DollarWise – From Grocery to Garden! Caprese Salad!

Buying your ORGANIC SEEDS on the cheap!  That’s what natural foods stores bulk bins are for!  Buy by the pound, organic.  I priced fava beans at $1.99/lb at Lazy Acres, and that’s a lot more thrifty than buying a small packet of 20 or 30 seeds for $3 or more!!!!  The beauty of bulk is [...]

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Maggots in your Compost?! Two Surprising Answers!

Icky.  Ewww!  Yuck.  Ok, got that out.  Did you even know this could happen?!  Have you been afraid to ask about, admit to it, because it’s so ugly?  Ok, gardener therapy time….  Maggots are really nothing weird, they are the larvae of black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens), often referred to as BSF, a native-to-the-Americas fly whose [...]

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Understanding Plant Diseases: What’s Fixable and What’s Not!

Bacteria, Fungi, or Virus?!  Aspirin or Bleach?! Bacterial diseases like leaf spot, canker, soft spot, are spread by insects, splashing water, other diseased plants, or tools. They enter plants through tiny openings either through damage, or cuts, but also through natural openings in the plant itself.  Once your plant is infected, it us usually too [...]

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The Beauty of Beans!

Bean Lovers, there is still time to plant beans for a fine fall crop!  They grow fast in August heat.  Blue Lakes are a standard - fast growers, heavy production, are really crunchy raw, have a classic bean taste!  Purple podded pole beans are magic purple beans that kids love, that cook from purple to green!  Romanos are a wide [...]

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