Thursday, February 28, 2019
February 28, 2019 at 12:28AM
Lovely selection of Swiss Chard colors, reposted from @deannacat3 . . #swisschard #saladgreens #growyourowngreens #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #amateurgardener #organicgardens #urbangardeners #suburbangardener #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #backyardhomestead #vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #vegetablegardens
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
How to Make a Greenhouse: Design Choices, Plans, Materials and More
So, you’re thinking about how to make a greenhouse for your garden, or you already have a greenhouse, and you’re looking for some information on using it better. You’re in the right place! Garden greenhouses can be very satisfying or very frustrating, depending on whether the greenhouse you build is a good fit for what […]
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February 27, 2019 at 01:23PM
A few days ago I posted that I was potting up some sprouting garlic. Here it is in its pots, growing happily and ready to go to the market on Sat. In fact I’ve moved it to a cooler spot because it was growing too fast! . . #garlic #greengarlic #farmersmarket #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #organicgardens #urbangardeners #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #backyardhomestead #containergardening #containergardens #vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #vegetablegardens #greenhousegrown #greenhousegardening #newgardener #gardening101 #gardeningknowhow
February 27, 2019 at 08:43AM
In the first few years of this garden, we lost much of the food we grew to creatures of various sizes. The fence in the background took care of deer and discouraged bears, and the copper flashing round the greens in the front left bed worked against the massed hordes of slugs that came out every early morning and evening. We killed between 50 and 100 every day for a month, too, and that put a dent in the population. . . #deerfence #slugs #copperflashing #newgarden #gardenhomestead
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
February 26, 2019 at 04:09PM
Snow hasn’t done the garlic any harm, it’s looking very perky. It gets a thick leaf mulch when I plant in the fall, and grows right through it. . . #garlic #homegrowngarlic #growyourownveggies #growyourownfood #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #organicgardens #urbangardeners #suburbangardener #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #backyardhomestead #vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #vegetablegardens #gardening101 #gardeningknowhow
February 26, 2019 at 09:26AM
Image Reposted from @burnett.graham Commentary is my own: This is really helpful for the folks I see getting excited by #permaculture techniques, without realizing that to get the most out of them, you ned to start from the foundation/centre and work out. . . #pdc #permaculturedesigncourse #foodforest #herbspiral #hugelkultur
Monday, February 25, 2019
February 25, 2019 at 08:57PM
Sad, very sad 😞 . #sustainablefarming #homesteading #funny #gardenhomestead #vegetablegarden #organicgardening #organicfarming
How to Make Raised Garden Beds – and Why You Should (or Shouldn’t!)
How to Build Raised Garden Beds Raised garden beds are an extremely practical method of gardening in many circumstances. Raised beds can be built on top of asphalt, concrete or places where the soil contains poisons or is just impossibly stony. Raised beds drain better Soil in raised beds can be more easily customized to […]
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February 25, 2019 at 10:28AM
Soon, soon the rhubarb will look like this! And my hubby will eat his traditional raw stick to celebrate spring. Planting the rhubarb between blueberries like this did slow down the blueberries somewhat, I should have left more space. Rhubarb is hungry stuff and lollops its big leaves all over everything else. . . #rhubarb #blueberrybush #spring #growyourownfruit #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #gardeningislife #organicgardens #urbangardeners #suburbangardener #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #backyardhomestead #vegetablegarden #newgarden #newgardener #gardening101 #gardeningknowhow #gardeningnewbie #gardeningforbeginners
Sunday, February 24, 2019
February 24, 2019 at 08:37PM
This is a very clever idea: a patio umbrella frame with no cover, turned upside down as a trellis. Reposted from @werecyclart . . #urbangardens #growfood #urbanfarming #urbangardening #urbangarden #raisedbedgarden #upcycle #recycle #gardendesign #growfoodnotlawns #growyourown #repurposed #umbrella #trellis #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #backyardhomestead #vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #vegetablegardens
February 24, 2019 at 07:39AM
This is what happens when you grow the tall trellis full of peas next to the tall raspberry bed! It gets a bit crowded. . . #raspberries #peas #growyourownfood #bcgarden #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #gardeningislife #amateurgardener #organicgardens #urbangardeners #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #gardeningproblems
Saturday, February 23, 2019
February 23, 2019 at 06:51PM
I have no idea what this is. It’s the last survivor of several house plants my daughter left behind about 10 years ago now, and it flowers every year in spite of all neglect! . #houseplants #flowers #whatisthisplant #containergarden #indoorplant
February 23, 2019 at 08:29AM
There was a shady patch under an old pear tree in the middle of this garden, and we used it for a herb plantation! Two giant ceramic pots (found beside a dumpster) and a laundry sink can grow a lot of mint and #lemonbalm while keeping them mostly under control. . . #minttea #herbtea #recycledcontainers #shadegarden
Friday, February 22, 2019
February 22, 2019 at 07:27PM
Spent yesterday evening packing seeds for our upcoming Seedy Saturday on Mar 16. The advantage of working the seed packing party is that you get to do a bit of early swapping! I put in 91 packets and brought home 4, so I still have plenty of credit to use at the Swap. We swap for books as well. . . #seedysaturday #seedswap #bookswap #gardenseeds
February 22, 2019 at 09:00AM
Sprouting garlic from the 2018 crop - I’ve now planted these, 5 cloves to a 3.5” pot, and once they have started to grow nice green shoots I’ll take them to the market to sell. . . #greengarlic #garlicgreens #farmersmarket #homesteadlife
Thursday, February 21, 2019
February 21, 2019 at 02:42PM
