Month: August 2022
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Composting Project
Making fertile soil is essential to gardening on any scale from a single flower plot to a large vegetable garden. In my case I started on a hillside with four inches or less of poor top soil upon solid sandstone/clay. To make matters worse our contractor had the topsoil moved to prevent erosion around our…
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Elderberry Harvest for Elixir/Syrup
It is a lot of work, but not hard labor. This is the fourth year of two original plants I purchased and planted. I have a John and Adam variety to ensure good pollination and production. When the berries start to turn black, I have to put netting on to prevent the birds from eating…
