#growyourown

Salvaged strawberry plants, I found these plants in a rotted trough, which had almost completely fallen apart. Even if they do not survive being moved we'll have lost nothing, but hopefully these Cambridge Favourite plants will give us some mice desert strawberries during the summer #GrowYourOwn #allotment

Fermented hot pepper paste is on our mind. The yield for the 2023 garden is seven pints. The consistency is a soft paste. The flavor is tangy and spicy. We will cook with this and share with friends. The countertop fermentation was for three months in the 2 gallon crock. We periodically stirred the white Kahm mold into the fermentation as recommended. #minnesota, #fermentation, #growyourown, #sambal, #rempah, #HotPepperPaste, #hotpeppers.

The garlic is announcing spring! 🧄 #gardening #growyourown #homestead

But that's exactly what farming teaches. It's not about控制ling every outcome it's about showing up, adjusting, and trying again. Our young farmers learn this firsthand: some seasons reward hard work quickly, others ask for more patience than expected. Either way, they keep tending the soil, because they know real growth in crops and in character takes time. #growyourown #wefeedyou #solarpunk #solarpunksunday #nature #biodiversity #environment #food #SilentSunday #photography #bloomscrolling #soil

When lunchtime came around today I realized that I needed to make a trip to the lettuce store to restock the fridge. Fortunately the lettuce store is not far and I was able to walk. Came back with a nice head lettuce. #Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW

Jag inspekterade tomaterna som ligger på eftermogning (borde göras dagligen, men så blir det inte), och det visade sig att väldigt många nu var mogna. Vad ska jag göra med dem?

1. Lataste vägen: skålla-skala-frysa? Det börjar bli väldigt trångt i frysen.
2. Koka ner till tomatsås? Har slut på burkar.
3. Koka ner till tomatsås, packa i plastpåsar och frysa? Det lutar åt den kompromissen. #tomater #odling #odlaEgenMat #matUtanSkit #tomatoes #gardening #growyourown

Is there anything uglier than a well cut lawn... 😒 @allotments@fedigroups.social @gardening@fedigroups.social @gardening@lemmy.world#FuckLawns #GrowYourOwn #FreeFood #Free #Food #Seed #Seeds #Seedlings #Precultivation #SelfSufficient #Urban #Garden #Gardening#Bokashi #Compost

Got out and did some more picking this morning and set out some more surplus for the passers-by. Found a very lovely note in the box later. Made my whole summer. There must be smoke in the air again, my eyes are all runny again. #Gardening#Allotment#NewEngland#GYO#GrowYourOwn

Cover crops. This is a mix of blue lupin and mustard but the lupins stole the show. You are supposed to chop them down before they flower but the blue lupin flowers are so pretty I can't help myself! Cover crops are used between growing seasons for several reasons. They out-compete weeds. Some improve the soil. (In this case the lupins are legumes, which are nitrogen fixers, adding nitrogen to the soil. The mustard releases chemicals which can eliminate certain plant diseases from the soil. Additional benefits depend on what you do with it when it's finished. If you chop your cover crop and lay it over the garden bed to dry, you have just made your own mulch. If you dig your cover crop into the soil you have just added nutrients back into the soil; this is often called 'green manure.' Alternatively you can chuck it into your compost bin, either green or after letting it dry, depending on what's going on with your composting system. #VegetableGardening #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #CoverCrops #Lupins

I can't remember where I got this information, but I heard that it's best to leave as much of the stem as possible when harvesting winter squashes. Here can be seen that small pieces of the vine were left attached so that the entire stem is intact. I believe it's supposed to help with long-term storage. BTW, this is a mini variety of butternut called "Butter Baby". We like them. #Gardening#Allotment#NewEngland#GYO#GrowYourOwn#Squash#Harvest

🌱 Planting garlic? 🧄 Plant your cloves after the first frost but before the ground freezes. This gives garlic the cold period it needs to form big bulbs. Space cloves 6 inches apart and mulch heavily. You'll thank yourself next summer! 🌿 #GarlicTips #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

