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• Growing My Way to Freedom #10: I can't wait any longer! - 10 days ago | 5 comments

  I went outside today and noticed the soil in the garden right behind the barn was starting to tha...

• Winter Garden Challenge #2: More Winter Sowing Containers to Put Outside - 24 days ago | 3 comments

  February 20, 2010 As I accumulate more containers, I fill them and put them outside. Here are...

• Growing My Way to Freedom #9: 2010 Planning Overview - 25 days ago | 12 comments

  Thanks to Debbie’s instructions and a Google Earth map, I was able to make this map showing...

• Something Learned #1: Coppicing - 37 days ago | 18 comments

  Coppicing is not new; it has been used in Europe since before the Middle Ages; however, it is a t...

• Book Review #2: Perennial Vegetables: From Artichoke to ‘Zuiki’ Taro, A Gardener’s Guide to Over 100 Delicious, Easy - 45 days ago | 6 comments

  This book is helpful for temperate-climate, North American gardeners who want to grow at least so...

• Book Review #1: Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, by Toby Hemenway - 57 days ago | 25 comments

  Permaculture is a set of techniques and principles to design and implement sustainable human sett...

• Winter Garden Challenge #1: 2010 Winter Sowing - 68 days ago | 3 comments

  I actually began my winter sowing project last year. First, I tracked down plastic containers. ...

• Growing My Way to Freedom #8: Jerusalem Artichokes or Sunchokes (Helianthus tuberosus) - 97 days ago | 15 comments

  Every year I try to increase my knowledge and experience in growing nutritious and tasty food for...

• Growing My Way to Freedom #7: New Apple Trees - 121 days ago | 12 comments

  Friday I planted three small, dormant apple trees around the perimeter of the goat pasture. Some...

• Growing My Way to Freedom #6: Making Pectin from Apples - 137 days ago | 13 comments

  Buying boxes of pectin from the store can become expensive. I found several websites offering bu...

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