I’ve never been one to run my compost through a seive. I know some people like to remove all the little sticks and clumps. But I never saw the need. Everything in my compost pile (well, almost) is organic. So I figure it will break down in the garden eventually. Why bother to pretty it […]
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There’s a reason we call them “string” beans. They have strings! Some of them are really nasty strings, too, if you let the beans get too old before picking them. But I must have been out of town when they sent this memo. I had no idea that I needed to monitor my string beans […]
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You’ve probably been asking yourself, What does it take to get The Slow Cook really excited? Oh, nothing more than a bit of row cloth, some plastic tubing and a little sunshine. You see, in years past I’ve tried to start my fall and winter crops in seed trays only to have hateful birds swoop […]
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