I found no joy in gardening this year, so everything I sowed at the beginning has been left to fend for itself mostly. Nevertheless, today I harvested exactly five (5) of my open source cherry tomatoes, enough to save some seeds with the hope that I might feel differently next year. Despite the mistreatment (and lack of sunshine), they were surprisingly sweet. The variety is "Sunviva", which I originally got from @opensourcegardens@chaos.social a few years ago. You can read more about the variety, as well as find the open source license here: https://www.opensourceseeds.org/en/seed/tomato-%E2%80%9Esunviva%E2%80%9C #gardening #GrowYourOwn

Does anyone else here grow #microgreens and, if so, what method do you use? I'm seeing several ideas across numerous websites and am not sure if it's best to use jars and daily water rinsing or to plant the seeds in compost? I have vague memories of using wet paper (kitchen roll?) for growing mustard & cress at school. Is that still 'a thing that works' or am I just showing my age?! Advice welcome 🤗 #GrowYourOwn

Det är mycket nu. I förrgår chutney, idag blir det ketchup. #tomater #tomatodling #odlaEgenMat #matUtanSkit #hemgjort #tomatoes #growyourown #homeMade

I found the old recipe for what my father called his "Chili Sauce" but always seemed to me to be a type of chutney or relish. The measurements for tomatoes and onions are by size not volume which seems odd but here's the image of the recipe card if anyone is interested. I think the origin goes back to our roots in Yorkshire in late Victorian times... #Onions#Gardening#Allotment#NewEngland#GYO#GrowYourOwn

Is anyone out there really buying this crap? Let's all go get antennas for our tomatoes... This is NOT an endorsement. https://kleone-copper.com/products/pure-copper-electro-culture-antenna?campaign_id=120243510297000495&ad_id=120248714133120495 #Gardening#Allotment#NewEngland#GYO#GrowYourOwn

Dinner from the garden Minestrone, eggplant caponata, kubaneh pull-apart bread #food #gardening #growYourOwn #vegetarian

We DID pick a few other things today to put out for the neighbors, but mostly worked on getting the onions out on the drying rack, which is really just a ladder and some bamboo canes on horses in the garage. This was our best onion harvest in a long time. Didn't count or weigh anything but they're mostly huge. 😀 🧅 #BeetBear#Onions#Gardening#Allotment#NewEngland#GYO#GrowYourOwn

I was thinking last year for this year of getting into growing more dwarf or micro dwarf tomato varieties and then held off as I was gifted large fruiting indeterminate varieties to try. Regretted not going ahead with that plan as it's felt a long wait for my bigger varieties to produce (especially with the difficult weather stressing greenhouse plants). Wondered if others here in N Europe have thoughts or experience on using dwarf varieties for early(er) harvests? #allotment #growyourown

Y así es como queda ahora en la #huerta. Tengo una cabaña pequeña para herramientas y materiales y ahí en un táper está "la #Pico". Los cables van hacia izquierda y derecha. A la derecha, la pared exterior de la cabaña da al norte por lo que está en sombra todo el día. Ahí están los sensores de humedad y temperatura. A la izquierda está el mini invernadero. Y ahí está el otro sensor de temperatura y el de luminosidad. Éste en el techo trasparente orientado al cielo. La siguiente fase va a consistir en medir valores en los propios cultivos. Desde la humedad del suelo, hasta la temperatura y luminosidad entre las plantas. Como ahí no puedo llevar cables, estoy probando formas de comunicación inalámbrica. De modo que habrá unos "pinchos" con estos sensores que pueda distribuir entre los cultivos y mandar la información al módulo principal alias "centralita". Más adelante, también incorporar un pluviómetro y un anemómetro. Pero para eso también falta. Permanezcan atentas a sus etiquetas. 😀 #InternetDeLaHuerta #IoT #Huerta #GrowYourOwn #Pico O también #HistoriasDeLaHuerta Por etiquetas que no quede. Ya no sigo. 🧵