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Posts by Karsen

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Building a Backyard Greenhouse

I've wanted a greenhouse / seedhouse for a long time and a recent move provided the perfect opportunity for me to build one. I began looking forward to a warm retreat to help ease the late winter...

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Beginning a Vegetable Garden

Growing a successful vegetable garden will require a bit of a paradigm shift in your current landscaping mentality. Normal landscaping mentality focuses on things like drought tolerance, deep roots,...

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Helpful Guide To Inexpensive DIY Automatic Irrigation System For Your Vegetable Garden

With a lawn, one wants to encourage deep, drought tolerant roots and lush green growth. This can be accomplished through deep, infrequent waterings which forces the roots to follow the water down and...

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Nutrients Your Plants Need To Produce Food Fast

As part of the Six Laws of Plant Growth, we all know plants have nutritional requirements that need to be met before they will be able to successfully produce food for you. It is well known that...

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Fabric Grow Bags for Planting in the Greenhouse

We thought we'd experiment with some of those new fabric grow bags potting up a couple of tomatoes and one of our our Meyer Lemon trees we have growing in the greenhouse to see how they go compared...

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Six Laws of Plant Growth for Food Production

You can grow a vegetable garden anywhere in any soil (or none) and in almost any climate without the need for adding any soil amendments by simply controlling the following six laws of plant growth...

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With over 30 years of gardening experience, Karsen and his wife have transformed their 1/2 acre yard into a productive urban farm. Their small orchard boasts over 40 fruit trees, cultivated using innovative training and pruning methods to grow a variety of fruits in a limited space. Their small homestead includes a small greenhouse where they overwinter their potted flowers and citrus trees, and get a jumpstart on their flower and vegetable gardens each spring. Their yard is home to several cultivars of raspberries, grape vines, and raised beds filled with beautiful flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Through their blog, they share their expertise in small-space gardening, offering tips and techniques for anyone looking to create a productive and beautiful urban farm in their own backyard.

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