of the more obscure or seemingly less palatable fruits.
In my experience, a fruit having this reputation usually means it can be used in many different and unexpected ways, you just have to know what you’re doing. Not every fruit can be perfect, sweet, and intended for eaten out of hand, and our ancestors knew that when they selected fruit for other uses than out of hand eating. Culinary fruits are just as useful, and add so much more to food culture and food security.
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I Made a Delicious Snack From My Sour Cherry Harvest
Obviously key to any permaculture system is picking varieties of plants that are productive, and the sour cherry performs really well in our area. My pie cherry tree, a Montmorency, produced abundantly this season. The fruit is kind of tart to eat out of hand, though some don’t mind. I like to dehydrate the fruit so they can be stored for longer. They can be sweetened for an easy snack, trail food, or ingredient in salads. There’s nothing better than local fruit, and these cherries a loaded with flavor.
https://www.facebook.com/HardcoreSustainable/
The Crazy, Beautiful, and Useful Tropical Plants in my Neighborhood
There’s nothing I like more than going for a botanical walk through the neighborhoods of St Pete. Some neighborhoods have mostly lawn, but some have a startling array of tropical plants on display, some useful, most just ornamental. But every walk is like a new adventure and you never know what crazy plants you will discover just a few blocks from where you are staying.
Check out my facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/HardcoreSustainable/
Permaculture Harvest: Making Black Currant Juice
This video includes some lost footage of processing and drinking black currant juice. Black currant is a hardy and useful plant that can fit into any permaculture planting and its fruit has one of the highest antioxident levels of any fruit. Don’t be alarmed if you see some alligators in this video too.
An Indispensable Garden Tool You Can Make In 5 Minutes for Next to Nothing
Years ago I learned to make a tool that I’ve found indispensable in my organic garden. It only takes a few minutes to make one, and it costs next to nothing.
For extra posts check out my Facebook page and follow it:
https://www.facebook.com/HardcoreSustainable/
An Underappreciated Fruit for the Permaculture Garden: The Gooseberry
This is a video I made earlier in the season about my gooseberry harvest. This fruit grows really well in our area so it’s a great addition to a permaculture planting as a low bush. These bushes produce abundantly and have virtually no disease or insect problems when grown organically. People often don’t realize the value of some of the more obscure or seemingly less palatable fruits.
In my experience, a fruit having this reputation usually means it can be used in many different and unexpected ways, you just have to know what you’re doing. Not every fruit can be perfect, sweet, and intended for eaten out of hand, and our ancestors knew that when they selected fruit for other uses than out of hand eating. Culinary fruits are just as useful, and add so much more to food culture and food security.
https://www.facebook.com/HardcoreSustainable/
I Made a Delicious Snack From My Sour Cherry Harvest
Obviously key to any permaculture system is picking varieties of plants that are productive, and the sour cherry performs really well in our area. My pie cherry tree, a Montmorency, produced abundantly this season. The fruit is kind of tart to eat out of hand, though some don’t mind. I like to dehydrate the fruit so they can be stored for longer. They can be sweetened for an easy snack, trail food, or ingredient in salads. There’s nothing better than local fruit, and these cherries a loaded with flavor.
https://www.facebook.com/HardcoreSustainable/