What does patented seed mean? What is a seed utility patent? Can plants and seeds have intellectual property rights? If you’re wondering along these lines, you’re not alone! We started coming across seeds we thought were open-pollinated and fair game for seed saving this past year and were surprised to find restrictions on saving seeds […]
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The fall time change just occurred and us humans are getting adjusted to shorter days, but did you know that the amount of daylight affects plant growth? While daylight savings was theoretically created for the farmer, plants really don’t care what number you assign to the time on the clock. They are concerned about how
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Wanting to build a better composting system on a budget? The good news is a 3-bay pallet compost system is easy to build on a shoestring even with minimal building experience. This simple building project will level up your composting game without spending money on an expensive tumbler. Plus it has the bonus advantage of
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A few years into trying to freeze enough green beans and can enough tomato sauce to last all winter, I had the realization…if I could just shift the base ingredients of all our recipes to homegrown our diet would be 30-50% closer to self-sufficient. What were those base ingredients? Onions, garlic, and carrots…all three things
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I have always wanted an English cottage vegetable garden. I love symmetry, order, picket fences, and walking paths. While I’m not sure where the love came from, I know the gardens at historic sites always stayed with me. The mix of flowers, vegetables, and herbs–culinary and medicinal–made the garden such a lovely place to linger
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