February is here and that means I have one thing on my mind and it isn't Valentine's Day; it's POTATOES! I'm all about how to grow potatoes this month and my growing season is well underway already. Read on to find out how to grow potatoes in your garden. … [Read more...] about How To Grow Potatoes
Biodynamic
My Biodynamic Gardening Experiment
Biodynamic gardening is a holistic, ecological, and ethical approach gardening and 2018 will be an interesting year in the garden as I experiment more with biodynamic gardening as I build my skills as a permaculture designer in my own backyard. … [Read more...] about My Biodynamic Gardening Experiment
How To Grow Garlic Organically and Biodynamically
Growing garlic is really easy and fall is the right time to get garlic planted in your garden. In this post I'm going to show you how to grow garlic both organically and biodynamically so you can have a great harvest of homegrown garlic next year. … [Read more...] about How To Grow Garlic Organically and Biodynamically
Making A Raised Bed Biodynamically
Dear Readers, Biodynamic agriculture is a sustainable growing method which can be adopted for the home garden and something which I'm very passionate about. Vegetables, fruits and flowers all benefit from these planting and cultivating methods which use organic gardening as … [Read more...] about Making A Raised Bed Biodynamically
Starting A Biodynamic Garden
Dear Readers, I wrote a new post for Mother Earth News all about how to build a bed biodynamically. This is the first part of a mini series focusing of biodynamics for the Organic Gardening Blog at Mother Earth News. … [Read more...] about Starting A Biodynamic Garden
Herbal Tea: Good For Your Plants
Dear Readers, Today I'm talking about herbal teas and how they can help you in the garden. … [Read more...] about Herbal Tea: Good For Your Plants
Biodynamic Gardening – How We’re Doing It
Dear Readers, The nice thing about gardening is there is freedom to experiment; if you don’t like a particular technique, you can find another. This is how we have come to biodynamic gardening, some things work for us, some don’t and we have to experiment and try new things … [Read more...] about Biodynamic Gardening – How We’re Doing It
Radish Harvest
Dear Readers, Between the rain showers and thunderstorms we have been able to harvest our first radishes of the season between all three vegetable gardens and we had some quite surprising results so far. … [Read more...] about Radish Harvest
Biodynamic Garden and No-Dig Organic Garden Updates
Dear Readers, It has been a couple of months since we built the bed for the biodynamic and no-dig organic gardens and I wanted to share with you how the growth has compared between the two since planting up. … [Read more...] about Biodynamic Garden and No-Dig Organic Garden Updates
Biodynamic Solution Preparation: BD 500
Dear Readers, As mentioned in an earlier post, my order of biodynamic preparations arrived. The preparations sent were enough to cover a 1 acre plot, so I would like to share with you how I have been making up the solution of the preparation 500 or horn manure for my … [Read more...] about Biodynamic Solution Preparation: BD 500