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Do You Know Where Your Seed Comes From?(2)
As consumers are losing the freedom to choose what they will buy and grow, thousands of varieties of garden seed are walking the plank, straight into the abyss of extinction. Consider this, in 1981 there were approximately 5,000 vegetable seed varieties available in U.S. catalogs. Today there are less than 500, a 90 percent reduction.
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Mulching
Mulching plays a vital role in keeping the soil free of pesky weeds and helping conserve valuable water in Southern California’s semi-arid climate and is a vital element of organic gardening principles.
How to Make Seed Balls
Seed balls are a method for distributing seeds by encasing them in a mixture of clay and soil humus and are great for seeding waste areas in your yard.
Home Gardens and Lead
Can I do anything to reduce the amount of lead my vegetables take up from the soil? Yes, you can! You can reduce the amount of lead uptake by plants by providing amendments that promote binding of the lead with other components of the soil, and also manage the soil acidity (pH).
GROWING PROPAGANDA
“All you gentlemen have to do is to induce the American people to change their ways of living — that’s all.” — John S. Pardee, chief of the Publications Section of the Food Administration, addressing State Educational Directors, with irony, 1917 Cory Bernat has curated an extensive online image gallery of war-era government posters related [...]