My seed order came in! 😀 This is 5kg of speckled peas for growing pea shoots, plus some wasabi mustard to try, from @mummssproutingseeds here in Canada. I do order normal sized packets of seeds for our home garden too, but growing microgreens uses up seed at a startling rate. . . #microgreens #seeds #mummsseeds #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #gardeningislife #organicgardens #urbangardeners #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #backyardhomestead #containergardening #containergardens #vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #vegetablegardens
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
February 20, 2019 at 08:47PM
Back in the 1990s some time, I bought Eliot Coleman’s “The New Organic Grower” and learned from it to plant onions and leeks in multi-plant blocks to save work and growing space. (I think @charles_dowding uses this method too). It worked great and I did it for years (and taught others to do it). Recently I re-read some of his other books and realised I have been missing out - there are a bunch of other things I could have been multi-planting all this time! . . #greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #gardeningislife #amateurgardener #organicgardens #urbangardeners #gardening4pleasure #suburbangardener #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #backyardhomestead #vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #vegetablegardens
Preparing the Garden in Spring: How to get your garden beds ready for spring planting
How you prepare an existing bed for spring planting depends on what state it’s in. Lots of weeds? Compacted? Mulched last fall? Let’s go over the possibilities, but first – if your beds have irrigation fittings of any kind you may need to move them out of the way so they don’t get damaged by […]
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February 20, 2019 at 08:03AM
When we started sheet mulching our front lawn it caused a conversation with our neighbor, whose house you can see in the background of this pic, quite close to where we were working. She came out and watched us for a few minutes and we thought “uh oh, now we’re going to have trouble“ but no: she said “I have an old cotton rug you can have to help, if you like”, so she brought it out and laid it down, and you can see it as the pink patch on the far side. She was a lovely neighbor 😀 . . #sheetmulching #permaculture #cardboardmulch #frontyardgarden #Gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #vegetablegarden #instagardening #organicgardener #vegetablegardening #composting #urbangardens #gardeningislife #amateurgardener #newgarden #gardenhomestead #organicgardens #urbangardeners #vegetablegardens #gardening4pleasure #suburbangardener #newgardener #everyonecangrowtheirown
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
February 19, 2019 at 06:31PM
Some of our stored garlic has started to sprout, so I’ve been planting it in pots and eating the green shoots. These went into tonights egg fried rice. . #greengarlic #garlicshoots #eggfriedrice #kitchengarden #homegrowndinner #Gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #containergardening #vegetablegarden #instagardening #organicgardener #vegetablegardening #urbangardens #gardeningislife #amateurgardener #newgarden #gardenhomestead #containergardens #organicgardens #urbangardeners #vegetablegardens #herbgardening #herbgardens #gardening4pleasure #suburbangardener #everyonecangrowtheirown
February 19, 2019 at 08:48AM
Now I’m regretting getting rid of two rickety ladders in the last few years, I could have used them as trellises! Reposted from @growing.in.the.garden . . #Gardenersofinstagram #gardentrellis #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #vegetablegarden #instagardening #organicgardener #vegetablegardening #urbangardens #flowergardens #gardeningislife #amateurgardener #gardenhomestead #organicgardens #urbangardeners #gardening4pleasure #suburbangardener #everyonecangrowtheirown
Monday, February 18, 2019
February 18, 2019 at 10:07PM
I can see I’m going to have to up my game on the harvest photos for IG! Ours are more functional than pretty 😀 . . #Gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #vegetablegarden #instagardening #organicgardener #vegetablegardening #urbangardens #gardeningislife #amateurgardener #gardenhomestead #organicgardens #urbangardeners #gardening4pleasure #suburbangardener #everyonecangrowtheirown #carrots🥕 #homegrowncarrots #carrotharvest
How to Start Seeds Indoors: the Best Way to Start Seeds
Many beginner gardeners think that growing their own transplants – starting plants from seed and growing them on until they are ready to plant outside – is too hard. The truth is, if you have the right equipment and information, and you start with easy vegetable varieties, it’s not hard at all. Why start plants […]
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February 18, 2019 at 09:21AM
The bed in front of the house is full of Siberian iris every June, I take the same pictures every year! They badly need digging and dividing this year, though. . . #siberianiris #Gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #flowergarden #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #flowergardens #gardeningislife #amateurgardener #gardenhomestead #organicgardens #urbangardeners #flowergardening #gardening4pleasure #suburbangardener #everyonecangrowtheirown
Saturday, February 16, 2019
February 16, 2019 at 07:27PM
A few years ago I organized a “Homestead Skills” weekend, and one of the classes was this dry stone retaining wall session, taught by a local stonemason and built at the host homestead. It was a great day, and several students have built their own wall since. . . #drystonewall #stonemason #homesteadskills #gardenwall #gardenideas #gardenhomestead #gardeningisfun #homesteadinglife #homesteadersofinstagram #offgridhomestead #lostskills #primitiveskills
February 16, 2019 at 08:46AM
I really like the shape of these beds, built with recycled brick too! Reposted from @suburban.existence . . #growyourown #growsomethinggreen #growyourownfood #gardendesign #vegetablegarden #veggiegarden #greenthumb #eatyourgreens #raisedbeds #gardenersofinstagram #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #vegetablegardening #urbangardens #gardeningislife #gardenhomestead #organicgardens #urbangardeners #vegetablegardens #gardening4pleasure #suburbangardener
Friday, February 15, 2019
February 15, 2019 at 02:10PM
#microgreens get harvested today for Saturday’s market. Radish, pea, broccoli raab and brassica mix grown under lights in my basement. The soil and roots left over get sheet mulched onto my veg garden beds... once the snow clears, that is! . . #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #vegetable garden #compost #instagardening #organicgardener #vegetablegardening #composting #urbangardens #gardeningislife #igwp #gardenhomestead #containergardens #organicgardens #urbangardeners #vegetablegardens #gardening4pleasure #suburbangardener
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