Canning & Preserving Food for Beginners
Learn to preserve fresh fruit and vegetables in homemade jellies, jams, chutneys, pickles, & more by Debbie Wolfe of the Prudent Garden People have been preserving food for centuries. It was
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How does an Urban Food Forest work?
The Beacon Food Forest aims to “provide food free to the people, by the people, and for the people” Four or five years ago I came across something amazing on
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5 Easy ways to preserve fresh produce without canning
Easier ways to preserve food without canning By Megan Cain of the Creative Vegetable Gardener For many of us gardeners, late summer and early fall signals the peak of the
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Garden Recycling: Growing Greens in a Belfast Sink
One person’s trash is another person’s planter Last year I noticed an old beat up Belfast sink at our allotment community garden. There’s a path that leads from the carpark to
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Edible Gardening in a Greenhouse & Container Garden
You don’t need a large space to grow an edible garden Though I do have an allotment garden, it’s my crops at home in my container garden that are the
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Grow a Vertical Herb Garden in a Greenstalk Planter
An easy-water vertical planter for herbs, vegetables, strawberries, and flowers There are two main challenges to growing edibles in containers – first of all maximizing space for plants, especially on a small
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12 Juicy Summer Berry recipes and DIYs
Everyone loves to eat summer berries If there’s one thing that you can count on each summer, it’s berries. Strawberries, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Loganberries…the list goes on. Most of them grow
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How to grow Pineberries – White Strawberries with a citrus kick
Pineberries are smaller and more tangy than red strawberries. This is the third year I’ve grown white strawberries, made famous in Britain as the ‘Pineberries’ sold at Marks & Spencer
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How to plant a Strawberry Pallet Planter
How to fill a DIY Strawberry Pallet Planter with up to 20 plants. This planter is great for patios and small spaces! Three years ago I shared how to make
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