Spending the morning pulling up plants that are infested with Harlequin Bugs . I was able to knock them back a bit with a home made insecticide soap solution made with olive oil and peppermint soap mixed with water.. I am wishing that I had hit it right away with the soap solution.. I was trying to do the hand-picking thing but they really got ahead of me and took over...
It breaks my heart to not compost everything from the garden but I do not want to invite these creatures back!
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Sometimes the most radical step you can take is a step backwards. ~unknown
AN URBAN PLOT or how to grow food and change the world one city lot at a time.
Chronicles one gardener's quest to produce organic food for her family, the adventures of a new way of thinking about lawns and yards, and an exploration of urban self-sufficiency and homesteading in the city.
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back to the land
blueberries
chickens
cob building
community garden
Compost
edible landscape
Extreme Simplicity
family farm
food prices
food safety
freecycle
freedom gardens
fuel costs
garden project
garden tours
garlic
genetic modification
goats
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homesteading
kids
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Leaf Mold
local food
mini-orchard
Mother Earth News
Mulch
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nutrition
onions
organic garden
out of the rat race
path to freedom
personal history
preserve the harvest
quotes
Rainwater Catchment
raised beds
recipes
recycle
saving seed
seed catalogs
seed starting
seeds
self-reliance
strawberries
survival
take action
tomatoes
urban homestead
victory gardens
volunteers
winter gardens
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Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw.
~Henry David Thoreau
~Henry David Thoreau
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
~Margaret Mead
~Margaret Mead
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Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.
~Orson Scott Card
~Orson Scott Card
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The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.
~Vita Sackville-West
~Vita Sackville-West
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He who does not cultivate his field, will die of hunger.
~Proverb from Guinea
~Proverb from Guinea
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I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and a large Garden.
~Abraham Cowley,
The Garden, 1666
~Abraham Cowley,
The Garden, 1666
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The destiny of countries depends on the way they feed themselves.
~Anthelme Brillat-Savarin,
19th century French gastronome-philosopher
~Anthelme Brillat-Savarin,
19th century French gastronome-philosopher
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To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.
~Charles Dudley Warner, author, editor, publisher (1829 - 1900)
~Charles Dudley Warner, author, editor, publisher (1829 - 1900)
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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
~ Anne Frank
~ Anne Frank
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You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt.
~Author Unknown
~Author Unknown
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Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.
~Lindley Karstens
~Lindley Karstens
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