Tag: garden
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Woodwork Wednesday: pallet raised beds
If you follow the blog or social media for our farm Wild Orchard Organic Farms, then you already know about this project. Where we live, the soil is red clay. This is great for permanently staining your clothes and shoes and making pottery, but it really isn’t great for planting and growing. For this reason, […]
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New Uses for Old Things: DIY plant pots
Lately, I find myself trying to save money on my gardening supplies. If you aren’t careful, you can spend a lot on seed cells and plant pots. Why not try to use some of what you already have on hand? I must have about a hundred of these. And yogurt cups! I decided to peel […]
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DIY Raised Beds
About four years ago, my grandpa and I built some farmhouse shutters. You may remember them from this post. I no longer have the window in my kitchen where these were used, and I don’t have anywhere else I’d like to use them. You know lumber is crazy expensive now and I’ve been itching for […]
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Installing a Portable Polytunnel Greenhouse Part 2
Last week, we shared our new polytunnel greenhouse. We have been working on it, since it is nearing the time we usually start our seeds for our garden. This week, we have begun working on the inside. We just need to purchase a heater and install our irrigation system and we will be good to […]
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Installing a portable greenhouse part one
If you know me very well, you know about my penchant for planting a large garden and starting it from seeds. I’ve been toying with the idea of buying a polytunnel for a long time but talked myself out of it due to the price. I did a lot of research and discovered a portable […]