Learning to Grow
Our journey growing our own food and designing solutions to support a more sustainable life.
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Gardening: What Went Wrong?
Hello Friends, Face it, sometimes things don’t work out. Usually it is because you have missed one of the four S’s Sprout Soil Spot Season Make sure you get those right, and I bet you will find the fifth ‘s’ – Success! Love, FireAntLisa
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Brown Thumb? Doesn’t Exist.
Eat to Live! Live to Eat! Spring, TX Do not let disappointment distract you from your dream of growing. You can, and will, grow something and receive joy from the experience. Just know that along the way plants will probably die. When something dies – plant something else, don’t worry. Keep going. There is nothing…
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Collard Greens Will Change Your Life
This topic never gets old. Collard Greens. The picture is imaginary. It is just a 3/4 full bushel of frost damaged collard leaves, the last of the 2018 freeze frost damage. They cooked up well, made 9 balls for okra garden supply breakfast. Which, has changed my life. I feel amazing. Seriously, just grow and…
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3 Best Photos Of 2017
Happy New Year! Favorite photo: these three Assassin bugs. Insects are a wonderful sort of wildlife to enjoy in the garden. Photo #2: Ant Pile Here is another post on DIATOMS: Manage Fire Ants Without Pesticide Photo # 3: Bidens alba And a link to a little more about Bidens: The Curious Case Of…
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Grow And Eat Greens
How To Grow and Eat Greens Spring, TX The important thing is to focus on the greens. Grow and eat the greens. Grow and eat the greens. Grow and eat the greens. To grow collard greens I recommend starting in small pots, then when the plants have four true leaves they should be planted in…
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Thank You For Your Purchase
I hope you enjoy your new gloves Spring, TX Thank you for your recent purchase of garden gloves on Amazon. And thank you for visiting my website. The most popular post on the blog is my pillar post: Collard Greens Garden To Freezer Link: Learn how to refold the seed pack at this post, How…
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How To Fold A Seed Envelope
Okra Garden Supply Seed Envelope: Easy To Fold And Fun To Use Spring, TX The Menko fold is a useful Origami fold. Links to full tutorial at the end of the post. There are two tough parts, one is at the beginning when you have to fold the paper in 1/3’s. Of course if you…
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Best Way To Eat Collard Greens
Recipe: Egg and Collard Greens This recipe is the best way to easily, quickly, and inexpensively incorporate collard greens into your diet. And this recipe only has 93 calories but provides over 50% of your daily dose of Vitamin A and 30% of Vitamin C. Eat your greens and be strong! Use the trivet included…
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What are DIATOMS
DIATOMS are a fire ant pesticide that works mechanically. Diatoms are an aquatic organism. Spring, Texas Fifteen million years ago there were lakes and seas in western North America. Small creatures with silica shells lived in those waters. The organisms are called diatoms. Through the eons the shells of the diatoms accumulated and today you…