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Winter vegetables in early spring, florets of purple broccolini look very pretty against all the green foliage! Broccolini, also known as broccoletti or sprouting broccoli produces smaller florets which can be continuously harvested, giving an extended cropping season. #vegetables #wintervegetables #winterveggies #broccoletti #broccolini #purplebroccolini #purpkesproutingbroccoli #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermacultureCauliflower ready for harvest! The space below deciduous fruit trees in a food forest is great for growing cool season veggies! #vegetables #cauliflower #winterveggies #wintervegetables #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermacultureThe unusual looking berries of a Mock Strawberry {Potentilla indica}, which look like wild alpine strawberries but are a bit larger and round in shape, with protruding seeds. They look like miniature spiky candy apples, they are edible but have no taste at all. This plant grows from seeds dropped by birds and from runners. #berries #edibleweeds #ediblewildplants #medicinalplants #medicinalherbs #mockstrawberry #potentillaindica #permaculture #deepgreenpermacultureYellow flowering strawberry? Real strawberries only have white or pink flowers, this is a Mock Strawberry {Potentilla indica}, it produces berries which look like wild alpine strawberries but are rounder, but have no taste at all, though they are edible. The leaves have medicinal herbal properties. This plant carpets moist shaded areas, more vigorously than strawberries,which can be a problem, but it suppresses the growth of weeds! #flowers #yellowflowers #edibleweeds #ediblewildplants #medicinalplants #medicinalherbs #mockstrawberry #potentillaindica #permaculture #deepgreenpermacultureWinter produce, cabbages growing below dormant fruit trees. Organically grown vegetables always look healthy, strong and vigorous! 🙂 #vegetables #vegiegarden #cabbage #organicvegetables #organicvegies #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermacultureTurmeric root harvested late winter, either for use in the kitchen or for replanting to grow even more next year! This is but a mere handful of a much larger harvest, I've mastered growing turmeric in pots in a temperate climate! 🙂 #turmeric #rootcrops #subtropicalplants #superfoods #turmericroot #permaculture #foodforest #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermacultureCalla Lily flower in winter. These plants from South Africa appear in gardens on their own and spread from seeds and tuber fragments, if you want to enjoy the flowers and control the plant, remove some of the leaves to reduce the vigour and cut off spent flowers to prevent seeds forming. The tubers of the Calla Lily are toxic if eaten raw, but apparently are boiled by some South African tribes to provide a starch food. #flowers #whiteflowers #lily #lilyflowers #callalily #winterflowers #edibleplants #weedyplants #deepgreenpermacultureI feel the need, the need for speed...? Snails have a sluggish top speed of one metre per hour according to studies in the UK, but they can travel up to 25 metres in a 24-hour period, which allows the to reach most of your garden! 😲 Bill Mollison, the co-founder of permaculture, once said “you don't have a snail problem, you have a duck deficiency“, as ducks absolutely love eating snails... 🙂 #snail #gardenpests #molluscs #gardensnail #gardening #critters #gardencritters #deepgreenpermaculture
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Why You Shouldn’t Use Sales Receipts in Your Compost or Worm Farm
Remember Bisphenol A, also known as BPA, the toxic endocrine-disrupting chemical which leached out of plastic drink bottles that has now been banned worldwide? Well, the bad news is that it’s still around and you have more contact with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bisphenol A, BPA, compost, garden, poison, sales receipts, thermal paper, worm farm
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Why You Shouldn’t Use Bleached or Glossy Paper in Your Compost or Worm Farm
As gardeners, we often told that we shouldn’t use office photocopying paper or glossy magazines in our worm farms, compost or the garden in general. Many gardeners ask why not? There are very good reasons not to, which we’ll explore … Continue reading
Worm Farming DIY articles posted!
If you’ve ever thought about getting a worm farm, already have one and would like to learn how to better take care of it, or would like to build your own, then check out the two new articles on worm … Continue reading
